by evan brunell | Sep 15, 2009 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, John Lackey, Los Angeles Angels
GAME NOTES: The Angels come to town. We’ll probably be facing them in the ALDS again — the Angels could use a strong showing at Fenway Park to give them confidence going into the playoff series. The Angels aren’t the pitching club they used to be,...
by evan brunell | Sep 14, 2009 | Josh Reddick, Quick Post, Trivia
Josh Reddick’s debut start for the Red Sox earlier in the year netted him two extra bases hits. Who was the last Red Sox rookie to have such a debut and in what year? HONOR CODE: No search engines, keyword searches.Check out the trivia leaderboard here. Previous...
by evan brunell | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
With Sunday’s extension of the wild card lead to four games on the back of the doubleheader sweep [Jon Lester is the beast of all beasts], Boston’s entrance into the playoffs as the wild card winner is all but assured. (But at seven games behind New York,...
by evan brunell | Sep 13, 2009 | Game Threads, James Shields, Jon Lester, Tampa Bay Rays
GAME NOTES: Jon Lester takes the mound. Let’s hope he starts off better than the canceled Friday affair, when he got the bases drunk in the first and only had one out before the torrential rain come. He’ll go against ‘Big Game James’ Shields,...
by evan brunell | Sep 13, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, Felix Doubront, Justin Masterson, Michael Bowden, Nick Hagadone, Quick Post, Roy Halladay
I’m on the Rotoworld.com beat, and this just came across my desk: Bob Elliot of the Toronto Sun reports that the Red Sox offered the Blue Jays six pitchers for Roy Halladay at the trading deadline. The names: Daniel Bard, Michael Bowden, Clay Buchholz, Felix...
