by mike edelman | May 1, 2007 | Rich Harden, Trades
According to Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports, the Oakland Athletics have contacted the Red Sox about a deal involving starting pitcher Rich Harden. At only 26 years of age, Harden has been one of the most dominant young pitchers in the game. In 458 career innings, Harden...
by mike edelman | May 1, 2007 | Curt Schilling, Game Threads, Joe Blanton, Oakland Athletics
MAY 1st, 2007 GAME THREAD Joe Blanton (2-1, 3.55) @ Curt Schilling (3-1, 3.27) Boston Red Sox (16-8) @ Oakland Athletics (12-13) 7:05 PM EDT in Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN | RADIO: WRKO 680...
by mike edelman | Apr 28, 2007 | Jon Lester, Julian Tavarez
One of the biggest stories of the 2007 baseball season is the Red Sox pitching staff. The dominance of Red Sox pitchers has carried the team to what is currently the best record in the majors. It’s scary to think that going into Saturday’s game against the...
by mike edelman | Apr 28, 2007 | Akinori Iwamura, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Eiji Sawamura, Hideki Okajima, Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, Julio Lugo, Masanori Murakami
In 1872, a 29-year-old professor of English at Tokyo University introduced baseball to Japan. The professor, named Horace Wilson, was a native of Gorham, Maine. Now, 135 years after a New England native brought baseball to Japan, they’re returning the favor by...
by mike edelman | Apr 27, 2007 | Andy Pettitte, Chien-Ming Wang, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jeff Karstens, Julian Tavarez, Tim Wakefield
The Red Sox were lucky enough to put another game of separation between themselves and the Yankees going into this weekend’s series. They come into the series hot, having won both of their last two games in the 7th inning or later against what was the American...