by chipbuck | Jul 27, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Craig Breslow, Koji Uehara
Unlike in recent years past, the Red Sox bullpen has been pretty solid this year. Theo spent a lot of time and money this past offseason rebuilding the bullpen with a few established high end names and a couple of bargain basement value signings. While his...
by charliesap | Jul 26, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Less than five day until the 2011 trade deadline comes and goes. The Sox continue to be involved in rumors, as is par for the course, but recent comebacks and performances leave many wondering if this might be the quietest trade deadline for Boston in a long time....
by jdecotis | Jul 26, 2011 | Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Clyde Vollmer, Danny Duffy, Game Threads, Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals (42-59) @ Boston Red Sox (62-38) Danny Duffy (2-4, 4.58) @ Andrew Miller (4-1, 4.65) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES Last night was a frustrating game. It was game the Red Sox very much should...
by charliesap | Jul 26, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
This week’s poll goes hand-in-hand with the forthcoming trade deadline. While it seems nothing is eminent and team owner John Henry has stated he doesn’t expect much, if anything, to change with his current club, you never know. The Sox have been linked in...
by jdecotis | Jul 25, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Dave Henderson, Game Threads, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals, Kyle Davies, Steve Crawford
Kansas City Royals (42-59) @ Boston Red Sox (62-37) Kyle Davies (1-9, 7.32) @ Jon Lester (10-4, 3.31) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES Jon Lester returns tonight from the disabled list to take on the Kansas City...
by chipbuck | Jul 25, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Earlier this morning, the baseball blogosphere received some sad and startling news about one of our comrades: Dave Cameron of Fangraphs and USS Mariner has been diagnosed with cancer. “I’m in one of those situations. Last week I was informed that I have Acute Myeloid...
by jdecotis | Jul 24, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Michael Pineda, Seattle Mariners, Tim Wakefield
Seattle Mariners (43-57) @ Boston Red Sox (61-37) Michael Pineda (8-6, 3.24) @ Tim Wakefield (5-3, 4.80) 1:35 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN, TBS RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES The Red Sox send 44-year-od Tim Wakefield to the mound today. The...
by darryl johnston | Jul 24, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Gordon Edes, Joe McDonald, Kevin Youkilis
Fenway Park is a great place to hit. And so far in 2011 it’s where Kevin Youkilis has produced his monster offensive numbers. Through 187 plate appearances at home, Youk boasts a .388/.497/.671 slash line. If Youkilis had his way he would take every at-bat this...
by jdecotis | Jul 23, 2011 | Blake Beavan, Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Josh Beckett, Seattle Mariners
Seattle Mariners (43-56) @ Boston Red Sox (60-37) Blake Beavan (1-1, 2.70) @ Josh Beckett (8-3, 2.12) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES The Red Sox may have the best offense in MLB, Seattle may have the worst. The...
by jdecotis | Jul 22, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Doc Cramer, Felix Hernandez, Game Threads, John Lackey, Seattle Mariners
Seattle Mariners (43-55) @ Boston Red Sox (59-37) Felix Hernandez (8-8, 3.26) @ John Lackey (7-8, 6.70) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES The Seattle Mariners are in the midst of the 12-game losing streak that...