by jdecotis | Apr 20, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Game Threads, Gio Gonzalez, Oakland Athletics, Tris Speaker
Boston Red Sox (5-11) @ Oakland Athletics (9-8) Clay Buchholz (0-2, 6.60) vs. Gio Gonzalez (2-0, 0.47) 3:35 PM EDT | Oakland Coliseum (Oakland, California) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1510 INJURY REPORT Boston: Matt Albers, strained lat muscle (placed on 15-day DL...
by evan brunell | Apr 20, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
photo © 2009 Keith Allison | more info (via: Wylio)Here’s an interesting contest we’ve decided to run and offer up to our users, exclusive only to Fire Brand. DraftStreet.com is putting on a promotion for one day only and $100 up for grabs with the top 5...
by Troy Patterson | Apr 20, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Dan Wheeler, Quick Post
photo © 2011 WEBN-TV | more info (via: Wylio)I can’t understand what the Red Sox are doing when it comes to Dan Wheeler. This man is clearly a right hand specialist and should never face a left handed batter. Monday night after getting through a right handed...
by jdecotis | Apr 19, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Brett Anderson, Game Threads, Gary Bell, John Lackey, Oakland Athletics
Boston Red Sox (5-10) @ Oakland Athletics (8-8) John Lackey (1-1, 15.85) vs. Brett Anderson (0-1, 2.29) 10:05 PM EDT | Oakland Coliseum (Oakland, California) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1510 INJURY REPORT Boston: Matt Albers, strained lat muscle (placed on 15-day DL...
by charliesap | Apr 19, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka
Troy (his article) and myself had taken a look at Daisuke Matsuzaka after his first two starts. One of the things I had noticed was a slight drop in his release point. I wanted to follow up on this and see if there were any changes in Dice-K’s release point over...
by charliesap | Apr 19, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jacoby Ellsbury
<img style="padding: 0;margin: 0;border: none" title="Jacoby Ellsbury – photo by: Keith Allison, Source: Flickr, found with Wylio.com” alt=”Jacoby Ellsbury” />photo © 2008 Keith Allison | more info (via: Wylio) Back in...
by Troy Patterson | Apr 18, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jed Lowrie, Marco Scutaro
photo © 2009 Keith Allison | more info (via: Wylio)This was quite the weekend for Jed Lowrie as he got his time starting three out of the last four and playing in all four. He has been unbelievably hot going 7 for his last 14 and carrying an OPS of 1.154 so far. That...
by jdecotis | Apr 18, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, Jimmy Barrett, Ricky Romero, Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays (7-8) @ Boston Red Sox (4-10) Ricky Romero (1-1, 1.66) vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-2, 12.86) 11:05 AM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Massachusetts) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1510 INJURY REPORT Toronto: Rajai Davis, twisted right ankle (placed on 15-day...
by Troy Patterson | Apr 18, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Felix Doubront, Joba Chamberlain, Michael Bowden, Phil Hughes, Rich Hill
photo © 2008 Keith Allison | more info (via: Wylio)This season has been a huge disappointment for the Yankees regarding Phil Hughes in the starting rotation. His velocity has been down and his pitches are getting hit with the highest contact rate of his career at 92.9...
by darryl johnston | Apr 17, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
photo © 2008 Rene Schwietzke | more info (via: Wylio) It’s probably a good idea to take a moment to recognize what Patriots’ Day really represents and that is the birth of America. It’s awesome to think that the Revolutionary War started right in...