by jake digregorio | Oct 3, 2009 | Aaron Laffey, Boston Red Sox, Brian Anderson, Clay Buchholz, Cleveland Indians, Dustin Pedroia, Dusty Brown, Game Recap, Josh Beckett, Rocco Baldelli, Victor Martinez
In the second to last game of the regular season, Josh Beckett didn’t look his best, but when you’re Josh Beckett, just about anything will do, especially on a night when the Boston bats came alive. The Red Sox ace won his seventeenth decision of the year with the...
by jake digregorio | Oct 3, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Jeremy Sowers, Kevin Youkilis
“Effective” isn’t a term often used to describe Daisuke Matsuzaka’s outings, but that’s exactly what he looked like in last night’s start, as the Red Sox took a second win off of the Cleveland Indians, 6-2. Dice worked through six innings, allowing only five hits and...
by jake digregorio | Oct 1, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Carlos Carrassco, David Ortiz, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis
The Boston Red Sox finally broke out of a six-game slide, with a lackluster, yet productive, victory over the Cleveland Indians, 3-0, on Thursday night. It’s just too bad somebody had to get hurt in the process. How is it that whenever Jon Lester is on the...
by mike silver | Oct 1, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Ervin Santana, Jered Weaver, Joe Saunders, John Lackey, Quick Post
Shrowded in as much secrecy as a Cold War nuclear test or New England Patriots injury, the California Angels have yielded very few signals as to the makeup of their postseason roster. While the starting lineup is generally set, the rest of the team is in a state of...
by mike silver | Oct 1, 2009 | Bobby Abreu, Boston Red Sox, Chone Figgins, Erick Aybar, Howie Kendrick, Los Angeles Angels, Mike Napoli, Vladimir Guerrero
Now that the Magic Number is down to zero (special thanks go to Texas for their Heimlich Maneuver on the Red Sox choke job), the Sox can safely prepare for the Anaheim Angels. Make no mistake, this is not the Angels teams of past years, who had been thoroughly cooked...
by jake digregorio | Sep 30, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Game Recap, Joey Gathright, Lyle Overbay, Roy Halladay, Tim Wakefield, Toronto Blue Jays
In yet another mortar shelling, the Red Sox came up empty in Wednesday night’s beating at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays, losing 12-0. For those of you keeping count, that’s six consecutive losses on two straight sweeps. Roy Halladay had a no hitter...
by jake digregorio | Sep 30, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Game Recap, J.D. Drew, Jason Bay, Tim Wakefield, Toronto Blue Jays
Adam Lind and the Blue Jays came out firing, beating Clay Buchholz and the Red Sox, 8-7, on Tuesday. However, the Red Sox will cry themselves all the way into the post season, as the Angels worked their magic on the Texas Rangers, sealing a wildcard playoff berth for...
by mike silver | Sep 29, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Casey Kotchman, Mike Lowell, Quick Post
Two items for today’s laundry list: 1) Hope that Lowell’s hip heals 2) Pray to Pedro Serrano’s voodoo gods (yeah, that crazy guy from “Major League“) that if he doesn’t, Casey Kotchman’s bat will rise from its slumber. Mike...
by mike silver | Sep 29, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Terry Francona
Wrapped in the title “player’s manager” is both a complement and an insult. Personable and charismatic as to relate to players, these managers are too cowardly to make tough personnel decisions, too soft to win championships. Yet, what is often...
by jake digregorio | Sep 29, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Game Recap, Hideki Okajima, Hunter Jones, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Michael Bowden, Mike Lowell
After pitching 2 1/3 innings of relief just last night, the Red Sox were not asking for extended innings from Michael Bowden on Monday night. Unfortunately, seven hits and seven runs over three innings wasn’t quite what they had in mind. It was the rain that...
