by evan brunell | May 1, 2007 | Alex Cora, Brendan Donnelly, Coco Crisp, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Doug Mirabelli, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Hinske, Hideki Okajima, J.C. Romero, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Joel Pineiro, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julian Tavarez, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Kyle Snyder, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Tim Wakefield, Wily Mo Pena
Now that the month of April is officially over, it’s time to bring back a segment that I started last year but tailed off and didn’t do for August and September. I’ll be taking a month to month look at the Red Sox, and unlike last years, I’m...
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 zach hayes | Apr 27, 2007 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, New York Yankees
It appears this baby is going to be played tonight in the Bronx. After a day of periodic showers and a late afternoon drenched with nasty fog, it’s all up to the Yankee Stadium draining system to get the job done. The chances of rain as the night wears on cannot...
by zach hayes | Apr 27, 2007 | Andy Pettitte, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, New York Yankees
APRIL 27TH, 2007 GAME THREAD Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-2, 4.00) @ Andy Pettitte (1-0, 1.78) Boston Red Sox (14-7) @ New York Yankees (8-12) 7:05 PM EDT in Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) TV: NESN | RADIO: WRKO 680 TODAY’S AL EAST GAMES: TEX @ TOR l TB @ OAK l CLE @ BAL...
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...
by mike edelman | Apr 23, 2007 | Alex Rodriguez, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jeff Karstens, Phil Hughes
Things couldn’t be going much better for the high-flying Red Sox. The team with the best record in the majors is getting hot exactly at the right time. On game two of a 13 game stretch of games against AL East competition, they began what has to this point been...
by zach hayes | Apr 23, 2007 | Alex Rodriguez, Brendan Donnelly, Chase Wright, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, New York Yankees
Professional baseball simply does not get any better than the end of the Yankees-Red Sox game on Sunday night. Jonathan Papelbon vs. Alex Rodriguez. The filthiest, flame throwing phenom in the game of baseball, the newly appointed most fearsome closer in the sport,...
by zach hayes | Apr 22, 2007 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, Jeff Karstens
APRIL 22ND, 2007 GAME THREAD Chase Wright (1-0, 5.40) @ Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-2, 2.70) New York Yankees (8-8) @ Boston Red Sox (11-5) 8:05 PM EDT in Boston, Massachusetts (Fenway Park) TV: ESPN | RADIO: WRKO 680 TODAY’S AL EAST GAMES: TOR @ BAL l CLE @ TB PRIOR...
by mike edelman | Apr 19, 2007 | Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte, Brendan Donnelly, Chase Wright, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Matsui, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jeff Karstens, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Manny Ramirez, Mariano Rivera, Melky Cabrera, Mike Lowell, New York Yankees, Wily Mo Pena
I usually don’t single out certain series but given the passion of the rivalry, and the fact that I got out of class at noon today, I thought, why not? Well I’ll skip the small chat and get right down to business. This weekend the two powers of the AL East...
by mike edelman | Apr 18, 2007 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jason Varitek, John Farrell, Josh Beckett
Through his first 3 games this year, Josh Beckett is 3-0 with an ERA of 1.50. Through his first 3 games of 2006, Josh Beckett was 3-0 with a 1.29 ERA. So what’s the difference? For starters he has a WHIP of 0.83 compared to his WHIP of 1.04 in his first 3 games...
