by shawn medeiros | Jun 22, 2009 | David Ortiz, Game Recap, Nick Green
Nick Green is making the most of this opportunity. Green sliced a first pitch offering in the bottom of the ninth inning around Pesky Pole to hit his second walk-off homer of his career. The other one came in a Braves uniform against the Red Sox. Green who was...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 16, 2009 | David Ortiz, Game Recap, Hanley Ramirez, Tim Wakefield
While all eyes were stuck on Hanley Ramirez, Tim Wakefield and David Ortiz stole the show. Wakefield improved to 9-3 on the season and 6-0 at home pitching six innings allowing two runs, six hits, one walk with four strikeouts. Ortiz launched his fifth homer of the...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 12, 2009 | Brad Penny, David Ortiz, Game Recap, J.D. Drew, Jason Bay, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Mike Lowell
Still want to trade Brad Penny? Although Penny did not get the win last night he went six scoreless innings only walking one batter and struck out five. Boston rallied in the eighth inning, how fitting, to beat the New York Yankees 4-3 to start the season 8-0 against...
by josh lacey | Jun 12, 2009 | David Ortiz
For those of you who haven’t heard, there’s been a buzz around baseball media circles over the past week after Jerod Morris of Midwestsportsfans.com wrote the following article regarding the hot start of Raul Ibanez in Philadelphia. “In fact, the...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 10, 2009 | David Ortiz, Game Recap, J.D. Drew, Josh Beckett, Nick Green
Josh Beckett pitched six scoreless innings and David Ortiz extended his hitting streak to seven games to stay undefeated against the New York Yankees this season. Beckett allowed just one hit – an infield single to Robinson Cano in the fourth inning – and...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 7, 2009 | David Ortiz, Game Recap, Jon Lester
This is the Jon Lester every Red Sox fan expected this season. Lester pitched a perfect game into the sixth inning giving up a double to Michael Young with one out. Lester retired the first 19 batters of the game and finished with a complete game win allowing one run...
by evan brunell | Jun 5, 2009 | David Ortiz, Quick Post
David Ortiz will get his eyes checked out Monday, says WEEI. Ortiz mentioned recently that he is experiencing a few problems with his eyesight. Considering that Ortiz has 20-20 vision, it’s doubtful it’s made a significant impact. However, he says his eyes...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 4, 2009 | David Ortiz, Dennis Eckersley, Game Recap, J.D. Drew, Josh Beckett
Josh Beckett didn’t need the early run support. He didn’t allow a hit until the seventh inning. Beckett cruised to his sixth victory striking out nine but gave up a hit with two outs in the seventh to Curtis Granderson to lose the no-no. It’s not...
by evan brunell | Jun 3, 2009 | Brad Penny, David Ortiz, Jack Wilson, Joe Mauer
As Oakland GM Billy Beane once said, and I’m paraphrasing here, “the first two months are finding out what you have, the next two getting what you need, the last two trying to make the playoffs.” Well, we’ve just passed the two month mark, and...
by evan brunell | Jun 2, 2009 | David Ortiz, Quick Post
I love Bill Simmons. He’s one of my favorite writers on the planet. Unfortunately, he rarely talks about the Red Sox. He’s a Celtics/basketball guy who writes football on the side. So you can imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning to an article...
