by shawn medeiros | Oct 16, 2007 | 2007 ALCS, Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Grady Sizemore, Jake Westbrook, Jason Varitek, Joe Borowski, Kenny Lofton, Travis Hafner
Kenny Lofton may be 40 years old but he is playing like a 25 year old superstar in the playoffs spark plugging the Cleveland Indians lineup. Lofton hit his first ALCS homerun, a two run shot, off of Daisuke Matsuzaka in the second inning and Cleveland never let the...
by shawn medeiros | Oct 12, 2007 | 2007 ALCS, C.C. Sabathia, Cleveland Indians, David Ortiz, Eric Gagne, Grady Sizemore, Jason Varitek, Jhonny Peralta, Josh Beckett, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Travis Hafner
David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez set the pace for the Red Sox offense who reached base a combined 10 times and Josh Beckett earned the win pitching for 6 innings with seven strikeouts beating the Cleveland Indians 10-3. Ortiz was 2-2 with two walks and Ramirez was 2-2...
by zach hayes | Oct 9, 2007 | 2007 ALCS, Bobby Kielty, Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, Doug Mirabelli, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Hinske, Franklin Gutierrez, Grady Sizemore, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jhonny Peralta, Julio Lugo, Kelly Shoppach, Kevin Youkilis, Know Thy Enemy, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Travis Hafner, Trot Nixon
Here we stand, on the date of October 10, two days before the first pitch of the 2007 American League Championship Series. Here we stood, on the date of March 31, two days before the first pitch of the 2007 baseball season. On March 31, we had no way of knowing...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 24, 2007 | Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, Grady Sizemore, J.D. Drew, Jon Lester, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell
A setback is a setup for a comeback. Jon Lester returned from a big setback beating out a treatable form of lymphoma cancer and on “his” day, Lester went out and got two victories: a win in his first return to the Major Leagues beating Cleveland 6-2 and a...
by shawn medeiros | May 31, 2007 | Cleveland Indians, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Grady Sizemore
Finally the Cleveland Indians lineup (32-19) that the Boston Red Sox (36-16) prepared for in this three game series showed their true colors in a 8-4 win that halted the Sox sweep and their sixth consecutive win. Doubles were abound in this one and Daisuke Matsuzaka...
by evan brunell | Apr 3, 2007 | Adam Dunn, Alex Gordon, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, Ben Sheets, Brendan Donnelly, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, Colorado Rockies, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dayton Moore, Delmon Young, Detroit Tigers, Dustin Pedroia, Edgar Renteria, Elijah Dukes, Erik Bedard, Felix Hernandez, Gil Meche, Grady Sizemore, Hanley Ramirez, Hideki Okajima, Houston Astros, J.C. Romero, J.D. Drew, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jeff Kent, Joel Pineiro, John Buck, Jorge Posada, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Kansas City Royals, LaTroy Hawkins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Tony Pena Jr., Toronto Blue Jays
In 2003, 2004 and 2005, the Red Sox lost Opening Day and went on to make the playoffs. In 2006, Opening Day was won and … well, let’s not talk about what happened after that. Curt Schilling simply was not on today. He didn’t have it from the start...
