by mike scandura | Jun 8, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Christian Vazquez, David Ross, Ivan Rodriguez, Jose Molina, Yadier Molina
Most youngsters who grew up in the late 1990s were inclined to watch television shows like Pokeman, SpongeBob Square Pants or Power Rangers. That wasn’t the case with Pawtucket Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez. When Vazquez turned on the TV set in his hometown of...
by mike silver | Aug 20, 2009 | A.J. Burnett, Brad Penny, C.C. Sabathia, Clay Buchholz, Ivan Rodriguez, John Smoltz, Josh Beckett, Junichi Tazawa, Tim Wakefield
As of Thursday morning, the Sox stand seven games behind the New York Yankees in the division race and one game ahead of the Rangers in the Wild Card. The Yankees are cruising right now, with a great opportunity to seal up the division this weekend. The Sox...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 8, 2007 | Curtis Granderson, David Ortiz, Detroit Tigers, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Hinske, Hideki Okajima, Ivan Rodriguez, Javier Lopez, Jeremy Bonderman, Jonathan Papelbon, Kason Gabbard, Omar Infante
Boston (53-33) was playing the wrong odds too many times and their luck finally ended and caught up with them in the bottom of the 13th. Ivan Rodriguez singled home the game winner off of Jonathan Papelbon, but the Red Sox flirted with disaster in the 10th and 11th...
by shawn medeiros | May 17, 2007 | Carlos Guillen, Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, Detroit Tigers, Hideki Okajima, Ivan Rodriguez, Jonathan Papelbon, Julian Tavarez, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Zach Miner
And the un-sung hero award goes to… Julian Tavarez. Tavarez who was not even supposed to be the fifth starter on this team has provided the Boston Red Sox with what any skipper would want out of his fifth starter: long outings and the ability to keep his team in...
by guest | Nov 8, 2006 | Alex Gonzalez, Brandon Inge, Brian Anderson, Curtis Granderson, Eric Chavez, Ichiro Suzuki, Ivan Rodriguez, Jason Varitek, Jhonny Peralta, Mark Grudzielanek, Mark Loretta, Robinson Cano, Torii Hunter, Trot Nixon, Vernon Wells
With the continued radio silence from Fenway, it’s pretty hard to generate new blog material on the Red Sox right now, as Evan can attest. A week or so ago, we Firebranders already talked about the domino-effect scenario we’re facing: once the BrainTrust...
