by josh lacey | Jul 31, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek
“Baseball is a marathon, not a sprint.” How often have you been told that, with respect to the baseball season, no single day nor no single event matters more than the collective performance over a 162 game season? When looking at individual performance, I...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 5, 2009 | Brad Penny, Game Recap, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester
Seattle didn’t exactly win in exciting fashion last night but the Mariners will take it. Chris Woodward notched a bloop RBI single that fell right in front of an outstretched Dustin Pedroia and David Aardsma closed out the ninth for the Mariners beating the Red...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 29, 2009 | Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon
One day after being dominated by Tommy Hanson, Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox turned the table on the Baltimore Orioles. Lester threw seven shutout innings allowing just five hits, no walks and eight strikeouts. Dustin Pedroia and Jason Varitek both had RBI singles...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 29, 2009 | Chipper Jones, Game Recap, Garrett Anderson, Jason Varitek
Tommy Hanson came into his start against the Red Sox not feeling 100 percent. But his performance yesterday on the mound wasn’t bad for an off day. Hanson dominated Boston pitching six scoreless innings yielding just two hits, two walks and two strikeouts. The...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 25, 2009 | David Ortiz, Game Recap, Jason Varitek, John Smoltz
David Ortiz is starting to find his groove. Ortiz went 2-for-3 with three RBI knocking in his 1,000th run batted in with a three-run homer in the fourth inning. Jason Varitek also homered in the sixth inning. Jon Lester picked up his sixth win of the season pitching...
by shawn medeiros | May 28, 2009 | Casey Jannsen, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jeff Bailey, Joe Crede, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Tim Wakefield
Home plate umpire Todd Tichenor just skyrocketed up the ESPN umpire ejection fantasy league standings. Tichenor ejected Mike Redmond after arguing a play at the plate in which Jeff Bailey scored on – but appeared out – and Rod Gardenhire for coming out of...
by shawn medeiros | May 20, 2009 | David Ortiz, Game Recap, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell
David Ortiz is finally smiling again. And so is Red Sox Nation. In the fifth inning after Jason Varitek belted his second homer of the game, Big Papi ended his 149 at-bat homerless drought with a two-run home run to center field. Then the Red Sox launched two more big...
by shawn medeiros | May 17, 2009 | Game Recap, Garrett Olson, Jason Bay, Jason Vargas, Jason Varitek, Jeff Bailey, Josh Beckett, Justin Masterson
No warning track power this time, Jason Bay wasn’t going to be short changed. Bay blasted a fastball from Garrett Olson to left field well over the fence giving Boston a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Then, Jason Varitek took Olson deep for another two-run homer...
by shawn medeiros | May 13, 2009 | Bobby Abreu, Game Recap, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jeff Bailey, Jonathan Papelbon, Mike Napoli, Torii Hunter
The Red Sox didn’t want to be the only Boston team to lose tonight. J.D. Drew started Boston’s rally with a solo-shot (5) in the second inning tying the game at 1-1. Drew would also help finish off the Angels in the ninth. Drew lead off the ninth with a...
by tito crafts | May 2, 2009 | Curt Schilling, George Kottaras, Grady Sizemore, Greg Maddux, Hanley Ramirez, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Travis Hafner, Victor Martinez
Do you? Do you remember 2007? Where Beckett made Hanley Ramirez an after-thought? Post-2007, Hanley was merely Khalil Greene in the eyes of Red Sox fans. Maybe not Khalil, but you get my point, right? What Beckett did was incredible. We didn’t actually think...
