by evan brunell | Jul 6, 2008 | Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez
So as we all know by now, the following Red Sox players will be on the All-Star roster, with an asterisk designating that the fans voted him in as starter: J.D. Drew — Can’t quibble with this one. Jonathan Papelbon — Makes sense. Dustin Pedroia*...
by evan brunell | Jul 3, 2008 | Brandon Moss, Chris Smith, Coco Crisp, Craig Hansen, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Aardsma, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Justin Masterson, Kevin Cash, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Sean Casey, Tim Wakefield
A 16-11 swing has left the Sox in second place to start July, behind the surprising Tampa Bay Rays. Today comes the hated, the vaunted meek New York Yankees. Let’s kick butt and take names! Let’s take a glance back at the month that was… To the Fire...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 28, 2008 | Craig Hansen, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, Houston Astros, J.D. Drew, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen
Daisuke Matsuzaka went five innings only allowing two hits while striking out for to improve to 9-1 on the season with a little help from a J.D. Drew three run homer in the third inning. Dustin Pedroia added to the score in the seventh with an RBI single giving Boston...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 24, 2008 | Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon
Yes, 19 come from behind wins for the Boston Red Sox and 12 in their last at bat. Jason Varitek drove home the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth on a single to right plating Mike Lowell to give Boston a 5-4 lead. Jonathan Papelbon shut the door in the ninth for...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 23, 2008 | Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis
Kevin Youkilis’ homers twice, but the most important one came in the bottom of the 13th inning. The two-run walk-off homer lifted the Boston Red Sox over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3. It was Youkilis’ 13th home run of the season. Star of the Game: Youk Two...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 21, 2008 | Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen
It’s already made it’s way around….but here’s MDC and Paps playing a little Milli Vanilli’s “Blame it on the Rain” during last night’s rain delay. Kudos to the Sox marketing team for dreaming it up and to the players for...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 19, 2008 | J.D. Drew, Jonathan Papelbon, Justin Masterson
J.D. Drew was a triple shy of the cycle while driving in four runs helping Boston beat Philadelphia 7-4. Drew smacked his 13th home run of the season, a three-run shot, and was 4-5 with two runs as well.
by shawn medeiros | Jun 18, 2008 | Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, Jonathan Papelbon, Julio Lugo, Justin Masterson, Philadelphia Phillies
Coco Crisp went yard for the Boston Red Sox again and it was ultimately the difference as the Sox beat Philly 3-0. Crisp hit a two-run homer in the second inning to give Boston a 2-0 lead and Julio Lugo drove home Crisp in the sixth on an RBI double making it 3-0. Jon...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 15, 2008 | Cincinnati Reds, Coco Crisp, Craig Hansen, Edwin Encarnacion, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis
After Edwin Encarnacion homered to tie the game at 4-4 Kevin Youkilis and Coco Crisp followed with back-to-back homers to push the Sox past the Reds 6-4. Jonathan Papelbon blew his third save of the season but improved to 3-2 overall after Craig Hansen delivered in...
by evan brunell | Jun 12, 2008 | Jonathan Papelbon
If you didn’t know, Jonathan Papelbon makes a weekly appearance on Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight, hosted on Comcast Sportsnet. Here’s what he had to say… “In my opinion it is a bunch of bull what they did. All I got to say is what comes around...