by shawn medeiros | Sep 10, 2007 | Baltimore Orioles, Brian Roberts, Chad Bradford, Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jeremy Guthrie, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Manny Ramirez, Melvin Mora, Mike Lowell, Nick Markakis
Josh Beckett won his 18th game pitching for 7 innings, on seven hits, two runs, no walks, and eight strikeouts and Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon finished the rest of the game off in the 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Okajima pitched a perfect eighth inning...
by evan brunell | Sep 7, 2007 | Alex Cora, Bobby Kielty, Coco Crisp, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Gagne, Eric Hinske, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julian Tavarez, Julio Lugo, Kevin Cash, Kevin Youkilis, Kyle Snyder, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Tim Wakefield
August was an interesting month for the Red Sox, as the Sox saw their pision lead dwindle, rise, dwindle again with a sweep at the hands of the Yankees, and now we’re getting comfortable again a week into September. The dog-days of August are over, and the...
by shawn medeiros | Sep 7, 2007 | Baltimore Orioles, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Danys Baez, David Ortiz, Garrett Olson, Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Millar, Miguel Tejada, Nick Markakis, Tike Redman
In a pinch hitting role
by mike edelman | Sep 4, 2007 | Clay Buchholz, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Eric Gagne, Hideki Okajima, Javier Lopez, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julian Tavarez, Kyle Snyder, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Timlin, Tim Wakefield
Nate Silver of Baseball Prospectus recently published a post in his
by shawn medeiros | Sep 3, 2007 | Alex Rios, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Frank Thomas, Gregg Zaun, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jesse Litsch, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen, Matt Stairs, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Toronto Blue Jays, Troy Glaus
The Red Sox survived an eight run sixth inning rally from the Toronto Blue Jays who were down 10-1 entering the inning beating them 13-10. Mike Lowell was the offensive star of the game for the Red Sox going 3-4 with his 18th homerun of the season, four RBI’s,...
by zach hayes | Sep 3, 2007 | Brian Cashman, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin Pedroia, Ian Kennedy, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joba Chamberlain, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Justin Masterson, Manny Delcarmen, Melky Cabrera, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Robinson Cano, Theo Epstein
Yankees GM Brian Cashman and Red Sox GM Theo Epstein meet at a trendy Boylston Street Italian restaurant to discuss baseball operations, their deep and passionate friendship and to trade Joe DiMaggio for Ted Williams. Before the bill came, the two rival GM
by shawn medeiros | Sep 2, 2007 | Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Daniel Cabrera, Hideki Okajima, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Millar, Melvin Mora, Miguel Tejada, Mike Lowell, Nick Markakis, Ramon Hernandez
Jacoby Ellsbury hit his first Major League homerun for the Boston Red Sox and Jon Lester earned his third victory of the season beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-2. Hideki Okajima earned his 25th hold of the season and Jonathan Papelbon closed the door in the ninth for...
by mike edelman | Aug 28, 2007 | Brian Bruney, Chien-Ming Wang, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Eric Gagne, Hideki Okajima, Javier Lopez, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kei Igawa, Kyle Farnsworth, Kyle Snyder, Luis Vizcaino, Mike Lowell, Mike Mussina, Mike Timlin, Phil Hughes, Roger Clemens
The upcoming series at Yankee Stadium has been circled on the calendars of Red Sox fans across the world since the schedules were announced this past spring. With memories of last year’s Boston Massacre still fresh in our minds, we looked forward to this series...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 26, 2007 | A.J. Pierzynski, Bobby Kielty, Chicago White Sox, Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Javier Vazquez, Jermaine Dye, Jerry Owens, Jonathan Papelbon, Juan Uribe, Julian Tavarez, Julio Lugo, Mike Lowell
Red Sox starting pitcher Julian Tavarez statistics aren’t of the all-star caliber variety but Tavarez is easily one of the most reliable pitchers on the staff. For a pitcher who has started and relieved for Boston this year, Tavarez (7-9), was much more than...
by evan brunell | Aug 24, 2007 | Billy Wagner, J.J. Putz, Jason Isringhausen, Joe Nathan, Jonathan Papelbon, Takashi Saito
Three days ago, Jonathan Papelbon became just the fourth pitcher in major league history to save 30 games in his first two full seasons. He joins Billy Koch, Kaz Sasaki and Todd Worrell in this group. This begs the question: Is Jonathan Papelbon the best closer in the...