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 evan brunell | Aug 19, 2009 | Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Gonzalez, Brian Anderson, Casey Kotchman, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Junichi Tazawa, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Lowell, Nick Green, Ramon Ramirez, Takashi Saito, Victor Martinez
In a homage to Twitter, the new social media application that is changing how news is delivered (in the same vein how blogs changed everything) I bring to you a summary of each Red Sox player on the 25-man roster in 140 characters or less (the maximum number of...
by tito crafts | Aug 18, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Josh Beckett, Toronto Blue Jays
Two pitchers with sub 4.00 ERA’s go at it in Toronto. One needs to win for their team more than the other…
by mike silver | Aug 11, 2009 | Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, Quick Post
Jon Lester just became the most important man in the Red Sox rotation. Not by design, of course, but out of necessity. Five and a half games is a strong lead. Not impenetrable, mind you, but strong enough where the Red Sox need to consider what life may be like in the...
by mike silver | Aug 11, 2009 | Brad Penny, Cristian Guzman, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Jason Bay, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Junichi Tazawa, Michael Bowden, Tim Wakefield
It’s a slump. That’s it. That has to be it. Mayday! Mayday! We’re going down… aren’t we? Sometimes it’s difficult to tell the difference between a slump and a freefall. When given the choice, you always root for the slump, because,...
by josh lacey | Aug 8, 2009 | Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Quick Post
It’s easy to be down on this team right now. Just keep this in mind; the Red Sox are 1 game up on Texas and 2.5 on Tampa Bay with nine games left against the pair for the AL Wild Card. With Josh Beckett and Jon Lester on absolute fire right now, don’t...
by tito crafts | Aug 7, 2009 | A.J. Burnett, Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees
Josh Beckett hopes to get the Sox back on track until our next questionable starter takes the hill…
by josh lacey | Aug 6, 2009 | Brad Penny, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Smoltz, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Tim Wakefield
When the 2009 season began, there was very little doubt in anyone’s mind that the Red Sox had both the depth and talent in the starting rotation for it to be considered, not only the teams’ primary strength, but what made them favorites to advance to the...
by tito crafts | Aug 1, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, David Hernandez, Game Threads, Josh Beckett
by shawn medeiros | Jul 28, 2009 | Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, Josh Beckett
After a shaky start against the Texas Rangers, Josh Beckett returned to form against Oakland. Beckett pitched seven innings allowing eight hits, three runs, one walk and 10 strikeouts. Boston’s offense continues to swing it as the Red Sox pounded out 14 hits....