NYM 3, BOS 2: Under review
Usually, the most unlikely of heroes arise in the playoffs. Enter Omir Santos 42 games into the Mets regular season.
Category: Josh Beckett
5/23: We’ll see your ace and raise you one Beckett
Sorry for the late thread...great day for a BBQ....also a great day for a W.
BOS 5, SEA 3: Powered by Jason
No warning track power this time, Jason Bay wasn't going to be short changed.
5/16: Aces Up
Time for Beckett to take this team on his back for a night and throw eight innings of one run ball. I'd settle for seven of two run ball, but anything less than a quality start is unacceptable.
SEA 5, BOS 4: Ichiro blasts Mariners to win
Don't be fooled, Ichiro can certainly hit the long ball too.
Are the Sox starters as bad as they seem?
It's a testament to how good the offense and bullpen is that the Sox are hanging around first place. Once the starters start regressing to the norm, the club will be that much more stronger.
TAM 14, BOS 5: Torcher
Evan Longoria is being handed the American League MVP award courtesy of the Boston Red Sox pitching staff.
For Starters
Coming into the season, Red Sox fans may have had some worries about the Red Sox offense, but general consensus was that the 2009 team was going to ride the success of it's deep and potentially dominant starting pitching. Experts, pundits, bloggers, and fans alike all agreed that the Red Sox staff was easily one of the best in baseball.
In my very own preseason preview of the Boston Red Sox, I certainly thought as highly of the Red Sox rotation as everyone else.
With Josh Beckett and Jon Lester off to slow and inconsistent starts and with Daisuke Matsuzaka's early trip to the DL with "post World Baseball Classic-itis", the Red Sox rotation hasn't lived up to those lofty expectations.
BOS 7, NYY 3: Message sent
Fine Jason Bay, next time I WILL pick you for the Star of the Game. I got the message. The New York Yankees, however, haven't.