by shawn medeiros | Jul 29, 2007 | B.J. Upton, Carlos Pena, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dioner Navarro, Gary Glover, Joe Maddon, Jonny Gomes, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Scott Kazmir, Tampa Bay Rays
Boston (64-41) was looking to sweep the series against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (39-65), but Scott Kazmir stood in the way pitching 6 scoreless innings in the 5-2 win over the Red Sox. Kazmir did not earn the win, but kept his team in it long enough as Tampa scored...
by evan brunell | Jul 27, 2007 | Alex Cora, Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Hinske, Fausto Carmona, Hideki Okajima, Jason Varitek, John Farrell, Julio Lugo, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Terry Francona
Two years ago, I stepped in to defend Terry Francona against naysayers. That season, the Red Sox finished in a tie for the division with the Yankees, and we won the wild card due to the Yankees winning the head-to-head tiebreaker, having beaten us 10 games to nine....
by evan brunell | Jul 27, 2007 | Alex Cora, Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Hinske, Fausto Carmona, Hideki Okajima, Jason Varitek, John Farrell, Julio Lugo, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Terry Francona
Two years ago, I stepped in to defend Terry Francona against naysayers. That season, the Red Sox finished in a tie for the division with the Yankees, and we won the wild card due to the Yankees winning the head-to-head tiebreaker, having beaten us 10 games to nine....
by shawn medeiros | Jul 27, 2007 | Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, Hideki Okajima, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Julian Tavarez, Kason Gabbard, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Wily Mo Pena
Manny Ramirez went 3-4 with two homers, four RBI’s, and four runs and Wily Mo Pena went 4-5 with one homerun, four RBI’s, and two runs out lasting the Cleveland Indians 14-9. The New York Yankees also lost 7-0 against Kansas City. Kason Gabbard started the...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 25, 2007 | C.C. Sabathia, Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Okajima, Jhonny Peralta, Jonathan Papelbon, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Trot Nixon
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched seven innings strong and Mike Lowell blooped home the only run on a single to left to beat 13 game winner C.C. Sabathia and the Cleveland Indians 1-0. Matsuzaka only allowed four hits, walked three, and struck out six on 98 pitches (60 for...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 24, 2007 | Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, Grady Sizemore, J.D. Drew, Jon Lester, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell
A setback is a setup for a comeback. Jon Lester returned from a big setback beating out a treatable form of lymphoma cancer and on “his” day, Lester went out and got two victories: a win in his first return to the Major Leagues beating Cleveland 6-2 and a...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 23, 2007 | Chicago White Sox, Coco Crisp, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jim Thome, Jonathan Papelbon, Julio Lugo, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Paul Konerko, Tim Wakefield
After a somewhat awful stretch of baseball certain Boston Red Sox players have been putting together good games and turning it around. Those players include Coco Crisp, Julio Lugo, and J.D. Drew, but one of the most important players Sox Nation has wanted to see get...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 22, 2007 | Chicago White Sox, Coco Crisp, Eric Hinske, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Kason Gabbard, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell
Coco Crisp drove in five RBI’s and Kason Gabbard earned his fourth victory of the season beating the Chicago White Sox (43-53) in a romping defeat 11-2. Crisp has hit .370 in his last 29 games and has driven in eighth RBI’s in his past two games hitting...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 19, 2007 | Alex Gordon, Coco Crisp, David DeJesus, David Riske, Julian Tavarez, Julio Lugo, Kansas City Royals, Manny Ramirez, Mark Grudzielanek, Mark Teahen, Mike Lowell, Odalis Perez
Boston’s 6-5 loss to the Kansas City Royals can either be the breaking point of the season where everything falls apart or it can be the part of the season where the Boston Red Sox (56-38) wake up and realize that the New York Yankees have trimmed a double digit...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 15, 2007 | Aaron Hill, Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin McGowan, Eric Hinske, Jason Varitek, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Toronto Blue Jays, Troy Glaus
The last homerun any Boston Red Sox (55-35) fan had seen from David Ortiz at Fenway Park was on April 21st, Ortiz ended that drought in the first inning homering off of Dustin McGowan to right field in the 9-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays (44-46). Ortiz’...
