Wednesday Links: Red Sox starters finding form under Carl Willis
Juan Nieves was widely considered the Red Sox scapegoat after the team relived him of pitching coach duties on May…
Juan Nieves was widely considered the Red Sox scapegoat after the team relived him of pitching coach duties on May…
West coast losses sting a little more
Options are getting mighty thin.
*IF* the Red Sox make the playoffs this year what teams do they want to face, and what teams would it be better to avoid?
The Advanced Scout gets his Kleenex handy as he analyzes the Cleveland Indians
The Advanced Scout tries to find a respite in numbers as he analyzes the Cleveland Indians
Tonight will mark the third time that John Lackey will face his former squad, the Los Angeles Angels, wearing a Boston Red Sox uniform. The first two went in the win column. Will the the third be as lucky?
The Boston Red Sox are riding the .500 line after taking three in a row off of the Los Angeles Angels. Now, Daisuke Matsuzaka will have to shake off the rust from his first start, in which he got tagged for six earned runs on seven hits against the Orioles, in order to complete the sweep of the Angels and give the Red Sox a winning record.
That one stings. Jon Papelbon's ninth inning meltdown ended the playoff journey for Boston, as the Red Sox are swept by the Los Angeles Angels, 7-6. After leading for the entire game, Vlad Guerrero's single off Papelbon in the top of the ninth was the culmination of a completely lackluster post-season, the end of a pretty abysmal weekend for Boston sports in general. But... there's always next year.