by evan brunell | Aug 16, 2004 | Uncategorized
The Boston Red Sox dropped another one to the White Sox yesterday, by a score of 5-4. It was a tough loss as we lost Kevin Youkilis to a collision (Doug Mientkiewicz will be playing second base tonight) and Mike Timlin came on only to cough up a two-run homer to...
by evan brunell | Aug 15, 2004 | Uncategorized
The Philadelphia Phillies were blown out by the San Francisco Giants yesterday by a score of 16-6. Barry Bonds hit HR number 689 and JT Snow saw his 2004 HR total jump to nine from a previous six. Snow also walked twice in the game but unfortunately whiffed on a...
by evan brunell | Aug 13, 2004 | Uncategorized
Jane Conroy, Poor Richard�s Scorecard (fellow MVN writer), visited Fenway earlier this year and had this to say about the Phillies and Red Sox: I also realized that the Phillies and Red Sox have a lot in common. Both teams play in blue-collar towns, and are both in...
by evan brunell | Aug 12, 2004 | Uncategorized
David Ortiz got his 100th RBI tonight in a drubbing of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He went 1-3 with 2 RBI and one walk. The RBIs came on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the second, scoring Youkilis, and doubled to right in the bottom of the seventh to score...
by evan brunell | Aug 10, 2004 | Uncategorized
At each level in the Red Sox minor league system, there is at least two players to get excited about. Pawtucket boasts of power-hitting catcher Kelly Shoppach, while the brightest star out of many stars in Portland is Abe Alvarez. Pitching-rich Sarasota overwhelms you...
by evan brunell | Aug 5, 2004 | Uncategorized
Dale Sveum cost the Red Sox a chance at sweeping the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, waving home one Dave Roberts with no out in the ninth, easily gunned down by top AL-assist centerfielder Rocco Baldelli, of the Rays. Dave Roberts, the resident burner on the basepaths, had...
by evan brunell | Aug 4, 2004 | Uncategorized
The Red Sox promoted their top two shortstop prospects today. Hanley Ramirez was sent to Double-A Portland, and 2004 first-round pick Dustin Pedroia was promoted to high-A Sarasota. While Red Sox fans are enjoying Orlando Cabrera at shortstop -he may be batting under...
by evan brunell | Aug 1, 2004 | Uncategorized
1997 Gained: Lost: Not since 1997 have we seen such roster upheaval. But this year? Talk about roster upheaval on July 31st, 2004, which will go down as a very important date in Red Sox history. July 31, 2004 Gained: Lost: Not even spanning a full year, the 2004 trade...
by evan brunell | Jul 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
There have been names flying around Red Sox Nation recently. We know there probably will be a trade, but we have no idea who. Before Trot Nixon went down with a possibly season-ending (and dare I say, possibly career-ending [Hi, Cam Neely!]) injury, the consensus was...
by guest | Jul 27, 2004 | Uncategorized
Oh, to only be A-Rod. To sign an unprecedented contract only to be a cellar dweller. To ask to be sent to the Red Sox once he realized it was a possibility there was a light on in the kitchen since Manny’s SUV was slowly backing out of the garage. Then to come...
