by mike silver | Aug 2, 2010 | Chris McGuiness, Daniel Turpen, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Ramon Ramirez, Roman Mendez
In one of Boston’s quieter trade deadlines in recent years, the Red Sox came out as modest sellers when the deadline expired at 4:00 pm July 31st. The club’s biggest move – the selling of middle reliever Ramon Ramirez – served more to show the front office’s...
by mike scandura | Aug 1, 2010 | Jacoby Ellsbury, Torey Lovullo
If there was a defining moment during the second game of Jacoby Ellsbury’s rehab assignment with Pawtucket, it occurred during the fourth inning yesterday against the Durham Bulls at McCoy Stadium. Durham’s Chris Richard crushed a Ramon Ramirez pitch over the fence in...
by mike scandura | Aug 1, 2010 | Jacoby Ellsbury, Torey Lovullo
In the nine years Pawtucket has held a Bobblehead Doll Night promotion, never before had a former PawSox who’s been with Boston played in a rehab game the night his Bobblehead was being given to fans who entered McCoy Stadium. Jacoby Ellsbury put his name in...
by jake digregorio | Jul 31, 2010 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Detroit Tigers, Game Threads, Max Scherzer
Prev. Gm: Detroit Tigers (52-50) @ Boston Red Sox (58-45) Max Scherzer (7-8, 4.45) @ Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-3, 4.09) 4:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Massachusetts) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES Daisuke Matsuzaka will lead the Boston Red Sox in a...
by tim daloisio | Jul 31, 2010 | Boston Red Sox
With sixty games left in the 2010 Regular Season, the Boston Red Sox sit five games on the outside of the playoff race and an additional two and a half games out of the division title. According to Coolstandings.com’s playoff odds, the Red Sox playoff chances...
by jake digregorio | Jul 30, 2010 | Armando Galarraga, Detroit Tigers, Game Threads, Jon Lester
Prev. Gm: Detroit Tigers (51-50) @ Boston Red Sox (58-44) Armando Galarraga (3-3, 4.43) @ Jon Lester (11-5, 2.92) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Massachusetts) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: The bruised and battered Boston Red Sox survived a taxing...
by jake digregorio | Jul 28, 2010 | Game Threads, Joel Pineiro, Josh Beckett, Los Angeles Angels
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (57-44) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (52-51) Josh Beckett (1-1, 6.66) @ Joel Pineiro ((10-7, 4.18) 3:35 PM EDT | Angel Stadium (Anaheim, California) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES As Josh Beckett looks for his first win from...
by andrew lipsett | Jul 28, 2010 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Bard, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Tim Wakefield
The promise of this season, coming in, was pitching and defense. Instead, to this point we’ve seen a team riddled with injuries and dependent more on their offense — despite a recent lull, the team is still second only to the Yankees in all of baseball...
by mike silver | Jul 26, 2010 | Daniel Bard, Hideki Okajima, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen, Ramon Ramirez
With the Sox bullpen letting another late lead slip away Sunday, there is little question that the collapse of the relief corps has been one team’s bigger issues this season. Compounding issues is the news that the Sox may not be making any significant adds at the...
by mike scandura | Jul 25, 2010 | Ryan Dent
At the risk of using a bad pun, the Boston Red Sox hope Ryan Dent will make a major “dent” in their defense and base running in the not-too-distant future. As a means of explanation … A sandwich pick in the 2007 draft, Dent last season was named Boston’s Minor League...