by jake digregorio | May 8, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, C.C. Sabathia, Clay Buchholz, Game Threads, New York Yankees
Prev. Gm: New York Yankees (20-8) @ Boston Red Sox (15-15) C.C. Sabathia (4-1, 2.74) @ Clay Buccholz (3-2, 2.97) 3:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass) TV: FOX RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES The New York Yankees took their twentieth win of the season last...
by tom fratamico | May 8, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays
Last week, I wrote a realistic but pessimist outlook for the Red Sox. Essentially, my point was that the Rays and Yankees are too good with too big of a lead for the Red Sox to have a better than 50/50 chance to over take either club and make the playoffs. Even after...
by jake digregorio | May 7, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes
Prev. Gm: New York Yankees (19-8) @ Boston Red Sox (15-14) Phil Hughes (3-0, 1.44) @ Josh Beckett (1-0, 6.31) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES The biggest rivalry in baseball returns tonight as the Boston Red Sox...
by tim daloisio | May 6, 2010 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Episode #77 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: none Let me take you back four short days ago. After having seen his team of record be swept by the lowly Baltimore Orioles, Paul Testa (aka @ptesta9) went hunting for a panic button. Instead he found twitter: I...
by jake digregorio | May 6, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, Los Angeles Angels, Scott Kazmir
Prev. Gm: Los Angeles Angels (12-17) @ Boston Red Sox (14-14) Scott Kazmir (2-1, 5.57) @ Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1, 11.57) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass) TV: NESN / MLB Network RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES The Boston Red Sox are riding the .500 line...
by Troy Patterson | May 6, 2010 | John Lackey
We have learned over the years that the only things a pitcher can control are strike outs, walks and keeping the ball on the ground. Things like hits and home runs are just a factor of league averages and things like defense and luck. Lackey finished Wednesday night...
by jake digregorio | May 5, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Joel Pineiro, John Lackey, Los Angeles Angels
Prev. Gm: Los Angeles Angels (12-16) @ Boston Red Sox (13-14) Joel Pineiro (2-3, 5.76) @ John Lackey (2-1, 4.50) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES The Boston Red Sox are picking up speed against the Los Angeles...
by andrew lipsett | May 5, 2010 | Adrian Beltre, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Marco Scutaro, Mike Cameron, Mike Lowell, Tim Wakefield, Victor Martinez
These past two nights, we’ve gotten a glimpse of what this team could look like with things going right. Strong pitching performances by Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester, backed by an offense that at worst grinds down opposing pitchers and at best can be explosive,...
by jake digregorio | May 4, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Ervin Santana, Game Threads, Jon Lester, Los Angeles Angels
Prev. Gm: Los Angeles Angels (12-15) @ Boston Red Sox (12-14) Ervin Santana (1-2, 4.59) @ Jon Lester (1-2, 4.71) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES The Boston Red Sox finally came alive in a big way last night,...
by Troy Patterson | May 4, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett, Victor Martinez
Heading into 2010 it was a fairly easy choice that we wanted Victor Martinez to supply the offense we needed from the catcher position and give adequate defense behind the plate. So far though there has been some early results that might be good reasoning to place...