by evan brunell | Jul 16, 2009 | Julio Lugo, Quick Post
The Red Sox have informed all teams that they are willing to pay most of Lugo’s remaining salary, Ken Rosenthal reports. The team has publicly announced its intention of bringing Mike Lowell aboard Friday with Jed Lowrie to follow Saturday, so Lugo’s time...
by evan brunell | Jul 15, 2009 | Quick Post, Trivia
Congratulations to Mike for winning the trivia contest spanning April to now! He tied with trivia guru Tessie’s Dad for the final standings; given that Tessie’s Dad retired, Mike gets the grand prize of Fenway!: The Ultimate Fan’s Guide, 2009...
by evan brunell | Jul 15, 2009 | Jed Lowrie, Julio Lugo, Mike Lowell
With the All-Star Break finally behind us, it’s time to take a look ahead at what the second half has in store for us. One thing it doesn’t have in store for us is Julio Lugo’s presence in a Red Sox uniform. Now, while the Red Sox could always throw...
by josh lacey | Jul 14, 2009 | Quick Post
Mid season report cards are certainly the topic du jour around the blogosphere as the All-Star break gives us a lapse from the everyday grind of game to game commentary. I have to give Boston.com props for a pretty innovative approach to the report card feature this...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 13, 2009 | Game Recap, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Rocco Baldelli
Josh Beckett capped off the first half of the season with a bang. Beckett earned his 100th career victory pitching a complete game three-hit shutout against the Royals with no walks and seven strikeouts. Offensively, Aaron Bates went 3-for-4 with an RBI double pacing...
by josh lacey | Jul 12, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Quick Post
Leave it to the Red Sox to give us some news to keep us amped up through the break. They have recalled Clay Buchholz from AAA and he will be starting on Friday at Toronto. This also means that they will be moving to a six man rotation (Buchholz, Penny, Lester, Smoltz,...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 12, 2009 | Game Recap, John Smoltz, Justin Masterson, Kevin Youkilis
Even though Boston got out to a 9-0 lead after four innings of play the Red Sox bullpen made it interesting. John Smoltz earned his first victory in a Sox uniform pitching five innings allowing four hits, one run, one walk and seven strikeouts. However, Justin...
by josh lacey | Jul 11, 2009 | Gil Meche, John Smoltz, Kansas City Royals
Mojo video time, take your pick: or
by shawn medeiros | Jul 11, 2009 | Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon
Boston’s bullpen will be thanking Jon Lester. The crafty lefty pitched eight shutout innings allowing just four hits, two walks and eight strikeouts giving the pen a break. Only Jonathan Papelbon was used in the ninth completing his 23rd save of the season....
by evan brunell | Jul 10, 2009 | Daniel Cortes, Jeff Francouer, Quick Post, Ryan Church, Yuniesky Betancourt
Today, two extremely puzzling trades occurred. The first was the Royals shipping two minor league pitchers (including their best one, Daniel Cortes) to Seattle for shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt. As I put it on Twitter, the Royals just took on $10 million of a no-hit,...
