by shawn medeiros | May 26, 2009 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Denard Span, Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Justin Morneau, Kevin Slowey, Nick Punto
Jon Lester has a case of the Dice-K syndrome. Symptoms – Solid pitching in the first few innings, ability to work out of jams, get strikeouts when needed early on, erupt in one particular inning. Result tonight – A five run fifth inning capped off by a...
by josh lacey | May 26, 2009 | Game Threads, Jon Lester, Minnesota Twins, Nick Blackburn
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (26-18) @ Minnesota Twins (22-24) Jon Lester (3-4, 5.91) v. Nick Blackburn (3-2, 3.83)8:05 PM EDT | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minneapolis, MN)TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Let’s see how David Ortiz and the rest of...
by josh lacey | May 26, 2009 | David Ortiz, Quick Post
The lineups are out for tonight’s game against the Minnesota Twins and David Ortiz has been dropped to 6th in the batting order. Mike Lowell will be getting the night off. Here’s the lineup as tweeted by Amalie Benjamin. 1. Ellsbury 2. Pedroia 3. Drew 4....
by josh lacey | May 26, 2009 | Clay Buchholz
Upon hearing of the feats of Clay Buchholz last night in Louisville for the Pawtucket Red Sox, I tweeted my gut reaction as follows: “Clay Buchholz just made his statement. It is time for the Red Sox to proverbially “sh!t or get off the pot”. For Red...
by samara pearlstein | May 26, 2009 | Community post
After another solid, but hardly perfect, start from Brad Penny yesterday I have to wonder again what to do with Clay Buchholz. In case you had not heard, Clay came within three outs of throwing a perfect game in Louisville (Projo piece on...
by shawn medeiros | May 26, 2009 | Brad Penny, Game Recap, Hideki Okajima, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Joe Mauer, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Nick Blackburn, Ramon Ramirez
Buy low, sell high. Brad Penny continues to fulfill, quite possibly, the oldest investment cliche ever. Penny improved to 5-1 pitching 5 1/3 innings, yielding six hits, three runs, no walks and seven strikeouts. Jonathan Papelbon almost lost the game for Penny giving...
by josh lacey | May 25, 2009 | Brad Penny, Francisco Liriano, Game Threads, Minnesota Twins
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (25-18) @ Minnesota Twins (22-23) Francisco Liriano (2-5, 6.04) v. Brad Penny (4-1, 6.02)2:05 PM EDT | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minneapolis, MN)TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: J.D. Drew and David Ortiz get the holiday off...
by josh lacey | May 24, 2009 | David Ortiz, Quick Post
Stumbled on this interesting tweet from Joe Haggerty (a regular guest of Fireside Chats) after tonight’s game. I think it’s time. Since coming back from his “break”, Ortiz has hit a measly .158 with nine, count them K, K, K, K, K, K, K, K, K,...
by shawn medeiros | May 24, 2009 | Brad Penny, David Ortiz, Francisco Liriano, Game Recap, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell
If only the replay system could be used to fix David Ortiz’s swing. For the second straight day at Fenway Park a potential home run was reviewed. Kevin Youkilis hit a shot to left field in the fifth inning but it was ruled foul. Meanwhile, Ortiz continued to...
by josh lacey | May 24, 2009 | Game Threads, New York Mets, Tim Redding, Tim Wakefield
Prev. Gm: New York Mets (23-19) @ Boston Red Sox (25-18) Tim Redding (0-0, 3.00) v. Tim Wakefield (5-2, 3.59)1:35 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA)TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Sweeps at Fenway should never go against the Red Sox. Tim Redding seems...
