by josh lacey | May 3, 2009 | Brad Penny, Game Threads, James Shields, Tampa Bay Rays
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (15-9 @ Tampa Bay Rays (10-15)Brad Penny (2-0, 8.66) v. James Shields (2-2, 3.74)1:38 PM EDT | Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg, FL)TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Is this a put up or shut up start for Brad Penny? Not yet, but...
by shawn medeiros | May 3, 2009 | Brad Penny, Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, James Shields, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell, Nick Green, Terry Francona, Tim Wakefield
Nick Green isn’t making Terry Francona’s decision to play Julio Lugo over him easy while teammate Kevin Youkilis isn’t making opposing pitchers’ jobs on the mound any easier. Green and Youkilis both drove in three RBI’s apiece and Tim...
by josh lacey | May 2, 2009 | Game Threads, Jeff Niemann, Tampa Bay Rays, Tim Wakefield
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (14-9 @ Tampa Bay Rays (10-14)Tim Wakefield (2-1, 1.86) v. Jeff Niemann (2-2, 4.43)7:08 PM EDT | Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg, FL)TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: The Rays hold a career average of .298 against Wakefield (for...
by tito crafts | May 2, 2009 | Curt Schilling, George Kottaras, Grady Sizemore, Greg Maddux, Hanley Ramirez, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Travis Hafner, Victor Martinez
Do you? Do you remember 2007? Where Beckett made Hanley Ramirez an after-thought? Post-2007, Hanley was merely Khalil Greene in the eyes of Red Sox fans. Maybe not Khalil, but you get my point, right? What Beckett did was incredible. We didn’t actually think...
by shawn medeiros | May 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
If Evan Longoria could play a full season against Boston’s pitching staff who knows what his season totals would be. Longoria went 1-for-3 last night with a grand slam giving him four homers (seven total) and 13 RBI’s (28 total) against the Red Sox this...
by josh lacey | May 1, 2009 | Andy Sonnanstine, Game Threads, Justin Masterson, Tampa Bay Rays
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (14-8) @ Tampa Bay Rays (9-14)Justin Masterson (2-0, 2.70) v. Andy Sonnanstine (0-3, 7.78)7:08 PM EDT | Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg, FL)TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Matt Garza made the Red Sox bats disappear last night....
by evan brunell | May 1, 2009 | Quick Post, Trivia
Before Van Every on Wednesday night, who was the last Red Sox player to hit his first major league home run in extra innings? HONOR CODE: No search engines.Check out the trivia leaderboard here. Previous trivia question: Carl Yastrzemski (LHB) and Jim Rice (RHB) hold...
by evan brunell | May 1, 2009 | A.J. Burnett, Alex Rodriguez, C.C. Sabathia, Carl Pavano, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Ian Kennedy, Joba Chamberlain, Joe Girardi, Joe Torre, Jose Contreras, Kei Igawa, Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira, New York Yankees, Nomar Garciaparra, Phil Hughes, Roger Clemens
This decade has been the most monumental in the franchise’s history. Not only did new ownership arrive, but Fenway Park was revitalized, a Nation was born (in the media, that is), a new generation of stars (Nomar, Manny, Pedro, Big Papi, Papelbon, Pedroia) put...
by shawn medeiros | May 1, 2009 | Andy Sonnanstine, Evan Longoria, Game Recap, Josh Beckett, Justin Masterson, Matt Garza
Even though Boston just recently had an 11-game winning streak snapped and beat the Cleveland Indians coming back from a 5-run deficit to win on a Jonathan Van Every homer in extra innings — his first of his MLB career — the Red Sox still have some things...
by evan brunell | Apr 30, 2009 | Game Threads, Josh Beckett, Matt Garza, Tampa Bay Rays
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (13-7) @ Tampa Bay Rays (8-14)Josh Beckett (2-1, 6.00) v. Matt Garza (1-2, 4.97)7:08 PM EDT | Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg, FL)TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Josh Beckett couldn’t figure out the Yankees last start; one...
