by evan brunell | Oct 7, 2008 | 2008 ALDS, Alex Cora, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Gil Velazquez, Jason Bay, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Justin Masterson, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Kotsay, Sean Casey, Tampa Bay Rays, Tim Wakefield
Jason Bay and Jed Lowrie may be new to a Boston uniform, but they’ve proven unbelievably crucial to the Red Sox season. Jed Lowrie, despite his .258/.339 line on the season has proven himself more than capable of being the Red Sox’s longterm shortstop. In...
by shawn medeiros | Oct 6, 2008 | 2008 ALDS, Jason Bay, Jed Lowrie, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Los Angeles Angels
Jed Lowrie got another chance to punch Boston’s ticket to the ALCS, and this time around, Lowrie delivered. Tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth, Lowrie lined a single to right field and Jason Bay slid into home safely to score the game winning run. Bay had...
by evan brunell | Oct 6, 2008 | Game Threads, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Los Angeles Angels
Prev. Gm: Los Angeles Angels (1-2) @ Boston Red Sox (2-1) John Lackey (0-1, 2.70)@ Jon Lester (1-0, 0.00) 8:37 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: TBS RADIO: WRKO 680, ESPN GAME NOTES: Let’s not go back to...
by tim daloisio | Oct 6, 2008 | 2008 ALDS, Poll
The previous poll asked: Did you stay up until the last out at 12:48 am? Yes, and I am going to pay for it today 90% of all votes No, I may be a pansy but I am well rested. 5% of all vote Ok….we’re all troopers (well except for 5 of you) and we know it!...
by tito crafts | Oct 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
The Boston Globe had a quick chat with Amalie Benjamin, the entire transcript is here. On Papelbon’s availability tonight: I think that Papelbon’s availability is definitely in question tonight. He has thrown four innings in the last three days, a heavy...
by shawn medeiros | Oct 6, 2008 | 2008 ALDS
For the first time in their past twelve post-season games against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and in their past ten overall playoff games, the Red Sox found themselves on the wrong end of the ledger. To find a game in which the Red Sox had the opportunity to...
by tito crafts | Oct 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
I just wanted to throw up a quickpost and apoligize, again, for the technical difficulties I had over the weekend. My keyboard is no longer functional on my laptop, well the majority of the keys work and some do not. I was faced with two options, write my entire...
by shawn medeiros | Oct 6, 2008 | 2008 ALDS, Jered Weaver, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Los Angeles Angels, Mike Napoli
The Angels were expected to win at least one game in this series, but after falling behind 0-2 in the ALDS, the Boston Red Sox did not expect that win to come tonight. Mike Napoli homered twice and scored the game winning run as Los Angeles won 5-4 in 12 innings....
by tim daloisio | Oct 6, 2008 | 2008 ALDS, Poll
The previous poll asked: Which line is most likely for Daisuke Matsuzaka tonight? 6.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 6 K, 3 BB 43% of all votes 5.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 K, 5 BB 25% of all vote 5.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 6 K, 1 BB 20% of all votes 8 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 2 BB 11% of all votes 2 IP,...
by tito crafts | Oct 4, 2008 | 2008 ALDS
Confession #1: When I wrote my series preview article, I wrote the entire thing believing it was going to end with something like Orange County 3, Boston 1. It wasn
