by evan brunell | Aug 11, 2008 | Jason Bay, Xavier Nady
The Pittsburgh Pirates must not have wanted the Red Sox to feel left out after Damaso Marte and Xavier Nady went to the New York Yankees. A few short days later, the Red Sox had their own Pirate to do battle against the ne’er-do-wells in the Bronx. But who got...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Clay Buchholz was given early run support as I suggested but that soon evaporated thanks to the long ball as the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5. Buchholz gave up three homers – a solo shot to Jermaine Dye, a two-run shot to Carlos Quentin, and a...
by evan brunell | Aug 10, 2008 | Tim Wakefield
Tim Wakefield is experiencing tightness in his right shoulder, the injury that knocked him out of commission for the 2007 World Series. He’s been sent back to Boston, will miss his start Tuesday and be placed on the disabled list. Bartolo Colon’s most...
by josh lacey | Aug 10, 2008 | Chicago White Sox, Clay Buchholz, Game Threads, Gavin Floyd
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (66-50) @ Chicago White Sox (64-50) Clay Buchholz (2-7, 5.94) @ Gavin Floyd (11-6, 3.66) 2:05 PM EDT | US Cellular Field (Chicago, Illinois) TV: NESN, TBS RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Is the pitcher that gave us this highlight in...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 10, 2008 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz
David Orti’z three-RBI double in the seventh inning busted the game open for the Boston Red Sox and they never looked back defeating the White Sox 6-2. Daisuke Matsuzaka notched his 13th win of the season over 8 innings, four hits, one run, three walks, and four...
by evan brunell | Aug 9, 2008 | Chicago White Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, Jose Contreras
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (66-50) @ Chicago White Sox (64-50) Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-2, 3.04) @ Jose Contreras (7-6, 4.60) 7:05 PM EDT | US Cellular Field (Chicago, Illinois) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Tek just blew a golden chance to score off Jose...
by evan brunell | Aug 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
In 2004, Bart Steele made waves with a country ditty called “Man, I Really Love This Team” in honor of the Boston Red Sox (see Fire Brand link here). Three years later, he’s in a battle with Jon Bon Jovi and TBS, who allegedly ripped off his song for...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 9, 2008 | Chicago White Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester, Jose Contreras
White Sox starter blanked the Red Sox into the eighth inning as Chicago beat Boston 5-3. Boston was down in the whole game making it as close as one run in the eighth as Dustin Pedroia hit a three-run homer to make it a 4-3 ball game.
by josh lacey | Aug 8, 2008 | Chicago White Sox, Game Threads, Jon Lester, Mark Buehrle
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (66-49) @ Chicago White Sox (63-50) Jon Lester (10-3, 3.14) @ Mark Buehrle (8-10, 4.07) 8:10 PM EDT | US Cellular Field (Chicago, Illinois) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Tonight’s game notes courtesy of Sean…Now...
by josh lacey | Aug 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
Brian Giles has apparently vetoed the possibility of being shipped off to Boston. According to ESPN; Among the issues that came up was location — Giles, who grew up in San Diego, did not want to leave family behind — and there was the concern about playing...
