Boston Red Sox

By Ian After struggling down in Tampa to get runs, the Red Sox offense came alive tonight off Yankees starter Andy Pettitte as they had 11 hits in the game. Every Red Sox starter with the exception of Julio Lugo had a hit in the game; yes even Jason Varitek had hit. Red Sox @ Yankees 7.3.08 boxscore

By Michael Femia And beyond? Every Red Sox-Yankee game seems like Armageddon anyway, as you know, but if the Sox don't right the ship in the Bronx this weekend, their troubles intensify even more. They currently trail TB by three and a half, and lead the Yankees by four. And it's a four-game series. Buckle up. Jo...

By Rick Chandler Thank God for the Yankees that their next series with Boston is in New York. With a separation from wife Cynthia and rumors of canoodling with Madonna thicker than Newman's Own Thousand Island dressing, Alex Rodriguez must have more on his mind than Jonathan Papelbon. But how will his own fa...

By Ian And things won’t get any easier for the Red Sox now as they head to New York for a pivotal 4-game series with the Yankees. For more slices of Boston Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant and Providence Journal websites.

 IL - But the former Niles West High School teammates could be reunited some day at either Fenway Park or Yankee Stadium. Tomoleoni, a left-handed pitcher, ...

By Ian The Red Sox battled back when they added a run in the 8th inning on a Dustin Pedroia double that scored Julio Lugo. Pedroia got the Red Sox on the board in the top of the 1st when he hit a solo home run off of Rays starter Scott Kazmir. Notes and musings: 7.2.08 Red Sox @ Rays boxscore

By Ian The person who sent the threatening letters to Manny Ramirez and Coco Crisp still hasn’t been caught. For more slices of Boston Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant and Providence Journal websites.

Times Online  France - Balfour replaced JP Howell with two outs and walked Manny Ramirez to load the bases, then got Mike Lowell to ground out. Balfour earned his second save in ... Sports Recap TV Sports Daily all 2,233 news articles

By Associated Press The Tampa Bay Rays are even impressing Tim Wakefield . The team with the best record in the major leagues won again Tuesday night, beating the Boston Red Sox and ...

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By Zach Hayes In last year’s postseason, one that featured a march to the World Series title, the trio of David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez and Mike Lowell had plenty of RBI opportunities and were able to cash in. The table was set by the top two hitters in the lineup, one who stayed red hot through the entire posts...

 - In 2002, when Theo Epstein, a Beane admirer and all of 28 years old, was named general manager of the Boston Red Sox, he was the youngest GM in Major League ...

By DAULERIO The Tampa Bay Rays reached a new franchise high water mark when they went 17 games over .500 for the first time ever this weekend. They are ahead of the Yankees in the standings and they are battling the Red Sox for first place in the American League East.

By Rick Chandler So what happened to Jonathan Papelbon's prediction of fisticuffs and other mayhem when the Red Sox returned to Tropicana Field? No brushbacks or punches or obscene gestures ... all we got was some lame identity theft. Rays manager Joe Maddon spent much of Monday trying to cancel his debiit ca...

By Michael Femia Things started off badly for Justin Masterson and the Sox, as B.J. Upton hit a leadoff home run. The Sox didn't get their first hit until the fourth, when Pedroia singled and Mike Lowell drove him home. Masterson gave up a 2-run homer to Gabe Gross, and the Sox' rally off Troy Percival fell flat, a...

 United States - Outfielder Manny Ramírez said of the conflict: “I’m not here to see what the Devil Rays do. I’m here to play baseball.” Ramírez is among the many still ...

By Ian Mike Lowell led the Red Sox offense with 3 hits and an RBI. Brandon Moss was 2-for-3 with an RBI while J.D. Drew smacked his 12th home run of the month. Mike Lowell and Dustin Pedroia both extended their hitting streaks to 8 games while Pedroia extended his road hitting streak to 12 games.

Garza Outduels Wakefield In 3-1 Rays Win - SOX & Dawgs

By Rick Chandler • Hi, We're The Slowskis. Kevin Slowey threw a three-hit shutout to beat Ben Sheets and the Brewers 5-0. It was Minnesota's 11th win in 12 games; its 10-game winning streak ending Saturday in a 5-1 loss to Milwaukee. Delmon Young had a two-run homer.

By Evan Brunell Teixeira would solve a nagging problem of power. David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez are no spring chickens, and Tex can certainly bash the homers. Since his 2003 rookie campaign, here are his homer totals through 2007: 26, 38, 43, 33, 30. A switch-hitter, he would add extreme versatility to the li...

By Christmas Ape Delcarmen Being Delcarmen - The less celebrated Manny in Boston surrendered three runs in the 8th, including a go-ahead two-run double to Lance Berkman, as the Red Sox fall to the 'Stros 11-10. Berkman started the game 0-3 with three strikeouts against starter Jon Lester, but came back wi...

By Ian What a difference a week makes for Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka. Last Saturday afternoon on national television, the St. Louis Cardinals made Dice-K their daddy by scoring 7 runs in his inning of work. Last night, he looked like the Dice-K of old as he came out with his gun drawn str...

By Beth We saw the way Tim Wakefield works the other night when he faced, and beat, an aging Randy Johnson. At one point in the game an incredulous Joe Castiglione pointed out that Wakefield had quietly amassed more strikeouts and fewer walks than Johnson.

By Evan Brunell Lester has emerged before our very eyes to give the Red Sox a weapon they have lacked since the Bruce Hurst days: a bona fide left-handed starter that can pitch near the top of the rotation. I believe the sponsorship message on Jon Lester’s Baseball-Reference page says it all. And by the way, t...

By Zach Hayes The large caveat with Sabathia is that he’s a free agent at the end of the year, and surely he’ll demand a contract somewhere near the Johan Santana deal with the Mets. The problem with Sabathia is that he’s a much riskier bet than Santana due to his stature and shorter track record. In order for...

By Jim McLennan Way to go, Melvin: leave your starter in too long, bring in the wrong reliever, and then leave him out there until the game is lost. You must get up very early. With Haren publicly saying last night, how he was done after 98 pitches, what made you think Davis was still fresh after 94? And how many...

By Jim McLennan It was scoreless after six: the Diamondbacks had almost as much trouble solving Beckett, as the Red Sox did against Haren. However, it was the Boston pitcher who cracked first. Jackson walked to lead off the seventh, and Reynolds singled with one out. Young then doubled off the Green Monster...

By Ian I am pretty sure when Boston Red Sox skipper Terry Francona penciled in Daisuke Matsuzaka on Saturday he wasn’t expected to warm a reliever up in the 1st inning. Maybe in the 4th or 5th inning but definitely not the first. And within that, I’m sure he wasn’t planning on using that reliever in th...

By Ian Daisuke Matsuzaka returned from the disabled list for the Boston Red Sox and was shellacked for 7 runs in the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 win in front of 37,227 fans at Fenway Park on Saturday afternoon. The loss was the second straight for the Red Sox at the Fens and is just the second time all seaso...

By Zach Hayes There’s one Red Sox player we really discuss save one mass article about the bullpen or a brief mention here and there in the comments section, yet the mention often comes with gripe and frustration. When he does well, nobody seems to utter a peep. When he fails (which happens much rarer than e...

By Rick Chandler This means that, best-case scenario, he'd be 43 by the time he came back; and it's hard to imagine that he'd want that. Curt Schilling is not Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens; the old guy who ekes out eight wins just for the chance to win another ring. Regardless of how you feel about Schilling as a...

By Ian For more slices of Boston Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant and Providence Journal websites. After a day of rest, the Boston Red Sox resume their interleague play when the St. Louis Cardinals come to Fenway Park. Halfway through interleague pl...

By Tim Daloisio On May 31st in Baltimore David Ortiz took a swing of the bat that would cause many a Red Sox fan a heart palpitation or two as he fouled off a three-two pitch from Orioles reliever Dennis Sarfate. After the pitch, Ortiz grimaced in pain and immediately left the game with an apparent wrist injur...

By Ian Dustin Pedroia seems to be coming out of his slump as he was 3-for-4 with a home run and RBI. Sean Casey, a last minute replacement for Kevin Youkilis, went 2-for-4 while J.D. Drew went 1-for-3 with a home run and RBI. Sunday was the Red Sox’ 6th shutout of 2008, tied for 4th most in the American Leag...

By Beth I've become acquainted with the best nickname in sports--Paul Pierce's "The Truth"--and basketball terms like fast break and one on four. Andrew doesn't need as many technical pointers about the game of baseball, but I keep him apprised of the latest notable quotes from Beckett or Papel...

By Mike Scandura Maybe it wasn’t intentional, but Pawtucket Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz threw catcher Dusty Brown under the proverbial bus. Boston Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell was an “interested” observer and chatted with Buchholz after he was removed.

By Ian Drew knocked in both runs, one on a hit-by-pitch and the other was on a home run as he finished 1-for-3. Julio Lugo, Manny Ramirez, Coco Crisp and Brandon Moss had the other hits as the Red Sox ran their record to an MLB-best 26-6 at the Fens. Notes and musings:

By Ian One night after being shutout by the Seattle Mariners, the Boston Red Sox team we all know and love was back yesterday as they put a whipping on the Mariners. Tim Wakefield had arguably his best knuckleball of the season and Manny Ramirez made people think twice about parking in the parking g...

By Rick Chandler Oh, and just to confirm that the Red Sox are challenging the Oakland Athletics of the early 1970s as the most dysfunctional baseball family of all time, they also brawled within their own dugout on Thursday. Manny Ramirez and Kevin Youkilis went at it for some reason, and had to be separated...

By Evan Brunell MLB Draft University projects the Red Sox taking shortstop Reese Havens, as does Keith Law. Havens, South Carolina, would have been drafted by the Red Sox as their first round pick out of high school, but declined $1.25 million and went to college. Havens is 6′1″, 195 lbs.

By Michael Femia A June battle with Tampa Bay for first place? Is that what we've got tonight? Really? Well...yeah. And the Sox had to scramble yesterday to put first on the line tonight. Down 4-3 in the sixth (three runs on homers by Lowell and Drew), the Sox hit the Rays for four game-winning runs. The Sox loaded th...

By Taj Adib Ok ok...I take full credit opening a new thread and thereby ruining the Duke's no-hit bid going to the 7th. At the same time, I also take full credit for Bad Finally Growing Into His Power Stroke Sweeney's solo homer in the bottom of the frame as well as Still the Most Likeable Sweeney's RBI single...

By Taj Adib 05/24/08 6:05 PM PDT Boston Red SoxOakland AthleticsJacoby Ellsbury - LFJack Hannahan - 3BDustin Pedroia - 2BBobby Crosby - SSDavid Ortiz - DHJack Cust - LFKevin Youkilis - 1BFrank Thomas - DHMike Lowell - 3BMike Sweeney - 1BJ.D. Drew - RFRyan Sweeney - CFJason Varitek - CEmil Brown - RFCoc...

By notsellingjeans In his postgame interview, the reporter noted Frank's 7 career bombs against Wakefield, and he replied, (I'm paraphrasing), or perhaps Sacramento, once Chavy returns.  At this point I'd like to see Hannahan and Sweeney splitting time over there.   You just can't have a .650 OPS, subpar...

By notsellingjeans A few facts about tonight's opposing starter, Tim Wakefield:  1.) He is the game's only pitcher who throws knuckleballs almost exclusively.  2.) As such, he has the slowest average velocity of any big league pitcher, and gives pitch f/x analysts fits.  He's such an outlier that's he's ofte...

By Ian Coco Crisp is still not happy with not being the full-time center fielder for the Boston Red Sox and thinks it’s affecting his numbers. For more slices of Boston Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant and Providence Journal websites.

By Rick Chandler Lester (3-2) struck out nine, walked two and faced only two batters over the minimum. Center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury thwarted the Royals' best bid for a hit, making a diving, backhanded catch on Jose Guillen’s sinking liner in the fourth. It was the fourth no-hitter caught by Boston's Jaso...

By Ian You have to wonder if E-6’s time with the Red Sox is nearing an end. Terry Francona said yesterday that when Alex Cora is activated from the DL that Jed Lowrie will be sticking around. For more slices of Boston Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant and...

By Steve Catcher Kevin Cash: Filled in admirably for Varitek while he was sick. Has become the catcher for Tim Wakefield. Seems to be an offensive upgrade over Mirabelli as he is hitting .323. Grade: B Tim Wakefield: 2-0 in 5 starts with a 4.06 ERA and 1.48 WHIP. Grade C+

By Michael Femia Ortiz led off with a walk; Manny followed with a single. Tuesday, it was the other way around. Jed Lowrie came in to pinch-run, and got thrown out at home: a great throw by Vernon Wells on Brandon Moss' single. Try, try again: Jason Varitek singled to almost the exact same place, but this time Wel...

By Leitch It's a long road to the World Series, and perhaps only the diehards truly understand how far their team had to come. We've asked two writers who lust for their favorite teams to describe what it means to be here, in the World Series. Now: The Boston Red Sox. Your author is Lockhart Steele.

The Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Red Sox and Mets are all at home. So are the Dodgers, Cubs, Astros, Braves and Giants. The Cardinals won the National League pennant with the 11th-highest payroll, based on Opening Day figures compiled by USA Today. The Tigers won the AL despite having the 14th-h...