Blogged on Aug 28, 2008The Boston Red Sox are making sure to savor ever moment of their final visit to Yankee Stadium and after their 11-3 pounding of New York last night, the Yankees can not wait to see them leave. Dustin Pedroia belted a grand-slam, David Ortiz reached base four times for the second straight night and Jason […]
Blogged on Aug 27, 2008After spending the past two and a half weeks on the DL with stiffness in his lower back and tendinitis in his pitching shoulder, Tim Wakefield, the Red Sox 42-year old pitcher, looked like he hadn’t missed a beat Tuesday night hurling five innings and allowing only three runs on eight hits which was good […]
Blogged on Aug 26, 2008The rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will live on after the 2008 season, however, Yankee Stadium will not. Over the next month, the ‘House that Ruth Built’ will be seeing its final stretch of games before the doors close for good, highlighted by the three game series with the Red […]
Blogged on Aug 26, 2008Tom Brady has yet to play in a pre-season game for the New England Patriots this year. The result says it all. At 0-3 in the pre-season the Patriots don’t want to miss Brady for one down of regular season play. That might be why Patriots coach Bill Belichick has kept Brady out of the action […]
Blogged on Aug 25, 2008In a game that featured four lead changes and two tied scores, it was the Boston Red Sox who eventually came out on top over the Toronto Blues Jays 6-5 in 11 innings thanks to the help of rookie Jed Lowrie’s solo homerun which proved to be the difference in Sunday afternoons game at the […]
Blogged on Aug 24, 2008Not many people thought they would see Carl Pavano back on the mound for the Yankees, but this past Saturday the “American Idle” made his first start since April of 2007. The result was actually rather good. Pavano pitched five innings, giving up three runs on seven hits with five strike-outs. It was only Pavano’s […]
Blogged on Aug 23, 2008Three weeks into the 2008 NFL Pre-Season, the defending AFC Champion New England Patriots find themselves with a 0-3 record after falling to the Philadelphia Eagles 27-17 Friday night at Gillette Stadium. In a game that appeared closer then it was, the Patriots were never able to get it going offensively while they also struggled […]
Blogged on Aug 22, 2008The defending champion Boston Celtics announced the signing of Darius Miles to a non-guaranteed contract today. Miles hasn’t played since the 2005-2006 season with the Portland Trailblazers. Miles sustained what some called a career ending injury to his knee and had been unavailable for the past two seasons. Apparently now healthy after surgery to his […]
Blogged on Aug 22, 2008Two weeks ago, the New York Mets sat a few games over .500 knowing that if they wanted to make the 2008 postseason, they’d have to start playing better baseball. With last nights 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves, the Mets now find themselves 14 games over .500 at (71-57), atop the NL East by […]
Blogged on Aug 21, 2008It has been a rough year for Boston Red Sox rookie Clay Buchholz and things didn’t get any easier Wednesday night in Baltimore against the Orioles. In the shortest outing of his young career, the 24-year old right hander allowed five runs on three hits and three walks while suffering his seventh consecutive loss on […]