Blogged on Aug 7, 2008The Jacoby Ellsbury of 2008 seems like a completely different player from the beast that hit .353 in September and .438 in the World Series. Despite an impressive 32 stolen bases, Ellsbury is only hitting .266 this season. On Wednesday night, he looked like the Jacoby of 2007. Ellsbury went 3-4 with a 2-out three-run […]
Blogged on Aug 6, 2008Tonight the Royals host the Sox for the rubber game of their three game series. Tim Wakefield 6-8, 3.77 ERA) gets the start against Luke Hochevar (6-9, 5.42 ERA). Wakefield continues to get the short end of the stick lately; in 6 of the games this season in which he left with the lead he […]
Blogged on Aug 5, 2008Tonight the Royals host the Sox for game two of their three game set. #2 AL CY Young vote getter Josh Beckett (9-8, 4.15 ERA) is matched up against #2 AL Rookie of the Year vote getter Brian Bannister( 7-9, 5.33 ERA). Beckett has never lost more than three games in a row, and is […]
Blogged on Aug 5, 2008Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz strung his winless streak to four games on Monday night. Clay was the victim of a rough inning again, giving up three in the bottom of the third (including an RBI walk). Jason Bay continued his run producing streak, going 1-for-5 with an RBI single, but it was not enough […]
Blogged on Aug 5, 2008After a dismal 3-game set against the AL-best Angels, the Boston Red Sox rebounded against the Oakland Athletics. Friday night was the debut of the Sox’ new left fielder, Jason Bay. Runs were hard to come by in the Justin Duchscherer vs Tim Wakefield matchup. Bay made an immediate impact, scoring the Sox’ lone run […]
Blogged on Aug 1, 2008The ‘Manny Being Manny’ circus will no longer be a part of the everyday talks in Boston as the 36-year old left-fielder was traded right before yesterday’s 4pm deadline to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three team blockbuster deal.
Throughout the day, talks circled around a three team negotiation that would send Manny Ramirez out […]
Blogged on Jul 31, 2008On the same day in which Manny told ESPN Deportes that the he loved Boston fans but that “the Red Sox do not deserve a player like me”, the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Florida Marlins worked tirelessly on a blockbuster trade. The move would send Jason Bay to Boston, Manny to Florida, and […]
Blogged on Jul 30, 2008With the NFL’s 2008 Summer training sessions underway in Patriots country, the defending AFC Champions are already starting to set some goals for the upcoming season, but for the most part they are doing what every team in the NFL is doing at these camps, getting in game shape for the 17 week grind they […]
Blogged on Jul 30, 2008Fenway Park almost witnessed its second no hitter of the season but this time on the other team’s side. John Lackey took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before Dustin Pedroia singled with one out to end the bid, followed by a Kevin Youkilis two-run homer to erase the shutout, but the Los Angeles Angels […]
Blogged on Jul 29, 2008The Boston Red Sox have had no problem winning playoff games against the Los Angeles Angels, in fact they’ve won their last six against the reigning Western Division champions. Too bad that the Angels have no problem winning against the Sox in the regular season and with last nights 7-5 victory, have now won their […]