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Are Young Red Sox Fans Spoiled? 2008-07-06 21:58:11 Are Red Sox
young fans spoiled? I went my whole life as a child living with the misery of the Red Sox never winning a championship.Not to mention my Dad who of course went through all his life with Red Sox heartache. Many Red Sox fans never even lived long enough to even witness a [...] Read more:Spoiled
100 pitch count 2008-07-05 19:10:47 100 Pitch count
Your starting pitcher gives six solid innings and is unhittable but we have a problem skipper our precious pitcher is approcahing the one hundred pitch mark? Well of course we have to take him out statistic show pitchers are far less effective when they reach 100 pitches. Who came up with this crazy [...]
View from the Luxury Box 2008-07-05 11:15:53 I was able to make another Red Sox game in Tampa this week and was our first time sitting in a luxury box, We were lucky enough to be invited by our friends who had the box from their company. I tell you what it was a great experience and we may have been spoiled [...] Read more:Luxury
Johnny Damon hits wall, ball sits on top of Wall 2008-07-05 07:19:19 When the New York Yankees play the Boston Red Sox you can always expect the unexpected. By yesterdays game has the strangest play you’ll ever see in baseball.
With two men on base Kevin Youkilis hit a deep fly to left field. JohnnyDamon
leaped and caught the ball. Well not exactly he caught it till [...]
Curt Schilling out for season 2008-06-20 09:12:20 Curt Schilling
said today that he was having season ending surgery on Monday. He said “they have to relocate his bicep muscle and may have rotator cup surgery as well, if I don’t have the surgery, then my career is over and if I do then my season is over”.
He was asked about the tragedy “hey [...] Read more:Curt Schilling
Jacoby Ellsbury rookie sensational play 2008-05-09 16:23:19 First of all the Boston Red Sox are benefiting from rookies play this year
It’s been great watching them over the past few years. Some of the previous Rookies are playing everyday for the Red Sox or have a big part in the teams success this year. Past Rookies, Youkilis, Pedroia, Papelbon, Delcarmen, Lester.
Jacoby Ellsbury
What can [...]
Boston Red Sox sweep 3 games from Tampa Bay Rays 2008-05-05 07:36:47 Last Week the Tampa
Bay Rays swept three games from the Red Sox at Tampa. This week the Boston
Red Sox returned the favor at ole Fenway faithfull sweeping three games against the Tampa Bay
Rays.
The Red Sox bats have been quite but scored twenty six runs in three games. Got respectible pitching from Buchholz, [...] Read more:Boston Red Sox
Jacoby Ellsbury Profile 2008-07-08 18:51:51 Jacoby Ellsbury Player Profile
Name Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury
Born September 11, 1983 Birth Place Madras, OR
Age 24 Weight 185 lbs. Height 6-1
Bats Left Throws Left Experience 1 years
College Oregon State Draft 2005 1st Round (23rd pick) Boston Red Sox
Salary 2008: $406,000
Jacoby Ellsbury is one of the fastest players in all of baseball
he currently leads the league in [...]
2008 Red Sox Pitchers Performance Poll 2008-07-08 18:12:24 We love to hear your opinion and grade the Red Sox
pitchers so far for this 2008 season. We have each pitchers own poll and you can grade them from A to F all you need to do is click on the player below and register on the forum for free. Happy voting.
Josh Beckett Poll
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2008 Red Sox Position Players Performance Poll 2008-07-08 13:16:34 With the all star game approaching which will be the last one ever at Yankees Stadium. We have created a performance poll and would love your feedback on each and every Red Sox
player and your chance to grade them from A to F.
David Ortiz Poll
Manny Ramirez Poll
Kevin Youkilis Poll
Jason Varitek Poll
Jacoby Ellsbury Poll
J.D Drew [...] Read more:Performance
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Big Papi Commercial 2008-09-06 00:28:05
David “Big Papi” Ortiz Commercial
I just love this commercial. He not big papi.
Beckett returns to lift Sox 2008-09-06 00:15:49 Beckett
returns to help Sox
The Rangers have yet to beat the Sox this year going 0-8 against the Red Sox. Josh Becket came back from an elbow injury and pitched five scoreless innings. WIth Tampa losing the sox gain ground and are now 2.5 games back and have a chance to overtake first place if [...]
Dustin Pedroia MVP Season 2008-09-03 09:43:29 There was no sophmore slump this year as Dustin
Pedroia last years rookie of the year is putting up big numbers and is in contention for the MVP award.Pedroia has been on absolute fire this month. Francona even inserting the scrappy second baseman into the cleanup spot behind the Big Papi. He is batting .600 [...] Read more:Season
Red Sox Vs Angels Playoff Series Schedule 2008-09-29 22:05:56 The Boston Red Sox
Vs Los Angeles Angels
playoff series schedule
Game 1 Boston @ Los Angeles Wednesday October 1st 10:00 PM
Game 2 Boston @ Los Angeles Friday October 3rd 9:30 PM
Game 3 Los Angeles @ Boston Sunday October 5th Tbd
Game 4 Los Angeles @ Boston Monday October 6th Tbd
Game 5 Boston @ Los Angeles Wednesday [...] Read more:Schedule
Red Sox Playoff Tickets 2008-09-29 21:13:15 Red Sox playoff tickets are for sure the hottest ticket and the most priciest ticket in sports. In a season in which they broke the most consecutive games sold out record I can understand why. Most cases you only alternative to purchase Sox playoff tickets is through ticket brokers such as Stub Hub.With the high [...] Read more:Red Sox
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Josh Beckett scratched from opener 2008-09-29 17:15:14 Josh Beckett
was scheduled to pitch the opener against the California Angels, but was scratched because of an injury to his side. Jon Lester will start the first game of the playoffs against the Angels Wednesday night at 10:05 EST. Daisuke Matsuzaka is scheduled to pitch Friday night.
Josh hurt his pitching side while during a [...]
Boston Red Sox retire Johnny Pesky’s Number 2008-09-28 09:40:27 The Boston
Red Sox have retire
d only five players in their 100+ year history. Today Boston will retire their sixth player who celebrated his 89th birthday yesterday Johnny
Pesky, who wore number 6 for the Boston Red Sox
. He was signed in 1940 by then owner Yawkey and has been with the Red Sox for [...] Read more:Number
Kevin Youkilis Profile 2008-09-27 13:31:12 Kevin Youkikis Player Profile
Name Kevin Edmund Youkilis
Nickname “Youk”
Born March 15, 1979 Birth Place Cincinnati, OH.
Weight 220 lbs. Height 6-1
Bats Right Throws Right
College: Cincinnati Draft: 2001 - 8th round Boston Red Sox
Salary 2008: $3,000,000
Accompliments
2007 Gold Glove Winner
2008 All Star
Two Time World Series Championship 2004,2007
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox 8th ro Read more:Kevin
Red Sox Celebration Too Much? 2008-09-24 11:40:15 The Red Sox
after beating the Indians and clinching a playoff birth went crazy in celebration and if you didn’t know any better you would think they had just won the world series. They had more of a celebration than the Rays who is making their first postseason in team history. I was very surprised [...]
Red Sox Clinch Playoff Spot 2008-09-24 00:10:39 I do not whether I am happier for the Red Sox
clinching another playoff birth or the fact the Yankees won’t be in the postseason for the first time in thirteen years. Although the Rays are likely to win the division it doesn’t really matter to the Sox as they know firsthand that once in [...]
Amazing Red Sox Comeback 2008-10-16 23:18:16 The Tampa Rays started the game off like they have in the last two previous games with the mvp canidate of the series B. J Upton homering off Daisuke. The Red Sox made Scott Kazmir look like Cy young and was not able to muster any runs in six innings of Kazmir.The Rays scored another [...] Read more:Amazing
Scott Kazmir starts in game 5 against Red Sox 2008-10-16 06:40:44 In what I consider a surprise move the Tampa Rays are going with Scott
Kazmir, in game 5 tonight at 8:07 in Boston. Kazmir has a chance to redeem himself, pitching in game 2 against
Boston, going only 4 1/3 innings and giving up three home runs
Kazmir hasn’t been his best this post season but [...]
Rays pound Red Sox 13-4, take ALCS 3-1 lead 2008-10-15 06:06:13 This is as bad as it gets for the Red Sox
and good as it gets for the Tampa Rays. Rays beat up on the Red Sox 13-4 and take a ALCS 3-1 series lead.
The Rays have knocked out three starters in a row, Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, and now Tim Wakefield., the longest lasting [...]
Tampa Rays beat Red Sox 9-1 take 2-1 series lead 2008-10-13 19:02:35 Jon Lester didn’t have it tonight (or is it that the Rays roughed him up) giving up a three run home run to B J Upton in the third inning. Lester went 5 2/3 innings giving up eight hits, five runs four earned, two walks, and seven strikeouts.
Red Sox had few chances, in the second [...] Read more:series
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Rays beat Red Sox in eleven innings 9-8 series at 1-1 2008-10-12 08:53:39 It’s pretty obvious there’s something wrong with Josh Beckett. His fastballs were 92-93 MPH, four miles off his normal speed. He lasted 4 1/3 innings
giving up nine hits, eight runs, one walk, and five strikeouts. Three of the hits were home runs.
Tampa Rays Scott Kazmir was no better giving up five runs in 4 [...] Read more:Red Sox
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Rays fans on the bandwaggon 2008-10-11 11:14:42 My wife and I enjoyed our first postseason Red Sox game at Tropicanna Field. Being in enemy territory didn’t make it any less enjoyable although we ran into several rude Rays fan which we anticipated but for the most part most of the Rays fans were very nice. What I am about to say in [...]
Red Sox win beat rays and take 1-0 lead in playoff series 2008-10-11 07:11:22 Daisuke Matsuzaka was the story going seven innings allowing four hits, four walks, and nine strikeouts. It didn’t start exactly pretty when DICE-K walked the first batter of the game. Daisuke Matsuzaka was the story going seven innings allowing four hits. It didn’t start exactly pretty when DICE-K walked the first batter of the game [...] Read more:playoff
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