What’s the first step in sweeping a doubleheader in MLB? First and foremost it’s by winning game one, which is exactly what the Boston Red Sox did on this afternoon. As they took Game 1 of their doubleheader with the Tampa Bay Rays, by a 3-1 score. The first game of the twin bill featured [...]
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September 13, 2009
It was 9-1 at Fenway Park, the Red Sox were leading, and the rain really started to pour down. The game had already been delayed two hours before it even began. With two on and two outs, I was practically yelling at the TV screen for Josh Beckett to throw strikes and stop fooling around. It was the top of the fifth, and one more out for an official game.It had been a frustrating...
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September 14, 2009
J-Bay wraped one around the Pesky Pole yesterday for on of the shortest homers anyone could hit. He joked about it after the game. Watch below:DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:"6907",fileTypeID:"7",thumbnailView:"false",rootCategory:"3",playerInstanceID:"FA4BADDF-1121-2521-A713-8B4A46F1280D",domain:"nesn.dayport.com",categoryID:"null"});Fenway West- The Western Home to Red...
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September 13, 2009
John Henry, not Jon Lester! Frankly, I wish the owner would share his thought on the US dollar, lumber, natural gas, and other commodities instead of the Red Sox.Brad Penny and John Smoltz sure look better in AAA...oh, the National League.Buchholz, as of now, still has the best 'swing and miss' stuff on the team.Yes, I noticed that Alex Gonzalez has yet to walk for the Sox...
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September 15, 2009
Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story and box score links as well as links to team rosters, team stats and league standings are after the jump.
If you would like to listen to any of the Red Sox [...]
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September 14, 2009
Here is a press release from the Boston Red Sox concerning tickets for the American League Division Series:
Fans will have chance to purchase tickets for possible postseason games at Fenway Park through random drawing.
Registration for a random drawing for the opportunity to purchase tickets for any 2009 Red Sox postseason games that may be played [...]
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September 13, 2009
Josh Beckett, because of his startling ineffectiveness, had already waited nearly two weeks to reclaim the dominance typically attached to his late fall. Last night nature provided an extra, two-hour impediment.
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September 15, 2009
Red Sox fans are still as passionate as ever. Since 2004, the thing that is missing is the anguish.
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September 13, 2009
Dustin Pedroia looked as surprised as anyone. He had just thwacked one out of Fenway Park, the baseball landing in the Rays bullpen, a location foreign to Pedroia.
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September 14, 2009
Tuesday, September 15th @ 7:10 PM
John Lackey, RHP (10-7, 3.53) vs Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP (1-5, 8.23)
TV: NESN , MLB.tv
Radio: Red Sox Radio Network, MLB Game Day Audio
Wednesday, September 16th @ 7:10 PM
Joe Saunders, LHP (13-7, 4.81) vs Paul Byrd, RHP (1-1, 6.08)
TV: NESN, ESPN, MLB.tv
Radio: Red Sox Radio Network, MLB Game Day Audio
Thursday, September 17th [...]
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September 15, 2009
I know how it feels; I've been in their shoes. I've been in Ohio Stadium before, willing my team to win. Hoping, praying that this will finally be the time we win that game everyone thinks we'll lose. And we hang in there, we fall behind, then regain the lead, and hold the lead.
Keep holding, keep holding, but in the end, it always seems like we fall short when it matters most. Late...
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September 14, 2009
Game 142: September 13, 2009 Rays0L: James Shields (9-11)72-71, 11 game losing streak Red Sox4W: Jon Lester (13-7)84-58, 5 game winning streak Highlights: Not to be outdone by Clay Buchholz, Lester twirled eight shutout innings to sweep the Rays out of Fenway and, most likely, out of the Wild Card
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September 13, 2009
Game 140: September 12, 2009 ? 6 innings Rays1L: Wade Davis (0-1)72-69, 9 game losing streak Red Sox9W: Josh Beckett (15-6)82-58, 3 game winning streak Highlights: It doesn’t quite make sense to me that Evan Longoria got credit for a hit and the game is officially six innings while Beckett
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September 13, 2009
Brad Penny kept his emotions in check and pitched seven strong innings to beat his former club, Juan Uribe hit a two-run homer and the San Francisco Giants avoided a sweep by rival Los Angeles with a 7-2 victory over the first-place Dodgers on Sunday.
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