RED SOX RUMORS & GOSSIP
Red Sox Watched ‘The Sandlot’ While Waiting For Rain Delay to End in Minnesota (Video)
The Red Sox were able to pick up their fifth straight win on the road on Sunday against the Minnesota Twins, but it took a little while to do it. The Sox came back out and captured the win after a three-hour rain delay. Starting pitcher John Lackey pitched six innings in the 5-1 victory, but knew after the first half hour of the delay that he wouldn’t be going back into the game...
Jacoby Ellsbury Is Red Sox’ Best Leadoff Option, But Lineup Change Could Spark Struggling Outfielder
The 2013 Red Sox pride themselves on working deep into counts and generating baserunners, which makes it rather ironic that their leadoff hitter, Jacoby Ellsbury, isn’t exactly pacing the offense in either department.
Ellsbury, who received his first game off on Sunday, has been struggling at the dish of late, and manager John Farrell could soon find himself with a decision to...
Your Morning Dump...Where Ortiz makes Minnesota cry a little more
Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here...
highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as
satisfying as a good morning dump.
Ortiz has spent the better part of his career making the Twins pay for
their repression. He entered Saturday's game with a career .323 average,
13 homers and 37 RBIs in 52 games against Minnesota...
Destination Red Sox Nation - 5/18
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 can be found by clicking on the read more button below if you're on the home page.
If you would like to listen to any of the Red Sox minor league affiliates' games...
Lester Has Become The Stopper For The Red Sox
Jon Lester is 4-0 after Red Sox losses this season
Clay Buchholz has been the early story for the Red Sox rotation so far this year with his dominating start but the #1 man in the rotation, Jon Lester, has settled into an important role as the Sox’ resident “stopper”. The Sox have been plagued with inconsistency in the back end of their rotation with the injuries and otherwise...
Your Morning Dump... Where Ellsbury's price tag gets smaller
Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here...
highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as
satisfying as a good morning dump.
Entering last night’s series opener here against the Twins, in which
he stole a base and drove in the tying run with an infield single,
Ellsbury was batting .249 — including a 6-for-46 funk over his...
Will Middlebrooks’ Surprising Sacrifice Bunt a Testament to Red Sox’ Ability to Adapt, Focus on Task at Hand
The Red Sox aren’t above adapting on the fly.
Will Middlebrooks smacked a bases-clearing double in the ninth inning of Thursday’s game to lift the Red Sox to a 4-3 win over the Rays. He stepped up to the plate in the 10th inning of Friday’s game with a chance to play hero again, and he bunted.
Middlbrooks, who dug in with runners at first and second and no outs, dropped down...
Cast From ‘The Sandlot’ Makes Appearance At Red Sox Game
In preparation of the 20th Anniversary of ‘The Sandlot’, FOX is going buck wild with different promotions including screening the movie after Sunday’s Twins and Red Sox game. As part of the pre-promotion a few of the more famous characters from the cast showed up before the Twins game on Friday at Target Field to take a few pictures with some players. The result is...
Red Sox pitcher Felix Doubront throws epic wild pitch (Video)
We've posted some pretty wild pitches over the years here on Outside the Boxscore but Red Sox starter Felix Dubront provided us with one for the ages.
It happened against the Tampa Bay Rays as he was trying to throw a pitch to Luke Scott in the bottom of the third inning on Thursday:
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Red Sox aren't considering shutting Daniel Bard down
As Daniel Bard works through some mental and mechanical issues in the minor leagues, the team has been asked about their plans if he continues to struggle. As of now, the Red Sox do not plan to shut Bard down or send him to extended spring training. This comes after yet another bad outing for Bard at Double-A Portland.
Red Sox are not considering shutting down or sending...
Your Morning Dump...where Middlebrooks turns a corner
Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here...
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satisfying as a good morning dump.
With both the Bruins winning in OT and the Red Sox come-from-behind win, it was a fantastic night for Boston sports to say the least. Will Middlebrooks played hero for the Sox last night.
Will Middlebrooks’...
JUUUUST A BIT OUTSIDE
Felix Doubront's throws VERY wild pitch
MLB.com Red Sox starting pitcher Felix Doubront may have been trying to come inside on the Rays’ Luke Scott. He may have been trying one of those wacky trick pitches that the old-timers whipped out in the black and white blooper reels. Or…or the ball just slipped out of his hands. NESN play-by-play man Don Orsillo called it “not something you see every day.” I wonder...
ALL FOR CHARITY
Ortiz selling bats with infamous quote
David Ortiz is selling bats featuring the now-famous quote the Red Sox slugger uttered at Fenway Park following the Boston Marathon bombings.
ABOVE SCRUTINY
Ortiz: Column not reason for slump
David Ortiz was off to a scorching start before a controversial column was published. He then went in a small slump and said the column was not to blame.
Report: Third baseman Middlebrooks playing with separated rib
BOSTON—The maxim “No pain, no gain” is certainly applicable in sports. For Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks, he is indeed playing with pain. According to a report from WEEI’s Full Count blog, he has been playing with a separated rib. This means that his rib bone has been torn from the cartilage that connects it to the sternum. This causes Middlebrooks to have...
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