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The End
October 12, 2009 by
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Game 3 - American League Division SeriesAngels 7, Red Sox 6Angels win, 3-0Not a ton to say, really. The Sox were beaten decisively by a team that played a lot better from the beginning of this series to the end. Sure, the last inning yesterday was hard to watch, but it felt a lot...
Untitled
October 10, 2009 by
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Game 2 - American League Division SeriesAngels 4, Red Sox 1Angels lead 2-0Let's review the bidding, then. In two ALDS games, the Red Sox have one run. Okay, that'll be just about enough. Sure, Josh Beckett and Jon Lester could've been a little better, but when you're...
Enter Sandman
October 09, 2009 by
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Game 1 - American League Division SeriesAngels 5, Red Sox 0Angels lead, 1-0Yesterday I got up at 5:30 am, had three beers before noon while playing vaguely work-related golf, did a few hours of work, played softball, had another beer, and came home to watch the Sox play the Angels...
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
October 04, 2009 by
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Games 157 through 162 - Red Sox Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 7Blue Jays 12, Red Sox 0Red Sox 3, Indians 0Red Sox 6, Indians 2Red Sox 11, Indians 6Red Sox 12, Indians 7Record: 95-67, AL Wild CardWhile the Sox were winding down the season trying hard not to get hurt and playing Pawsox in random...
Slowly (Oh So Slowly)
September 29, 2009 by
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Game 156 - Red SoxBlue Jays 11, Red Sox 5 (6)Record: 91-65Careful. Careful. That's it. Just a little more to the right. Back it up...back it up. Aaaaand...almost there.The Sox are treating the season's final week like a gang of furniture movers carrying a Louis XIV armoire...
Whistling in the Dark
September 28, 2009 by
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Games 153 through 155 - Red SoxYankees 9, Red Sox 5Yankees 3, Red Sox 0Yankees 4, Red Sox 2Record: 91-64Let the record show that I watched a total of approximately 10 pitches from this game, all Saturday, and all while the college football games that were the primary focus of my attention...
Evenflow
September 25, 2009 by
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Games 150 through 152 - Red SoxRoyals 5, Red Sox 1Red Sox 9, Royals 2Red Sox 10, Royals 3Record: 91-61The Sox awoke from their Greinke and Manny-induced coma to salvage a split against the suddenly frisky Royals and endow this weekend's series in the Bronx with at least a scintilla...
Crash
September 22, 2009 by
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Game 149 - Red SoxRoyals 12, Red Sox 9Record: 89-50Yeah, all that stuff I said about catching the Yankees? The lesson, as always...wait a minute. That lesson's wrong. This one's not my fault. The Sox had 6-0 and 8-2 leads on the Royals on a night the Yankees lost, and you...
Dream On
September 21, 2009 by
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Games 145 through 148 - Red SoxAngels 4, Red Sox 3Red Sox 3, Orioles 1Red Sox 11, Orioles 5Red Sox 9, Orioles 3Record: 89-59In the early years of this blog, we spent a good deal of pixels and more than a little angst whining about the Baltimore Orioles and their (perceived, almost...
The Long and Winding Road
September 17, 2009 by
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Games 134 through 144 - Red SoxWhite Sox 12, Red Sox 2White Sox 5, Red Sox 1Red Sox 6, White Sox 1White Sox 5, Red Sox 1Red Sox 10, Orioles 0Red Sox 7, Orioles 5Red Sox 9, Rays 1 (6)Red Sox 3, Rays 1Red Sox 4, Rays 0Red Sox 4, Angels 1Red Sox 9, Angels 8Record: 86-58Last night'...
Suck My Kiss
September 04, 2009 by
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Games 132 & 133 - Red SoxRays 8, Red Sox 5Red Sox 6, Rays 3Record: 78-54John Smoltz is 1-1 with a 2.65 ERA, a 0.82 WHIP, and 21 Ks in 17 innings for the Cardinals. Brad Penny pitched 8 innings of scoreless 5-hit baseball against the Phillies in his first start for San Francisco...
Happy Hour Again
September 02, 2009 by
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Games 126 through 131 - Red SoxRed Sox 3, White Sox 2White Sox 9, Red Sox 4Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 5Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 2Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 0Red Sox 8, Rays 4Record: 77-54As both the season and this blog (apparently) wind down and the air cools, the Sox suddenly find themselves on...
Gone Daddy Gone
August 26, 2009 by
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Games 121 through 125 - Red SoxYankees 20, Red Sox 11Red Sox 14, Yankees 1Yankees 8, Red Sox 4Red Sox 12, White Sox 7Red Sox 6, White Sox 3Record: 72-53We interrupt this all-too-regularly scheduled blog-apathy to bring you good tidings of great joy. Jacoby Ellsbury swiped his 55th...
Now. You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now, is happening now.
August 22, 2009 by
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Games 94-122: YankeesYankees 6, Orioles 4Yankees 6, A's 3Yankees 8, A's 3A's 6, Yankees 4Yankees 7, A's 5Yankees 11, Rays 4Rays 6, Yankees 2Yankees 6, Rays 2White Sox 3, Yankees 2White Sox 10, Yankees 5White Sox 14, Yankees 4Yankees 8, White Sox 5Yankees 5, Blue Jays...
Left of the Dial
August 21, 2009 by
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Game 120 - Red SoxRed Sox 8, Blue Jays 1Record: 69-51Sweeps are neat. Brad Penny and Junichi Tazawa facing the Yankees tonight and tomorrow: less neat.Still, beggars can't be choosers. The Sox improved to 7-3 post-Bronx beatdown with yet another convincing win up North. J.D. Drew...
Crazy
August 20, 2009 by
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Game 119 - Red SoxRed Sox 6, Blue Jays 1Record: 68-51Buchholz > Halladay.And that, in a nutshell, describes last night's Sox win. Knock me over with a feather.Clay Buchholz pitched 6 strong, poised, effective innings, allowing 1 run on 6 hits and escaping a handful of potentially...
Small Victory
August 19, 2009 by
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Game 118 - Red SoxRed Sox 10, Blue Jays 9Record:67-51Good gracious. Even the wins hurt these days. The Sox blew three different four-run leads and tried to give away a three-run advantage in the bottom of the 8th before holding on to win. Based on my emotion after Jonathan Papelbon...
Slip Slidin' Away
August 18, 2009 by
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Games 116 & 117 - Red SoxRangers 7, Red Sox 2Rangers 4, Red Sox 3Record: 66-51It all seems to be slipping away, doesn't it? Sure, the Sox still have 45 games to play, and they're only one game off the Rangers' Wild Card lead, but the vibe out of Boston is distinctly...
Use Somebody
August 15, 2009 by
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Games 112 through 115 - Red SoxRed Sox 7, Tigers 5Red Sox 8, Tigers 2Tigers 2, Red Sox 0Red Sox 8, Rangers 4Record: 66-49Apologies for the extended absence. Team MLC has had a lot going on. Tune in to Gheorghe: The Blog on Monday to hear more.In the meantime, the Sox seem to have...
The Old Man and the Sea
August 12, 2009 by
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Game 110 - PhilliesPhillies 4, Cubbies 3 (sorry Pop)Record: 62 wins, 48 losses, 3.5 games ahead of FloridaEvery time the Phils get groovin', I come back here to post and instantly they throw up all over themselves. The club is 33 and 19 on the road with a gutty victory in 12 innings...
Great Balls of Fire
August 11, 2009 by
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Game 111 - Red SoxRed Sox 6, Tigers 5Record: 63-48Insert the usual caveats regarding reading too much into what amounts to six-tenths of one percent of a baseball season here. And then proceed to say/hope/extrapolate that last night's game was a positive sign for the Sox for the...
Idiots Rule
August 10, 2009 by
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Games 108 through 110 - Red SoxYankees 2, Red Sox 0 (15)Yankees 5, Red Sox 0Yankees 5, Red Sox 2Record: 62-48As Whitney reminded me this weekend, somebody posted the following back in July regarding a newfound (and, shortlived, as it turns out) confusion about the Sox/Yanks rivalry...
Sing Me Spanish Techno
August 09, 2009 by
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Games 108 through 110 - Red SoxYankees 13, Red Sox 6Yankees 2, Red Sox 0Yankees 5, Red Sox 0Record: 62-48This hangover comes courtesy of Whitney, Dale's Pale Ale, and little girls awake before 7:00 am. It also bears the gift of brevity.I feel nearly precisely the way I felt after...
Clifford The Big Red Dog
August 07, 2009 by
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Game 106 - Phillies Phillies 3, Rocks 1Record: 61-45, 7 games ahead of FloridaSince we last posted, the Phillies have recovered rather nicely from a hellish June. You might recall the Phils posted a absolutley horrific 6 and 12 record against the AL East. Funny thing is, they were...
Moon River
August 07, 2009 by
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Game 107 - Red SoxYankees 13, Red Sox 6Record: 62-45You using the whole fist there, Doc?I guess I'm supposed to chalk last night's game up as one of the unwinnable ones. Sox were due to lose to the Yankees, every team's gonna lose their share during a 162-game season,...
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