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Sox DFA Van Every and send Lowrie for rehab
July 08, 2009 by
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The Red Sox made two roster moves today, both dealing with players trying to recover from their respective injuries.
Jonathan Van Every, who underwent knee surgery in June, was designated for assignment by the team. He played briefly for Boston earlier this season (.364 AVG, 1 HR,...
Record Breaking Red Sox
June 30, 2009 by
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It seems like at least one record has been broken per season for the past decade. There was Pedro’s career winning percentage, Youkilis’ consecutive errorless games streak, and Big Papi’s 54 homeruns in a season.
This year looks to be another one for the ages as a...
Friday Linkage - 06/26/09
June 27, 2009 by
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Detroit 4 Lyfe: Not only is Magglio Ordonez overpaid, so is hair!
The Nine Commandments: Poor Sox fan got tricked, amusingly though.
Chicago Tribune: Lou Pinella’s team is getting a little out of hand.
Batter-up With Bruno: I never thought about it but the Nats ARE the Al East...
Red Sox All-Star Futures Game Participants
June 25, 2009 by
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The Red Sox have had two players selected to the All-Star Futures team. They are Casey Kelly (19 years old) and Junichi Tazawa (23 years old.) Kelly will play for the ‘US’ and Tazawa will represent the ‘World Team.’
Casey Kelly was drafted out of High School...
How far has Matt Clement fallen?
June 23, 2009 by
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2005 was Matt Clement’s year. He had a 10-2 record by the break and got elected to his first All-Star appearance.
It didn’t take very long for everything to fall apart. His next 4 starts were disastrous (22 ER in 23 IP.) The bad pitching stretch culminated with a game versus the [...]
Joe Girardi has a dirty mouth
May 05, 2009 by
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Let’s get this out there right away: I do not like Joe Girardi. I’m not sure why, maybe it’s because I think he got way too much credit for his job in Florida or maybe it’s because he has a loud mouth and doesn’t seem too baseball-smart.
That being said...
An empty Yankee Stadium
May 05, 2009 by
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A lot has been made about how empty Yankee Stadium has been so far this season. They’re averaging a few thousand less fans per game than they were last year. A lot of people are blaming the economy but the fact remains that nobody is going to pay $2,000+ for a single ticket. [...]
Red Sox 25 Game Wrap-Up
May 04, 2009 by
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The Red Sox have completed 25 games so far and they are 15-10, sitting in second place in the AL East. Why second place and not first? Easy.
Starting Pitching
Boston’s rotation has a 5.75 ERA as a whole. They’ve only managed to pitch 139.1 innings; that equals to about...
Ellsbury steals home
April 26, 2009 by
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After the Red Sox stole two wins from the Yankees (Game 1: 2R HR by Bay in the 9th to tie it, walkoff in the 11th by Youk. Game 2: Sox come back from being down 6-0), Jacoby Ellsbury wanted to take it a step further. Ellsbury decided to steal home on a [...]
Kason Gabbard back with Sox
April 23, 2009 by
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Kason Gabbard has been traded back to Boston from the Texas Rangers. The Sox had to give up cash to get back the pitcher that they used as part of the cornerstone in getting Eric Gagne in 2007. Now if only they could get David Murphy for next to nothing (he’s starting the [...]
Sox Injury Update
April 20, 2009 by
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Jed Lowrie is going to have surgery on his wrist within the next 24 hours. Terry Francona said that the best case scenario is Lowrie will be back by the All-Star break.
Rocco Baldelli continues to be a walking injury. He’s been placed on the 15-day disabled list with sore hamstrings...
Jed Lowrie might be done for 2009
April 18, 2009 by
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This season was supposed to be a break-out year for Jed Lowrie. He finished 2008 by driving in 46 runs during 81 games; however, his productivity the last few months of the season suffered because of an undisclosed wrist injury. He reported to spring training this year with his wrist...
Tim Wakefield Almost Throws a No-No
April 15, 2009 by
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Read these lines from Yahoo! Sports and try not to get a little tingle feeling running through your body: When Tim Wakefield stopped by Terry Francona's office Wednesday morning, he already realized the Boston Red Sox were staggering. They had lost six of seven while struggling...
Red Sox Injury Explosion 2009
April 15, 2009 by
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Well, here we go..
Daisuke Matsuzaka has been placed on the 15-day DL with what is being termed as a mild shoulder strain. He wanted to pitch through it but I’m pretty sure that’s what got him in this situation to begin with (thanks WBC and Japan!)
Clay Buchholz has strained...
Daisuke leaves game with ‘arm fatigue’
April 14, 2009 by
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Ok, so I’m not one to point fingers here but.. Daisuke Matsuzaka left tonight’s game with arm fatigue. It was his second start of the season, and he lasted one inning while throwing just 43 pitches. Every single pitch looked pathetic and seemed to be just lobbed towards...
Jed Lowrie put on the 15-day DL
April 13, 2009 by
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It looks like Lowrie is the first injury casualty of the young season. He’s got a sprained left wrist and will be replaced on the roster by infielder Gil Velazquez.
Jed was 1-18 on the season with a pair of walks. I blame the injury; I’m not ready for Lugo to get [...]
Red Sox players show some fan appreciation
April 08, 2009 by
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It had been a LONG offseason and then the rain postponed opening day for another 26 hours. The fans were psyched and the players decided to show them a little bit of appreciation. A handful of guys waited for their names to be called while hanging out with a bunch of fans in [...]
Opening Day Lineup
April 07, 2009 by
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After 170 days of no baseball and cold weather, Opening Day has finally arrived. The sky is still cloudy but devoid of rain so it looks like we may actually have a ballgame! Here’s the starting lineup courtesy of the Boston Globe:
Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox, 4:05 PM
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Red Sox Opening Day is postponed
April 06, 2009 by
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As if the 150+ days we’ve already been waiting isn’t enough, Opening Day has been pushed back due to rain. The rain hasn’t even started yet (it’s completely dry outside right now) but we’re supposed to receive bad storms from 1 PM until late in the night...
Friday Linkage - 04/03/09
April 06, 2009 by
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Babes Love Baseball: Corey Hart almost kills some sunbathing bimbo with a HR but an awesome catch by a spectator saves her.
Boogie Down Baseball: Bernie Williams has a CD eh? :X No comment.
Raise The Jolly Roger: The Pittsburgh Pirates lost a spring training game to a community college...
Brad Wilkerson leaves the Red Sox
March 30, 2009 by
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Another one bites the dust in the battle for Boston’s last 2009 roster spot.
Brad Wilkerson has left the team after being told by Terry Francona that either Jeff Bailey or Chris Carter will get the last remaining outfield spot. Wilkerson was batting a pathetic .119 this spring...
Red Sox Twitter Bloggers
March 30, 2009 by
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Twitter has gotten ridiculously popular over the past year. It makes it pretty easy to keep up with news and politics as long as you can ignore tweets like ‘OMG I just had the best BLT sammich!!!‘ A lot of Red Sox bloggers have got their own accounts now so if you’d like [...]
Dear Theo: GET HANLEY!
March 28, 2009 by
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We posted an article a few months ago talking about how the Red Sox were trying to swing a deal to get Hanley Ramirez back in Boston. Things eventually went south and names were never really brought to the table.
It’s now a few weeks away from spring training and the situation...
Justin Masterson to take relief role
March 28, 2009 by
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Justin Masterson has officially been delegated to a bullpen role for the 2009 season. This is probably a good thing because even though he has looked unhittable this spring and put up very good numbers last year, he’ll likely continue to struggle a bit while facing left handed...
Friday Linkage - 03/27/09
March 27, 2009 by
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Baseball Ink: I’d love to boycott baseball for a day to let Bud Selig and company know how robbed I feel thanks to the roid scandals. Unfortunately.. I’m addicted to baseball so that’s not going to happen. Sorry.
Fenway West: It looks like Julio Lugo is only a few...
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