So we’re at the all-star break (actually one game into the unofficial second half by the time I get this posted) and the first half has had its highlights (Nava’s grand slam, Daniel Bard) and lowlights (Pedroia’s injury, Beltre’s secret desire to be a linebacker). There is much that we know now. Among them… Theo [...]
I thought of a lot of titles for this post. In the end “That was awesome!” was the best way to describe the 3 game spanking the Red Sox put on the Yankees this past weekend. Simply put, it was the best set of Sox-Yankees’ games (from a Sox fan perspective) since the comeback in [...]
Four hours, 21 minutes. Eleven innings. Just another typical battle between the Red Sox and Yankees. There’s 17 more of these to go this year? To be honest, it will be hard for another 2009 game between these teams to be better than last night’s game. In fact, we’re only at game 16, but there [...]
October 3, 2008 – 9:41 am Think about it…take away Jed Lowrie’s error that led to the Angel’s only run and the Red Sox played a practically perfect game 1. They executed the winning formula as it was scripted out. Jon Lester delivered an amazing 7 innings. Justin Masterson managed to wiggle his way thru the 8th and Paps shut the [...]
Papi returns to the lineup tonight, and with it comes the wondeful dilemma of how to set up the batting order. Things are not as they were when Ortiz got hurt. Pedroia is the hottest hitter in the league. Drew picked up the slack in a big way. And Ellsbury is struggling a bit. Here’s [...]
There are so many ways of thinking about Jon Lester’s no hitter against the Royals last night. Most obvious is the angle of the cancer comeback. And if Lester’s World Series game 4 didn’t do it, his no-no must certainly label that comeback officially complete. Let this be the last time that the phrase “Jon [...]
In the ongoing debate about who should be the two hitters at the top of the lineup, we now have a 10 game sample to look at with Jacoby Ellsbury leading off for the Red Sox. And the sox record in those games is 9-1. While I’m not able to put my finger on it [...]
It was the Red Sox first game of 2008 in the U.S. and the home opener for Oakland. I had some great seats about 30 rows right behind home plate. Ellsbury takes the first pitch of the night Dice-K warming up Great night for baseball Papelbon in to close out a 2-1 Sox victory
Apparently, Tito is leaning towards batting Jacoby Ellsbury not at the top of the order, where he kicked ass in the World Series last year, but near the bottom. I’m sure he doesn’t want to put undo pressure on his rookie center fielder, but for the 2008 Red Sox to really shine, Jacoby needs to [...]
