Nov 05
Redsox
43 years with the Sox... and countingSitting behind home plate at LeLacheur Park on a sultry late-summer evening, Dick Berardino does not need a computer, or a radar gun, to evaluate the fielding prowess or base-running habits of the hometown Spinners.
Baseball field - Dick Berardino - Sports - Baseball - Major LeagueRed Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia has surgery on footRed Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has undergone season-ending surgery for a broken bone in his left foot.
Dustin Pedroia - Boston Red Sox - Second baseman - sport - BaseballChicago-Boston postponed by severe weather threatThe game between the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox was postponed Friday because of the threat of severe weather from Hurricane Earl.
Boston Red Sox - Chicago White Sox - Sports - Baseball - Major LeagueAtchison helps Sox hold on against OriolesIt was a game that could have spiraled out of control and away from the Red Sox. As Daisuke Matsuzaka lost what had made him good for the first five innings, the Sox could have imploded along the way.
Boston Red Sox - Daisuke Matsuzaka - Baseball - Sports - Major LeagueNew curriculum for former LSU standoutThe Red Sox invested $2.55 million to sign Anthony Ranaudo last month. Only seven players in the June draft received more. But the last thing the Sox want the righthander out of Louisiana State to do now is pitch.
Boston Red Sox - Louisiana State University - LSU - Sports - United StatesPedroia surgery expected todayRed Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is expected to have surgery to insert a screw in his left foot today at Massachusetts General Hospital, according to a major league source.
Boston Red Sox - Dustin Pedroia - Second baseman - sport - BaseballScutaro has been thrown off his gameWhen Marco Scutaro tied Wednesday’s game with a two-run home run in the seventh inning, there was a measure of redemption. It was Scutaro who had made a throwing error in the previous night’s game that sent the Sox to a loss they couldn’t really afford against a team they should have beaten.
Marco Scutaro - Boston Red Sox - Sports - Games - BaseballHere he comes again, out of left fieldThere are still some things to look forward to in this Red Sox season, and one of them is this weekend series, when the White Sox bring their brand new player — Manny Ramirez — to Fenway Park.
Fenway Park - Boston Red Sox - Manny Ramirez - Sport - BaseballRed Sox beat Orioles 6-4 to win 3-game seriesThe Boston Red Sox put a satisfactory finish on a potentially disastrous road trip. Adrian Beltre homered to spark a five-run second inning, and the Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Thursday night to win the three-game series.
Boston Red Sox - Baltimore Orioles - Baseball - Sports - Major LeagueBoston's Pedroia concedes surgery possible on footBoston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is bracing for the possibility of having season-ending surgery on his broken left foot.
Boston Red Sox - Dustin Pedroia - Second baseman - sport - BaseballAD:Red Sox show a little lifeBy the time the baseball dropped into the seats, just beyond the grasp of Felix Pie, it seemed the atmosphere in the ballpark had changed. There were cheers, all over the park, cheers as the suddenly-playing-for-their-season Red Sox moved into a sizable lead in the seventh inning. So much for the Orioles, playing ...
Boston Red Sox - Baseball - Baltimore Orioles - Sports - Félix PieHoping to mine the best out of SaltyHe walked into the visiting clubhouse at Camden Yards soaking wet from head to toe, after a workout. Nobody had thrown water on Jarrod Saltalamacchia (the way Pete Carroll did with Bruce Armstrong so it would appear that Armstrong passed the conditioning test), though that’s how it looked. This was sweat. Real sweat.
Pete Carroll - Water - Jarrod Saltalamacchia - United States - CountiesBeckett sees spoils to be wonJosh Beckett knows that while he can’t quite make amends for a season cut short by injuries, he can make something happen in his last four or five starts. Perhaps that might take some of the sting out of a season that he calls “pretty frustrating.’’
Josh Beckett - Boston Red Sox - Arts - Sports - Baltimore OriolesRed Sox rally to beat Orioles 9-6Jon Lester felt uncomfortable on the mound, struggled with his control and put the Boston Red Sox in a deep hole after only two innings of work.
Boston Red Sox - Jon Lester - Baltimore Orioles - Marco Scutaro - SportsRed Sox activate two from DL; call up RichardsonThe Boston Red Sox have activated catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and utility player Eric Patterson from the 15-day disabled list and recalled left-hander Dustin Richardson from Triple-A Pawtucket.
Boston Red Sox - Jarrod Saltalamacchia - Disabled list - Baseball - SportsSox scuffle alongBALTIMORE — Marco Scutaro nearly threw his glove to the ground, his disgust and frustration clearly evident. The Red Sox shortstop had just made a bad throw past second base and into right field, as the Orioles scored two runs on a soft grounder. It’s unclear if the throw was a product of Scutaro’s balky right shoulder, but it was ...
Boston Red Sox - Marco Scutaro - Baltimore Orioles - Baseball - SportsGM not in giving moodWe have officially reached that “funny time’’ in the season when many pundits have declared the season over for the Red Sox , yet the team just can’t bring itself to hear the fat lady singing yet.
Boston Red Sox - sport - Baseball - Major League - TeamsThis Rocket is in a different orbit, a different worldTry this one on for size. I, Roger Clemens, absolutely, positively never took steroids, never took HGH, never, in fact, received injections for anything except a flu shot.
Roger Clemens - Growth hormone - Health - Brian McNamee - Conditions and DiseasesDelcarmen dealt to Rockies for prospectIn a move general manager Theo Epstein said does not signal the Red Sox giving up on the season, reliever Manny Delcarmen was sent to Colorado along with cash considerations yesterday for Single A pitcher Chris Balcom-Miller . Instead, said the GM, it was the jettisoning of a pitcher who had fallen down the depth chart in exchange for a ...
Manny Delcarmen - Boston Red Sox - Theo Epstein - Colorado Rockies - PitcherMatusz leads Orioles past skidding Red Sox 5-2As the AL East race heads into September, the Baltimore Orioles aren't playing like a last-place team anymore and the Boston Red Sox no longer have the look of a contender.
Boston Red Sox - Baltimore Orioles - Baseball - American League East - SportsRed Sox trade reliever Delcarmen to RockiesHaving lost his spot in the Boston bullpen, Manny Delcarmen was traded with cash from the Red Sox to the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday for minor league pitcher Chris Balcom-Miller.
Boston Red Sox - Manny Delcarmen - Colorado Rockies - Sports - BaseballIt’s official, Sox are a done dealIt’s liberating. We can all stop now. We can stop scoreboard watching, and doing math tricks, and harboring silly hope that there’s a big surge ahead that will thrust the Red Sox into the 2010 playoffs.
Boston Red Sox - sport - Baseball - Major League - TeamsAD:Alternative energyIt happened on the nights before games, mostly. Ryan Kalish was compelled to go outside and clear his head with a few rounds of soft toss. He needed the mindlessness of the exercise, in a childhood and adolescence rife with competitiveness. So, on nights his father was out of town on business, his mother would make the tosses, often covering ...
Boston Red Sox - Shopping - Darnell McDonald - Arts and Entertainment - PhilippinesClemens pleads not guilty to perjury chargesIn a city where the mighty rise and fall with hurricane force, Red Sox legend Roger Clemens yesterday officially launched a precarious legal struggle against charges he lied to Congress to cover up his years of cheating as one of baseball’s greatest pitchers.
Roger Clemens - Baseball - Boston Red Sox - Perjury - United States CongressWhite Sox set to embrace MannyManny Ramirez will have to follow two nonnegotiable rules if he’s going to play for White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen.
Chicago White Sox - Manny Ramirez - Ozzie Guillén - Sports - BaseballBeckett refuses to give inBy his standards, the improvement Josh Beckett has made recently is minimal. But at least it’s something.
Josh Beckett - Arts - Television - Programs - Boston Red SoxMartinez’s catching is now well-receivedST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Victor Martinez was as much a first baseman as he was a catcher last season, as only 54 percent of the innings he spent on the field were behind the plate.
Catcher - First baseman - Víctor Martínez - Victor Martinez - RussiaTough choice madeST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There was no way that Adrian Beltre was coming out of Saturday night’s game, short of a broken limb or gushing blood. A tweaked hamstring certainly wasn’t going to do it. So, not only did Beltre stay in the game despite a noticeable limp, he was back in the starting lineup last night against the Rays.
Hamstring - Starting lineup - Television - Programs - ComedyFrustrated Lackey is just a bit off targetST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It was for games like last night that the Red Sox awarded John Lackey a free agent contract of five years and $82.5 million. He was supposed to be a reliable, tested veteran who could handle the pressure of a pennant race and the American League East.
Boston Red Sox - John Lackey - Major League Baseball - American League - Free agentRays send Sox packingST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — They still believe because they have to believe. The Red Sox might know, deep down, that seven games in the loss column with just 31 games to play is too much to overcome — too many bad losses, too many almosts and not quites — but they still act as if there is a chance for ...
Boston Red Sox - Sports - Baseball - Major League - TeamsPena, Crawford homer to power Rays past Red SoxCarlos Pena and Carl Crawford homered to back James Shields and help Tampa Bay retain a share of first place in the AL East with a 5-3 victory over Boston on Sunday night.
Boston Red Sox - James Shields - Carl Crawford - American League East - sportPena, Crawford homer to power Rays past Red SoxCarlos Pena and Carl Crawford homered to back James Shields and help Tampa Bay retain a share of first place in the AL East with a 5-3 victory over Boston on Sunday night.
Boston Red Sox - Carl Crawford - James Shields - American League East - sportOnce again, Johnson’s pinch leaves a markBucky Dent will forever reign supreme as the most unlikely villains in Red Sox history, his home run in the 1978 one-game playoff for the Yankees was that significant.
Boston Red Sox - Bucky Dent - New York Yankees - Sports - BaseballOkajima returns to ’pen, but spot is filledST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For most of the season, the Red Sox haven’t had a reliable lefthander in the bullpen. Hideki Okajima , a mainstay the last three seasons, struggled. Dustin Richardson couldn’t pick up the slack. But with the addition of Felix Doubront in the bullpen, the Red Sox now have a lefty they can rely on in late ...
Boston Red Sox - Hideki Okajima - Dustin Richardson - Red Sox - SportsAD:Sox drop ballST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It was a good catch, excellent even. J.D. Drew had to vault over a pitcher’s mound in the Rays’ bullpen, contend with chairs, the wall, and scattering relief pitchers, and he still caught the ball. Except, he shouldn’t have caught it.
Relief pitcher - J. D. Drew - Travel and Tourism - J.D. Drew - Travel GuidesRays beat Red Sox 3-2 on Dan Johnson's HR in 10thNow the two biggest hits of Dan Johnson's career have come against the Boston Red Sox.
Boston Red Sox - Tampa Bay Rays - Dan Johnson - sport - BaseballRed Sox activate reliever Hideki Okajima from DLThe Boston Red Sox have activated reliever Hideki Okajima from the 15-day disabled list and optioned right-hander Michael Bowden to Triple-A Pawtucket.
Boston Red Sox - Michael Bowden - Disabled list - Sports - Hideki OkajimaRest was up to himJon Lester wasn’t supposed to pitch against the Tampa Bay Rays last night.
Tampa Bay Rays - Jon Lester - Boston Red Sox - sport - FloridaPedroia won’t second-guessA final decision is not expected until Friday, but Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia seems resigned to the fact that he will need surgery to repair his broken left foot.
Dustin Pedroia - Boston Red Sox - Second baseman - Health - MedicineDifference is striking to DrewST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The last time J.D. Drew stepped in against David Price is seared in the memory of most Red Sox fans. With the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 2008 American League Championship Series, the Rays rookie lefthander faced Drew with Tampa Bay ahead by two runs. Drew struck ...
Boston Red Sox - David Price - Tampa Bay Rays - 2009 American League Championship Series - sportCaught up in itThe person inside the doorway of the Red Sox clubhouse was a little short to be a major leaguer. He stood there, fist pounding the Sox as they walked in from the field, with Jon Lester beside him, towering over. And when Victor Martinez walked up, there was a special high five waiting for him.
Boston Red Sox - Jon Lester - sport - Baseball - Major LeagueMartinez homers twice, Red Sox beat Rays 3-1Jon Lester rebounded from the worst outing of his career to help Boston tighten the AL wild-card race.
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