Nov 05
Redsox
Wakefield helps Red Sox beat Marlins 9-0Tim Wakefield spent a lot more time on the road than on the mound Tuesday, which was fine with him.
Red Sox battery is operatingJosh Beckett wanted to work on his changeup against the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday and threw a beauty to Colby Rasmus in the second inning, the ball deceptively plummeting to the ankles of the cleanup hitter as he swung over it.
La Russa still mover, shakerSome four hours before game time, I was sitting in the Comiskey Park visitors dugout chatting baseball with Don Zimmer and Walter Hriniak. We were somewhat amused to see a newly-appointed White Sox coach practicing the art of hitting popups with the fungo bat, a chore he’d be inheriting that evening when the White Sox would ...
A few of their prospects prosperManager Terry Francona likes to say prospects should come to spring training with the goal of leaving a good impression because the odds of making a team like the Red Sox are long.
Lin's single in 9th lifts Red Sox over Cards 7-6Josh Beckett made his second start of spring training, and Red Sox pitchers kept the St. Louis Cardinals hitless into the seventh inning.
Excitement slightly raised by Red Sox mound pairSARASOTA, Fla. - This is the fun part of spring baseball, isn’t it? Watching two outstanding young pitching prospects who could become big performers in an impressive rotation for years to come.
A good start for BeckettSARASOTA, Fla. - An amicable start to contract talks between the Red Sox and Josh Beckett has created optimism that the sides might be able to reach an agreement before the righthander reaches free agency after this season.
Reliever Nelson still going after 4 surgeriesJoe Nelson won the last game ever played at Shea Stadium. He received a World Series ring for pitching just three games with the Boston Red Sox .
Relief missionFORT MYERS, Fla. - The small rock is tucked between the first two fingers of Callie Atchison’s left hand. This is hardly something out of the ordinary, the 2-year-old having spent the previous half-hour picking up stones and tossing them into a puddle near the back fields at the Red Sox player development complex as her father plies his trade ...
Grapefruit juice seems a little blandFORT MYERS, Fla. - Maybe it’s because the weather has been abysmal in southwest Florida for the early part of this spring training.
Drew welcomes new OF neighborFORT MYERS, Fla. - J.D. Drew has decided on a new strategy for life with Gold Glover Mike Cameron in center field alongside him. As he said yesterday, laughing, “Take everything you want. Makes it a lot easier on me. I’m just going to chill over here.’’
Twins closer Nathan hurt in 9-3 loss to Red SoxJoe Nathan appears to have avoided the problem that struck John Lackey the past two years -- a troublesome spring training injury.
Ruggiano homers in ninth to give Tampa winJustin Ruggiano homered after Fernando Perez led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a triple, giving the Tampa Bay Rays a 6-4 victory over a Boston Red Sox split squad Saturday.
AD:Lester bad from the startJon Lester had to look hard to find a positive aspect to his outing against the Minnesota Twins yesterday.
Sharp turnsThe Red Sox spent the winter unsure of what to expect from Tim Wakefield, the 43-year-old righthander having had surgery in October to repair a herniated disk in his back. His place in the rotation vanished.
Morneau, Wakefield make mark in Twins win over SoxJustin Morneau and Tim Wakefield each made encouraging returns to the field after a long offseason dealing with back injuries.
Scutaro shows early signs of fielding prowessMarco Scutaro's first play in a spring training game with the Boston Red Sox showed why they signed him.
Carrying them with one armWhen Josh Beckett walked into the clubhouse yesterday afternoon, hours before he would take the mound for his first game action of the spring, there was a golf club in his hand. Shades down, shorts on, Beckett used the club as a walking stick as he went through a room filled with teammates that look to ...
Wakefield right on scheduleThe Red Sox were not sure what to expect from Tim Wakefield in spring training. The 43-year-old pitcher was coming off back surgery and threw only 21 innings in the second half of last season.
Papelbon reheated for '10Red Sox fans are too quick to say goodbye to Jonathan Papelbon. One bad inning, one playoff flameout, and it’s Daniel Bard’s turn to fist-bump the big cop outside the bullpen when the game is on the line in the ninth.
Wagner's single gives Red Sox 2-1 win over TwinsThe last time Josh Beckett and Nick Blackburn pitched, their teams lost the second game of a pair of three-game sweeps in AL division series.
Outfielder Lin making good contactFrom general manager Theo Epstein on down, executives, scouts, and coaches in the Red Sox organization praise the athletic ability of 21-year-old Che-Hsuan Lin .
AD:Easy as 1-2-3 for KellyIt was only one inning. It was against a college team. But maybe someday we’ll tell our grandchildren about it. Maybe someday City of Palms Park will be renamed “Casey Kelly Field.’’
Piling up big numbers, like his famous fatherThere were catcalls from the stands a few years ago from a few dopes who thought Koby Clemens should be blamed for or had something to do with the things his father was accused of. He shrugged them off and stayed focused on what he needed to do - which, when you think about it, was a ...
Steering in a new directionThere was a long, lonely drive through Canada, with a couple of thousand miles to go and nothing left in Lars Anderson’s CD player. He had finished his last book-on-tape and was faced with the silence that comes between radio stations on stretches of desolate highway. So he picked up the disc his mother had sent ...
Red Sox beat Northeastern and BC in exhibitionsBoof Bonser threw a scoreless inning in his first spring training start in two years, striking out two batters and picking up the win, and the Boston Red Sox beat Boston College on Wednesday night in the second game of an exhibition doubleheader.
Gender bender: Wakefield tutors female knucklerThe fraternity of knuckleball pitchers is small, and Tim Wakefield of the Boston Red Sox is its active godfather.
His memories are all pleasantNow that he’s in a different uniform, he hopes Red Sox fans will forgive him for that awful indiscretion four years ago when he left Boston over a $12 million gap and signed with the Yankees .
Nice position playerYou’ve seen Kevin Youkilis slam his helmet onto the dugout steps after striking out, or glare out at an opposing pitcher when a fastball comes too close to his head.
So eager for a real game, they’ll play twoIt’s finally time for the Red Sox to play some games.
Getting into a sensitive areaCup or no cup? That is the question. It’s a delicate issue regarding a delicate area. The punch lines are infinite, but it’s not funny when a guy gets hit in his testicles and he’s not covered by the triangular hard-shell plastic designed to protect a man’s private parts.
Red Sox battery is operatingJosh Beckett wanted to work on his changeup against the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday and threw a beauty to Colby Rasmus in the second inning, the ball deceptively plummeting to the ankles of the cleanup hitter as he swung over it.
