Poetry from Tyler Kepner:
The grand slam exploded like a gunshot Wednesday night, tearing out the guts of even the most naïve believers in the 2008 Yankees.
The eighth-inning bullet by Dustin Pedroia was like the opening scene of a documentary, many years from now, capturing the thud of finality to something once so special. The question [...]
Going into their 3 game series I heard talk of Boston burying New York, ending their playoff hopes. I wasn’t as confident. It’s not that I fear the Yankees. I’ve watched them play enough this year to know they’re a brutal team; even worse to watch. But there’s still a ton of talent on their [...]
Tagged red sox, yankeesThe Red Sox signed Mark Kotsay today as insurance if J.D. Drew’s back continues to act up. A Kotsay moment:
My family went to a Red Sox, A’s game in 2006 at Fenway. It was unbelievably hot and the ushers were passing out free sunscreen. We were sitting in the center field bleachers. There was no [...]
Josh Beckett was suppose to start last night against the Yankees. Instead the Red Sox sent 42 year old Tim Wakefield, just coming off the disabled list, to the rubber. The Red Sox played the game without their starting shortstop, third baseman, right fielder, and catcher. Sean Casey, normally the first player off the bench, [...]
Tagged baseball, red sox, yankeesThe 2008 summer Olympics are over, and though I hadn’t followed much of the buildup and knew little about the athletes until they were at the games I enjoyed the competition as always. Not so much the main stream sports (basketball, baseball, etc) as those that get little recognition outside of the Olympics; track and [...]
Tagged olympicsAfter watching the Red Sox win in 11 innings at Toronto I turned my attention to the Yankee – Orioles game. Down by a run but with a runner on first and Jay Payton at the plate New York brought in Rivera to get the third out.
Payton would eventually look at a third strike [...]
After Joba Chamberlain threw at Kevin Youkilis’ head for the 4th time in the past 2 seasons Terry Francona commented:
He has great command until Youk gets in there.
Joe Girardi understood why Youkilis was upset but claimed no intent and that it was unfortunate that the umpire warned both teams. Girardi contributed the fact that it [...]