The 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 [...]
The Red Sox managed to take game 3 against the Yankees to avoid a sweep. Baseball is a funny game. Your team loses one night and all you see are problems; a win the next day and everything seems brighter. So here’s 4 positive thoughts*:
The Yankees are on a role. The Red Sox have been [...]
Tagged red sox, yankeesIt doesn’t take long to get over a 1-0 loss. Games decided by 1 run are more a result of luck than anything else. One team gets a break, the other doesn’t. If Lowell’s single off the monster is 2 feet higher and Giambi isn’t hitting into the shift the we’re talking about Beckett’s great [...]
The Yankees come to Boston for a 3 game series starting tonight. The Red Sox are tied for first with the Rays with the Yankees a few games back. Despite the hype, the series won’t make or break either club’s season, but it certainly makes for good drama.
We’re a little over half way done with [...]