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Missed Opportunities Doom Red Sox In 4-2 Loss
2008-08-31 23:13:00 The Boston Red Sox left 11 runners on base failing to captalize early on Gavin Floyd as the Chicago White Sox went on to win 4-2 in front of 37,391 at Fenway Park on a gorgeous day for baseball. With the Tampa Bay Rays about to win for the 5th straight time, the Red Sox will ... More About: Opportunities , Loss , Doom
Patriots Claim Two Players Off Waivers
2008-08-31 22:32:00 According to Mike Reiss of the Boston Globe, the New England Patriots have claimed offensive tackle Mark LeVoir off waivers from the St. Louis Rams and tight end Jason Pociask off waivers from the New York Jets. The addition of LeVoir now gives the Patriots 9 offensive lineman and Pociask gives the Patriots 4 tight ends. More About: Players
Jackson, Lynch Released By Patriots; 2 Signed
2008-08-31 21:55:00 One day after they both made the New England Patriots 53-man roster, wide receiver Chad Jackson and safety John Lynch have been released by the club. Mike Reiss has analysis of the Jackson release here and the Lynch release here. The Patriots also announced that defensive lineman Titus Adams, safety Mark Dillard, running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis, linebacker ... More About: Signed , Released
Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/31
2008-08-31 18:38:00 Just a real quick afternoon delight post here as I’ve got some things to take care of. 76-59 1. Orlando Cabrera, SS 2. Nick Swisher, RF 3. Carlos Quentin, LF 4. Jim Thome, DH 5. Paul Konerko, 1B 6. Ken Griffey Jr., CF 7. Alexi Ramirez, 2B 8. Joe Crede, 3B 9. Toby Hall, C - Gavin Floyd, SP 79-56 1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF 2. Jed Lowrie, ... More About: Boston Red Sox , Afternoon , Chicago White Sox , Delight
Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 8/31
2008-08-31 15:27:00 You never know what you’re going to get when you call up a youngster from Pawtucket or Portland when he takes the mound. The Boston Red Sox got exactly what they expected from Michael Bowden and more last night as he gave the Red Sox a solid 5 innings of work. It’s definitely time to start ... More About: News , Boston Red Sox , Notes , Chicago White Sox
Destination Red Sox Nation - 8/31
2008-08-31 11:00:00 Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story links and links to team stats and league standings are after the jump. Right now the Red Sox have 3 of their minor league teams in the playoffs. The Pawtucket Red Sox, Lancaster ... More About: Destination
Just A Quick Note
2008-08-31 07:41:00 I want to apologize to everyone if you’ve tried to visit the site and have gotten an CPU_exceeded error. I am aware that it is happening more than I’d like (it shouldn’t be happening at all) and I’ve been working diligently behind the scenes to try and correct the problem. While I may or may not ... More About: General , Note , Quick
Dustin Pedroia Is Superman
2008-08-31 05:35:00 Back on April 29th, we had this gem of a quote from Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells about Boston Red Sox second basemen Dustin Pedroia. ?My goal was just to try to hit the ball back up the middle. I saw it get by him, and then I saw Superman at second base. He ... More About: Videos
Pedroia Perfect Again In Red Sox 8-2 Win
2008-08-31 04:41:00 Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia continues to rake at the plate as he went 4-for-4 for the second night in a row to help Michael Bowden win his debut as they went on to beat the Chicago White Sox 8-2 in front of 37,751 at the Fens. The win for the Red Sox keeps ... More About: Boston Red Sox , Perfect
Davis, Lanasah Cut; 5 Huskies Make NFL Rosters
2008-08-31 03:09:00 As you know by reading Steve’s New England Patriot’s coverage, it was cutdown day in the NFL. The UConn Huskies had 7 former players in NFL training camps and had 5 make rosters. The unlucky ones were Danny Lansanah, who was cut by the Green Bay Packers and Dan Davis , who was cut by the Indianapolis ... More About: Make
Breaking News: Patriots Make Roster Cuts
2008-08-31 00:27:00 The New England Patriots made the following roster moves today: Players placed on injured reserve, ending their season: LB Bo Ruud DL Kenny Smith Players placed on reserve/non-football injury list OT Oliver Ross Players released: TE Tyson DeVree S Mark Dillard C Mike Flynn RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis QB Matt Gutierrez LB Victor Hobson LB Vince Redd B Mike Richardson T Stephen Sene S Antwain Spann DL Santonio Thomas G John Welbourn DL Titus Adams CB ... More About: News , Breaking News , Make
Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/30
2008-08-30 23:28:00 Now batting cleanup for your Boston Red Sox , #15 Dustin Pedroia (pause) Pedroia. More on that in a bit. Michael Bowden makes his MLB debut tonight for the Red Sox. Tonight Terry Francona entrusts 21-year old Michael Bowden to go out and try to beat one of the better teams in the American League in the Chicago ... More About: Afternoon , Chicago White Sox , Delight
Breaking News: Hazel Mae Hired By MLB Network
2008-08-30 23:26:00 According to sources former NESN Sports Desk anchor Hazel Mae has been hired by the fledgling MLB Network. which will go on the air January 1, 2009. Mae’s agent Sue Lipton of IMG was able to pull off quite the job in view of Mae’s lack of network abilities. In other media news WEEI has dumped Craig Mustard and Larry ... More About: News , Television , Media , Breaking News , Sports Radio
Breaking News: Faulk Suspened One Game
2008-08-30 19:31:00 The NFL has announced that New England Patriots running back Kevin Faulk has been suspended without pay for one game for violating the leagues substance abuse policy with his marijuana arrest earlier in the year at a Lil Wayne concert in Louisiana. Faulk whose suspension starts today can not be with the team or at the ... More About: News , Breaking News , Game , Breaking
For Those Who Blog We Salute You - 8/30
2008-08-30 18:00:00 So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu [Center Field] This is the End… [Yankees Chick] Is this a joke? Man sells pitbulls outside Yankee Stadium [Red Sox Monster] Josh Beckett Has a Time Machine [Surviving Grady] Scott Boras Claims Another Soul [Babes Love Baseball] And Here I thought Joe Torre Was Only Drinking Green Tea [Ump Bump] Fan falls during BP at ... More About: Videos , Blog , Blogosphere , Salute
Paw Prints - The Daily Roundup - 8/30
2008-08-30 15:36:00 Chip Malafronte has some notes from UConn Huskies head coach Randy Edsall’s teleconference yesterday. Tyler Lorenzen still has work to do after throwing 3 interceptions in the game against Hofstra. Neill Ostrout has his UConn football notebook. Even with the 32-point win, the Huskies made plenty of mistakes. Randy Edsall says those mistakes are fixable. Edsall saw both the good ... More About: Women , Daily , Football , Basketball , Soccer
Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 8/30
2008-08-30 14:54:00 Before last night’s game versus the Chicago White Sox, the Boston Red Sox got the best news possible about Josh Beckett’s right elbow. And rather than tell you about it, let’s here it from the “clown’s mouth”. Video courtesy of WBZ I am pretty sure that the White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen probably is happy they can’t ... More About: News , Boston Red Sox , Special K , Notes
Steve?s 2008 NFL Predictions
2008-08-30 14:00:00 With the 2008 NFL season upon us I decided to take a look at the teams and make some pre-season predictions. The records you see below were actually compiled by me going through the week-by-week schedule and issuing a team a win or a loss. Then I assigned the 12 playoff teams and picked the ... More About: Steve , Predictions
Destination Red Sox Nation - 8/30
2008-08-30 12:00:00 Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story links and links to team stats and league standings are after the jump. Pawtucket Red Sox The PawSox were shutout 2-0 by the Buffalo Bisons. The PawSox are nearing their team record for victories. Team Stats International ... More About: Destination
Breaking News: Patriots Cut Four
2008-08-30 05:47:00 They have released four, leaving them with 71. None of the cuts was surprising: NT Steve Fifita CB Jeff Shoate TE Jonathan Stupar OL Jimmy Martin They need to get to 53 players by 4 p.m. Saturday. On another note the Houston Texans in a surprise move cut former Patriots linebacker Rosevelt Colvin who they signed as a free agent this ... More About: News , Breaking News , New England Patriots
Dice-K Spectacular In Red Sox 8-0 Win
2008-08-30 04:46:00 Daisuke Matsuzaka had arguably his best outing of the season tonight for the Boston Red Sox as he limited the Chicago White Sox to 2 hits in an 8-0 win in front of 37,755 at Fenway Park. The win for the local nine ends a brief two game losing streak at the Fens. The win will ... More About: Special K , Dice-K , Dice
Bowden Called Up
2008-08-30 02:02:00 According to Joe McDonald of the Providence Journal, the Boston Red Sox have called up Michael Bowden from Pawtucket to take the place of Sean Casey on the 25-man roster. It appears Bowden will be pitching out of the bullpen as David Pauley is scheduled to start tomorrow night for the Red Sox Bowden will ...
Casey To The DL
2008-08-30 01:28:00 The Boston Red Sox disabled list added another player before the game on Friday night as they announced that Sean Casey has been placed on the 15-day DL with a strained neck. The move was made retroactive to August 20th. The Red Sox will most likely announce a corresponding roster move after the game. Casey is now ...
Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/29
2008-08-29 23:50:00 The Boston Red Sox head into this 6-game homestand on the heels of a 6-3 road trip which hopefully saw their last trip to Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox have a resembled a MASH unit lately with Josh Beckett being the latest victim to fall to the disabled list. Daisuke Matsuzaka tries again tonight for his ... More About: Special K , Afternoon , Chicago White Sox , Delight
Beckett To The DL
2008-08-29 22:26:00 The Boston Red Sox just announced that they have placed injured pitcher Josh Beckett on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right elbow. The move is retroactive to August 18th. While the news is discouraging, it could have been a lot worse for Beckett. “Everything came out completely structurally sound,” said Francona. “There was some inflammation. ...
Dr. James Andrews Is The Grim Reaper
2008-08-29 20:41:00 While we await the news of Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett’s visit to noted orthopedist Dr. James Andrews, I decided to put my amateur photoshop talents to the test. A big thanks to Piney for the idea. And if anyone can do better, please send them along to me and I’ll post them up if ... More About: Movies , General , Grim Reaper
Paw Prints - The Daily Roundup - 8/29
2008-08-29 17:10:00 Chip Malafronte of the New Haven Register has some ideas for pregame traditions at UConn Huskies football games as well as some postgame notes. Neill Ostrout of the Connecticut Post has his postgame notes as does Joe Perez of the Norwich Bulletin. Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant offers some thoughts the day after the game. The Huskies ... More About: Daily , Football , Basketball , Soccer , Men
Do You Understand What She Said?
2008-06-11 12:00:00 During last night’s Boston Red Sox game, NESN treated us to a preview of the Emmy Award winning Sox Appeal. In this clip, the young lady tries to explain to the gentleman what she does for a living with some added commentary afterwards from Don Orsillo and the RemDawg. (Please open the article to see the ... More About: Videos , Understand
Bryant Leads Lakers Back Into Series, 87-81
2008-06-11 06:14:00 A slow start by the Boston Celtics may have cost them a chance at a 3-0 lead as both Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce had awful nights shooting as the Los Angeles Lakers were able to grab a home court win 87-81 at the Staple Center on Tuesday night. Kobe Bryant on the other hand ... More About: Series , Leads , Playoffs , Back
Okajima Implodes In 10-6 Loss To Baltimore
More articles from this author:2008-06-11 04:15:00 Boston Red Sox reliever Hideki Okajima and the Baltimore Orioles do not mix well as they got to him for 3 runs on their way to a 10-6 win in front of 37,858 sweaty fans at Fenway Park. Gametime temperature was 97º and the loss for the Red Sox was just their 7th at home ... More About: Boston Red Sox , Loss 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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