On Tuesday morning, Darnell McDonald and Josh Reddick were members of the minor league Pawtucket Red Sox, hoping for that call to the bigs that could kick-start their major league careers. By late Tuesday night, both outfielders not only were in uniform for the parent club, they were instrumental parts of a come-from-behind 7-6 victory [...]
Sox salvage season with 9th inning comeback
The Red Sox were down to their last strike, literally and figuratively, on this mid summer night in the heart of Texas. A few moments earlier, the team that has seen its share of heartbreaking defeats over the past couple of weeks had apparently suffered yet another devastating ‘L’ when the potential game- tying run got [...]
Sox salvage one game against Seattle
On the same day Boston had an MLB high six players named to the All Star team, the Red Sox were nine outs away from an embarrassing sweep at home against the surging Seattle Mariners. And then, in keeping with the theme of the last week, Boston mounted a furious comeback, one that elevated the feeling [...]
Nick Green delivers for Red Sox dads
For the final few frames of Sunday’s soggy game between the Red Sox and Braves at Fenway, it looked as though the Boston bullpen was bound to spoil what could have been a sweet Father’s Day for all the Nation’s daddies. And then, with one quick flick of the wrist, Sox shortstop Nick Green wrapped a solo shot around Pesky’ [...]
Eight is enough: Sox comeback to sweep the Stanks
Mattapan Manny Delcarmen tried his darnedest to break the Sox streak of seven straight wins over the Stanks last night. But the never-say-die Sox, led by the resurgent bat of David Ortiz (2-3, R, BI, BB), would not let the second-longest such winning streak to start a season in Sox history end without a fight. [...]
Rookie rightfielder rescues Red Sox
I missed the first five innings of tonight’s game as I watched my son’s Little League team clinch the Top Team for the 2009 spring season (congrats, GLLL Bulls!). Turned out that was a good thing, since the Sox game didn’t start to get interesting until the sixth innning anyway. Boston erased a 5-0 deficit [...]
Just another ho-hum edition of The Rivalry
Fitting on the day of the NFL draft, the Red Sox and Yankees slugged it out in a messy, football-esque ballgame. Boston won the second game of the series, and ninth straight overall, by the extremely unbaseball-like score of 16-11, and there was enough action and drama to fill the entire summer blockbuster season. The Stanks jumped out to [...]
Epic comeback could key Sox turnaround
Down 7-0 after an inning and a half tonight, Boston was on the brink of falling to 3-7 on the season, the Nation was entertaining thoughts of suicidal tendencies, and it’s safe to say no one watching thought they’d see Jonathan Papelbon in the game. But not only did Paps take the mound, he earned the save as the Sox stunned [...]
