Ever since Tampa Bay eviscerated the Sox in that four game beatdown a week ago, Boston has run off a tidy 5-2 winning streak that has them a mere 5 1/2 games behind the Devil Rays (yes, I am calling them by their birth names – they’ve earned it). So tell me, why does this little run have all the feel [...]
PawSox callups combine to end Sox skid
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 take step back as Rangers run all over them
The 2009 Red Sox have mastered the art of letting an opponent take an extra base. Or three. Or eight. For the second time this season, a Boston battery allowed eight stolen bases in a game, and for the eighth time in the last dozen games, the Sox suffered a demoralizing loss. Both stats represent [...]
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 [...]
New-look Sox stumble out of the break
I’ve been absent from the blogging beat for a while, due to the All Star break and a nagging bit of a flu bug. So tell me RSN, have I missed anything while I’ve been gone? What’s that? Julio “ball and chain” Lugo was cut loose from the team after two and a half subpar, [...]
Dice-K drilled, Sox fall from first
The more I watch Daisuke Matsuzaka pitch, the more I wonder how the hell that man ever won 18 games in the major leagues last year. The mystery that is Dice-K continues to confound Sox fans every five days, as the former phenom looks more like a washed up, junkballing journeyman than the staff ace and potential Cy Young [...]
Lester again dominant as Sox thrash Rangers
THIS was how the Boston starting pitching was supposed to perform right out of the gate this season. For the second game in a row Jon Lester was downright dominant (9IP, 2H, 1ER, 2BB, 11K), and for the second time this week, a Sox starter took a no hitter into the seventh inning, as Lester had [...]
