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July 26, 2009 - August 1, 2009 Archives
11:52 PM Sat, Aug 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi  Email
BALTIMORE -- For all the effort he put out during his frustrating, injury-riddled 2008 season, Josh Beckett picked up 12 hard-fought wins. Different year, different Josh Beckett. It's just barely August, and after dispatching the Orioles 4-0 on Saturday night,......
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11:47 PM Sat, Aug 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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BALTIMORE -- To Kevin Youkilis, the long major-league season is like an gently undulating curve, sloping down into a trough of poor hitting performances, then cresting up into a hill of hot, streaky hitting. Early last month, he found himself......
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9:09 PM Sat, Aug 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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BALTIMORE -- Good night for first-time Red Sox starters. Victor Martinez was quiet for his first three at bats Red Sox, then laced a line drive to left field that brought home Jacoby Ellsbury for Martinez' first Boston RBI. The......
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8:21 PM Sat, Aug 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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BALTIMORE -- Victor Martinez and Casey Kotchman both looked around their new surroundings Saturday afternoon, and were a little taken aback. Both men had been traded from middling teams to what Kotchman called this 'storied franchise,' the pennant-contending Red Sox.......
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6:47 PM Sat, Aug 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
BALTIMORE -- The deadline trade that brought catcher Victor Martinez to Boston also raised a thorny question: What to do with George Kottaras, the backup who serves as a personal catcher for knuckleballer Tim Wakefield? The Sox won't have to......
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6:29 PM Sat, Aug 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
BALTIMORE -- J.D. Drew's left groin strain is improving, and the right fielder thinks he might be able to get back into game action Sunday. That said, with the team benefiting from an off-day Monday, if his health is at......
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6:25 PM Sat, Aug 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
BALTIMORE -- It's been a week of surprises for Josh Reddick. First, on the day of baseball's trade deadline, he is told to pack his bags -- spending the entire day thinking he's been traded -- before learning that he'll......
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5:58 PM Sat, Aug 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
CF Ellsbury 2B Pedroia 1B Martinez 3B Youkilis DH Ortiz LF Bay C Varitek RF Reddick SS Lowrie RHP Beckett 2B Roberts CF Jones RF Markakis 1B Huff LF Reimold DH Scott 3B Mora C Wieters SS Izturis RHP Hernandez......
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3:33 PM Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
Nick Hagadone, the Sox' former first pick (55th overall) in the 2007 draft, just spoke with the Journal about the trade that is sending him to the Cleveland Indians organization. The left-handed pitcher, along with Red Sox reliever Justin......
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3:29 PM Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
The Red Sox landed one of their prized targets this afternoon, acquiring Cleveland's hard-hitting catcher/first baseman Victor Martinez. Boston sent reliever Justin Masterson and minor leaguers Nick Hagadone and Bryan Price to Cleveland in return for Martinez. "We think Victor......
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7:26 PM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON _ News of David Ortiz testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs back in 2003 quickly made its way around Fenway Park Thursday afternoon. The New York Times broke the story on its website about one hour before first pitch......
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7:17 PM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON _ J.D. Drew suffered an unspecified leg injury on Thursday and will likely miss Friday's game in Baltimore. After the Sox' right fielder doubled in the bottom of the eighth inning, and later scored on a Jason Varitek......
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5:37 PM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
David Ortiz has issued a statement about his name surfacing on a list of players who allegedly tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003: "Today I was informed by a reporter that I was on the 2003 list of MLB......
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5:26 PM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Associated Press BOSTON -- Hours after he was linked to a positive drug test, David Ortiz hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the Oakland Athletics 8-5 on Thursday. With two......
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3:59 PM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
The Red Sox made an attempt to put the Daisuke Matsuzaka controversy to bed Thursday. They took the unusual step of issuing a press release in which Matsuzaka was quoted as saying, ``My goal is to put myself into......
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2:58 PM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
It'll be interesting to see what -- if anything -- David Ortiz has to say about the story that broke on the website of the New York Times shortly before the Red Sox took on the A's at Fenway......
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1:57 PM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON _ Earlier today it was reported that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez tested positive for steroids in 2003. The news broke about an hour before first pitch on Thursday as fans were entering Fenway Park. Ortiz's first at-bat......
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1:52 PM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Red Sox sluggers David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were both on the list of roughly 100 major-league players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to a report just released by The New York Times. The report cites......
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12:08 PM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON _ Late Wednesday night there were two teams in the mix for Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay -- the Sox and the Rangers. Now it appears the Dodgers are in the lead for the right-handed ace. Talks with......
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11:20 AM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Good morning from rainy Fenway Park. The only news being made here so far is coming from the sky. It is pouring and it has been for a while. Forecasts say it sohuld clean in time for the 1:35......
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8:50 AM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The brother of Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will serve time in jail after being convicted of child molestation charges. Prosecutors say Brett Pedroia, 30, was sentenced to one year in jail by a......
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8:25 AM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Tampa Bay's Matt Garza hit New York Yankees slugger Mark Teixeira with a fifth-inning pitch Wednesday night, then said he did it because he's tired of opposing pitchers throwing at Rays All-Star Evan Longoria. Teixeira,......
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7:15 AM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
TODAY'S GAME TO WATCH L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis (8:15 p.m. EDT). Hiroki Kuroda matched a season high with nine strikeouts in his last start for the Dodgers. The Cardinals send Kyle Lohse to the mound in a matchup of......
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11:35 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BY JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Once he was activated from the disabled list, and after the Red Sox acquired first baseman Adam LaRoche, Mike Lowell said his production moving forward would speak for itself. It has. Lowell......
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11:21 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON -- There's no question general managers around the majors will be working agonizingly long hours until the trade deadline at 4 p.m. on Friday. That obviously includes the Red Sox' Theo Epstein and the Blue Jays' J.P. Ricciardi.......
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10:29 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
By ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- You have to think Brad Penny was pumped up for his 20th start of the season. And who could blame him? He had been rolling at Fenway Park, going undefeated in his......
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10:20 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Pawtucket is shut out for the 13th time this season. Read the story here.......
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10:05 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Click here to read Joe McDonald's story on Jonathan Papelbon's 2009 struggles as Red Sox closer.......
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8:09 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON -- Tim Wakefield is moving around a little better these days, but the veteran knuckleballer is still dealing with a lower-back strain that forced him to the disabled list last week. He was able to finally play catch at......
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8:04 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BY JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- The dust seems to have settled between the Red Sox and pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka over the pitcher's recent comments, in which he condemned the organization's pitching philosophies. A report surfaced in a......
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6:55 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
BY DANIEL BARBARISI Journal Sports Writer With 2008 Cy Young winner Cliff Lee leaving the Cleveland Indians for the Philadelphia Phillies, the landscape shifts somewhat, in ways that could mean more deals for the Red Sox -- but the price......
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6:21 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON -- Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, who had to leave Tuesday's game to attend to a family matter, was back in the clubhouse Wednesday afternoon and reports everything is fine with his youngest daughter, Alexandra. She had been taken......
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5:35 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
RED SOX 1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF 2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B 3. Kevin Youkilis, 3B 4. Jason Bay, LF 5. Mike Lowell, DH 6. Rocco Baldelli, RF 7. Adam LaRoche, 1B 8. Jason Varitek, C 9. Jed Lowrie, SS -- Brad......
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2:29 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports has reported that the Philadelphia Phillies have reached agreement with the Cleveland Indians on a trade for 2008 American League Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee. The Phillies would also get outfielder Ben Francisco and......
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1:25 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
According to Joel Sherman of The New York Post, the Yankees do not appear poised to jump in late on the Roy Halladay sweepstakes, and are even content to let him go to the Red Sox if that is what......
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8:46 AM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Rick O'Brien The Philadelphia Inquirer ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Shortly after Pedro Martinez had started his bullpen session at Coca-Cola Park, Lehigh Valley ticketholders, who had arrived about 21/2 hours before game time, began running down the grass hill beyond......
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7:12 AM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Associated Press TODAY'S GAME TO WATCH Toronto at Seattle (4:40 p.m. EDT). With trade rumors swirling, Roy Halladay (11-3) is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays against Ryan Rowland-Smith (0-1) and the Mariners. TUESDAY'S STARS -Gary Matthews Jr., Angels,......
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12:56 AM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
By ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Clay Buchholz knows that his time pitching for the Red Sox this season could come to an end soon. The trade deadline is Friday, and his name comes up constantly in trade......
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12:40 AM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
By ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer BOSTON - The Red Sox bullpen had been flawless since the All-Star break. In nine consecutive games, over 24.0 innings, Boston's bullpen had not allowed a run. They had 23 strikeouts during that stretch......
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10:54 PM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
With three days to go before the trade deadline, another potential frontline pitcher has hit the market: Jarrod Washburn. The veteran left-hander, who is 8-6 with a 2.71 ERA this season for the Mariners, has been placed on the block......
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7:33 PM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON _ Some might look at Tuesday's lineup and wonder why the hot-hitting Adam LaRoche is not playing for the Red Sox. Since arriving in Boston via trade last week, the first baseman is 5-for-12 with 3 doubles, one......
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7:26 PM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON _ Tim Wakefield was finally able to play catch on Tuesday afternoon. The veteran knuckleballer is on the disabled list with a lower back strain and was originally scheduled to play catch on Monday, but the club's medical......
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7:14 PM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON _ The Red Sox acquired outfielder Brian Anderson from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for outfielder Mark Kotsay Tuesday. The 27-year-old Anderson was optioned to Pawtucket after the transaction was complete. He hit .238 with two homers......
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7:03 PM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON _ Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia sat in the dugout at Fenway Park early Tuesday afternoon and looked at the red canvas covering the soon-to-be retired No. 14 on the right-field façade. He thought that maybe someday......
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6:56 PM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON _ Jason Varitek is a virtual walking freezer of ice. From head to toe, almost every part of his body is covered with ice packs. It doesn't matter if it's before the game, or after the game, the......
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5:10 PM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
OAKLAND Kennedy, 3b Cabrera, ss Garciaparra, dh Cust, rf Suzuki, c Sweeney, cf Everidge, 1b Ellis, 2b Patterson, lf Mazzaro, sp BOSTON Ellsbury, cf Pedroia, 2b Youkilis, 1b Ortiz, dh Bay, lf Drew, rf Lowell, 3b Kottaras, c Green, ss......
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3:34 PM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Red Sox have traded outfielder Mark Kotsay and cash to the Chicago White Sox for outfielder Brian Anderson. Both teams were in second place in their divisions when they made the deal Tuesday. The 33-year-old......
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3:00 PM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Gordon Edes of Yahoo! Sports reports that the Red Sox have offered Clay Buchholz, Michael Bowden and Portsmouth's Ryan Westmoreland to the Toronto Blue Jays for prize pitcher Roy Halladay.......
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11:27 AM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
BY ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Clay Buchholz knows that his time pitching for the Red Sox this season could come to an end soon. The trade deadline is Friday, and his name comes up constantly in trade......
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9:42 AM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka says the training program he must follow with the Red Sox, not his appearance in the World Baseball Classic last spring, is responsible for his shoulder problems this season. And the right hander said......
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7:59 AM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Associated Press TODAY'S GAME TO WATCH Chicago at Minnesota (8:10 p.m. EDT). Mark Buehrle (11-3) makes his first start for the White Sox since throwing a perfect game against Tampa Bay last Thursday. MONDAY'S STARS --Josh Willingham, Nationals, hit two......
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11:12 PM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Adam LaRoche may move at a snail's pace through life, but on the diamond he's nothing but full throttle. Since arriving in Boston last Friday from Pittsburgh via trade, the newcomer has......
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10:05 PM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
The Red Sox jumped to a 5-0 lead in the first four innings and coasted past Oakland, 8-3, Monday night. Josh Beckett pitched shutout ball through five innings before being roughed up a bit by the A's as he......
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8:48 PM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
While the Red Sox still appear to be long-shots in the Roy Halladay sweepstakes, rumors continued to swirl on Monday about their interest in sluggers Victor Martinez of the Indians and Adrian Gonzalez of the Padres. The New York Post's......
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7:51 PM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Chicago Tribune columnist Phil Rogers writes tonight that MLB Commissioner Bud Selig is furious about a story in Monday morning's New York Daily News that reported several baseball legends were lobbying for Selig to reinstate all-time hits leader Pete Rose.......
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7:21 PM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein contacted Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi again late last week to discuss Toronto's ace right-hander, Roy Halladay. But in order for the Blue Jays to deal Halladay,......
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6:30 PM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- A report surfaced early Monday morning that Bud Selig was "seriously considering" reinstating Pete Rose, who has been banned from baseball for almost 20 years, and Red Sox manager Terry Francona hopes......
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6:08 PM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Tim Wakefield was scheduled to spend part of his afternoon Monday playing catch, but the medical staff thought it best to keep him off the field. "The medical staff wouldn't allow it," he said. "I felt like I could......
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11:30 AM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
Highly touted Japanese prospect Junichi Tazawa has been promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket, and will make his first start tomorrow on the road against Buffalo. "I'm happy to be moving up here. I know the guys who are working with me......
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8:04 AM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Associated Press MONDAY'S GAME TO WATCH Los Angeles at St. Louis (7:05 p.m. EDT). Randy Wolf (5-4) starts for the Dodgers, who have the National League's best record, against Chris Carpenter (8-3) and the Cardinals, who are a half-game behind......
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11:17 PM Sun, Jul 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Toronto Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi has told Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal that the chances he will actually trade his ace, Roy Halladay, are "very slim." This could, of course, be rhetoric intended to inspire stronger offers than the......
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10:02 PM Sun, Jul 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Jim Rice finally had his day of induction in baseball's Hall of Fame. Below are some pictures from the weekend:......
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7:56 PM Sun, Jul 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Red Sox are active in virtually all corners of the trade market, actively exploring potential trades for Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay, Indians catcher Victor Martinez, Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and shortstop help, according to Ken Rosenthal......
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6:56 PM Sun, Jul 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
Ramon Ramirez and pitching coach John Farrell had a lengthy sit-down meeting in the clubhouse this morning about the pitcher's recent use. Ramirez has pitched seven times this month, after throwing in 14 games in May and 10 in June.......
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6:41 PM Sun, Jul 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) -- Jim Rice had one Hall of Fame endorsement a long time ago. The problem for Rice was, former teammate Dwight Evans doesn't have a ballot. After 15 years of waiting, Rice was inducted into the Baseball......
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6:22 PM Sun, Jul 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Pedro Martinez's first minor league rehab start in preparation for a comeback with the Philadelphia Phillies was been cut short by rain on Sunday. The 37-year-old right-hander worked 1 1-3 innings for the Class A Clearwater......
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5:38 PM Sun, Jul 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON _ Jacoby Ellsbury appears to be feeling comfortable again in the leadoff spot for the Red Sox. After Sunday's 6-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, Ellsbury finished the three-game set 6-for-13. He collected two hits and his 44th......
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5:33 PM Sun, Jul 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON _ If he didn't already know it, Jed Lowrie learned on Sunday this game is a game of inches. With the Red Sox trailing the Orioles 6-0 in the bottom of the fifth......
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1:01 PM Sun, Jul 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
Centerfielder Jonathan Van Every, who appeared in seven games for the Red Sox this season but was lost for the season to knee surgery and released, has latched on with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Van Every was in Florida rehabbing his......
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11:53 AM Sun, Jul 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BALTIMORE Roberts, 2b Pie, lf Jones, cf Markakis, rf Reimold, dh Wigginton, 1b Mora, 3b Zaun, c Andino, ss Hernandez, sp BOSTON Ellsbury, cf Pedroia, 2b Youkilis, 3b Ortiz, dh Bay, lf Drew, rf LaRoche, 1b Lowrie, ss Kottaras, c......
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