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August 2, 2009 - August 8, 2009 Archives
9:20 PM Sat, Aug 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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If there was any silver lining in Boston's fifth straight loss, it had to be the improvement shown by the tall, thin man on the Yankee Stadium mound much of the afternoon. With its rotation in tatters following the demotion......
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8:59 PM Sat, Aug 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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The tension that surrounds Yankees-Red Sox at all times may have spilled over into the umpiring corps today, resulting in an important ejection that further taxed the worn-down Boston bullpen. With Boston trailing 2-0 in the seventh, Boston pitcher Ramon......
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8:48 PM Sat, Aug 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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6:18 PM Sat, Aug 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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All-Star left fielder Jason Bay sat out again versus the Yankees today, and it's still unclear whether he'll be in the lineup for the series finale against New York tomorrow night. Bay tweaked the hamstring bringing in a fly ball......
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3:26 PM Sat, Aug 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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Shortstop Jed Lowrie has been placed on the disabled list with a nerve problem in his surgically repaired left wrist, and is flying to Arizona to have his surgeon examine whether the problem is serious or not. The team called......
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2:38 PM Sat, Aug 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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David Ortiz acknowledged being 'careless' in taking the numerous supplements he relied on around 2003, but insisted today he never knowingly purchased or used steroids. "I definitely was a little bit careless back in those days when I was buying......
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2:43 AM Sat, Aug 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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Junichi Tazawa was nervous, and he had every right to be. It was the 14th inning of a scoreless game in a packed Yankee Stadium, the first time in the century-plus history of Yankees-Red Sox that the two teams were......
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2:12 AM Sat, Aug 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here are all the photos the AP sent us from last night's epic in the Stadium:......
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2:11 AM Sat, Aug 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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A masterpiece unfolded at Yankee Stadium early this morning, a 15-inning drama that had it all: old friends facing off in a classic pitchers duel, a future ace making his debut against a childhood hero, a building known only for......
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9:10 PM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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With his return to the rotation suddenly more important than ever, Tim Wakefield threw today, and strength is returning in his weakened left calf muscle. Wakefield went to the disabled list July 21 after hurting his lower back, at the......
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9:07 PM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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Paul Byrd, the catastrophic insurance policy backing up the Sox' regular insurance policies, reported to Ft. Myers today and could be helping out Boston, if needed, in roughly three weeks. Byrd, 38, agreed to a minor league contract with the......
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8:44 PM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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The John Smoltz experiment is likely over in Boston, and history will treat it as a sad failure, a stain on an otherwise brilliant resumé. The struggling Red Sox have decided they couldn't wait for the future Hall-of-Famer to figure......
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7:38 PM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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With Jed Lowrie ailing with a nerve problem in his forearm that will at least preclude him from playing in tonight's game, the Red Sox claimed infielder Chris Woodward off waivers from Seattle and rushed him into uniform to be......
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6:40 PM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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Almost exactly eight months after he left the Japanese amateur leagues behind and signed with Boston, Junichi Tazawa is in the American major leagues, and ready to play a significant role on one of the best teams in baseball. Tazawa......
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4:45 PM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Terry Francona just announced at his pregame news conference that future Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz has been designated for assignment. Smoltz, signed in January to a one-year, $5.5-million contract, made eight starts with the Red Sox. He went......
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4:02 PM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Red Sox have called up Japanese pitcher Junichi Tazawa from Triple-A Pawtucket and also claimed veteran shortstop Chris Woodward off waivers. Woodward was designated for assignment by the Seattle Mariners after Seattle traded for Jack Wilson. Both Tazawa......
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1:54 AM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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After a decade in professional baseball, Billy Traber knows who he is as a pitcher. The Red Sox know it too. They needed him to do a very specific job. And it may have been ugly, but he did it.......
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12:12 AM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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Slumping shortstop Jed Lowrie had to be pulled from last night's game against New York after injuring his left wrist and forearm on a checkswing, prompting feelings of numbness and tingling up and down the arm and into the hand.......
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11:00 PM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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So much for that 8-0 record. The New York Yankees wiped the slate clean at their new stadium tonight, serving notice that Boston's early season dominance was a long, long time ago. In the first match of an important four-game......
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9:45 PM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Jed Lowrie came out of the Sox-Yankees game in the fourth inning with an irritated left forearm. He injured the area swinging, part of an at-bat where he struck out against Joba Chamberlain on three pitches.......
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7:20 PM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Muhammad Ali is back in the Bronx. Ali received a warm welcome when he was honored before the New York Yankees' game against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night. The boxing great pointed and waved......
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5:09 PM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
NEW YORK -- Rocco Baldelli has been placed on the disabled list because of an ankle injury, suffered when he fouled a ball off his foot in batting practice Thursday. Baldelli was able to play the entire game Thursday night......
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4:18 PM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Dan Barbarisi reports that the Red Sox have placed Rocco Baldelli on the 15-day disabled list and recalled Josh Reddick from Pawtucket. Reddick is on his way to New York to join the team; Baldelli's injury is not known at......
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12:53 AM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Castoff 1B/OF Paul McAnulty, a key Pawtucket player until he was released by Boston in late July, has signed on with the Colorado Rockies organization, according to the website for Colorado's Triple-A team, the SkySox. McAnulty, 28, came into spring......
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11:37 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- With their loss Wednesday night, the Red Sox have lost 14 of their last 16 games in the cowbell-banging din of the Rays' domed home, Tropicana Field. But is this building a house of horrors for......
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11:11 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Boston will go into its pivotal series against first-place New York minus one of its best players, left fielder Jason Bay. Bay re-aggravated a nagging right hamstring injury running out a groundout in the eighth inning......
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10:15 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Red Sox came into Tampa with high hopes they could knock the Rays deep out of the division picture, and grab a piece of the AL East lead heading into a four-game showdown with the......
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10:04 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Red Sox have reached an agreement on a minor league contract with Paul Byrd, the veteran hurler who pitched for Boston the second half of last year, and then promptly retired. Byrd was out of......
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9:08 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- On Wednesday, Tim Wakefield threw his first official bullpen session since going to the disabled list July 21 and said in brief comments that it went well. Wakefield went to the disabled list because of a......
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8:33 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- As this season has unraveled for Daisuke Matsuzaka, the pitcher seems to have realized a few things. That outsiders question his devotion. That his icon status, so ironclad in Japan, means little in the United States......
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7:29 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- David Ortiz vows that he has been trying to get information on the drug test he failed from the federal government, and that he simply hasn't been successful yet. On Tuesday it was unclear whether Ortiz......
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6:56 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- With the Red Sox bullpen shorthanded and exhausted from a 13-inning showdown with Tampa Bay, Boston has recalled reliever Billy Traber from Triple-A Pawtucket, and optioned Josh Reddick down to the minors, where he will make......
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2:22 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Since Tim Wakefield pitched for the Red Sox on July 8, the Sox are 5-7 in games not started by Josh Beckett or John Lester. They've surrendered nearly seven runs per game in those 12 contests. Brad Penny has actually......
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12:50 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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The New York Mets were already the biggest joke in Major League Baseball. What happened to them last night may not be funny, but it certainly qualifies as wacky. And I'm not talking about the fact that they gave up......
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12:33 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Jared Remy, the son of Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy, says his father is cancer-free, but that it is unclear when he will be back in the broadcast booth, according to The Boston Globe. The comments came just days after......
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12:13 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Manny Ramirez homered and drove in three runs last night in the Dodgers' blowout victory over the Brewers, but most of the headlines surrounding the game surrounded Ramirez getting drilled and the Dodgers Guillermo Mota responding by hitting Prince Fielder......
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7:35 AM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Associated Press WEDNESDAY'S GAME TO WATCH Milwaukee at Los Angeles Dodgers (10:10 p.m. EDT). Fresh off his longest outing in a few years, Jason Schmidt (2-1) will try to lift the Dodgers to another victory. Schmidt lasted six innings, giving......
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1:45 AM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
It's said there are no second chances in life. Daniel Bard would likely disagree. It looked like Bard had blown the 2-2 game open by making a crucial throwing error. With Ben Zobrist on first, Willy Aybar laid down a......
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1:30 AM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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With his bullpen shot and five important games looming, the phone rang in Terry Francona's office just after midnight. It was Theo Epstein, presumably calling to figure out who the organization will call upon to reinforce the beleaguered, undermanned Boston......
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1:19 AM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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The third-best offense in the majors isn't shut down very often. Ben Zobrist, Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria and Co. are dangerous hitters, and they hammer the ball in their home dome. That makes what Jon Lester did last night even......
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1:14 AM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox could only defy the odds for so long. They had escaped jams in the eighth inning, ninth inning, and 10th inning, but every improbable streak comes to an end eventually. In the 13th, the Tampa Bay Rays......
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10:56 PM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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It's said there are no second chances in life. Daniel Bard would disagree. It looked like Bard had blown the 2-2 game open by making a crucial throwing error into the right-field corner that allowed Ben Zobrist and Willy Aybar......
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10:46 PM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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Upon learning Friday that he was on a 2003 list of players who had tested positive for banned substances, David Ortiz promised that he would explain everything once he learned exactly what caused him to fail the test. It's now......
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7:39 PM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tim Wakefield was supposed to throw a side session Tuesday as part of his recovery from a lower back problem that sent him to the disabled list July 21. But the session was pushed off until......
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7:20 PM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Boston's two dinged-up corner outfielders will each get a day to rest their bruised bodies over the next two games with Tampa Bay. J.D. Drew came out of Sunday's game after his balky groin acted up,......
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1:09 PM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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Fasten your seat belts, Red Sox fans: Tonight begins a brutal stretch of baseball for your favorite team. The Red Sox' next 13 consecutive games -- and 20 of their next 23 -- are against teams with winning records. The......
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7:33 AM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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TUESDAY'S GAME TO WATCH Boston at Tampa Bay (7:08 p.m. EDT). Jon Lester (9-7, 3.90 ERA) faces Tampa Bay's Matt Garza (7-8, 3.69) in the opener of a two-game series at Tropicana Field. The Red Sox have won four consecutive......
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5:22 PM Sun, Aug 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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It didn't take long for the Red Sox batters to catch on to Baltimore starter Jason Berken today at Camden Yards. The Red Sox loaded the bases in the first inning, and J.D. Drew let the Orioles know that they......
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2:03 PM Sun, Aug 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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J.D. Drew felt good enough to start today's game despite a tight left groin muscle that kept him out of the previous two contests. He didn't feel good enough to finish it, however, leaving the game in the first inning......
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1:28 PM Sun, Aug 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox have made a change to their pitching rotation, flipping Brad Penny and Yankee-killing lefty Jon Lester and giving Lester a chance to face New York in a battle for first place in the Bronx next weekend. Lester......
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12:18 PM Sun, Aug 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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J.D. Drew is back in the lineup and playing right field today, after missing two games with a groin pull. The area is sensitive, but dramatically improved over the past few days. Drew said he'll treat the injury with care,......
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12:11 PM Sun, Aug 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON CF Ellsbury 2B Pedroia C Martinez 1B Youkilis DH Ortiz RF Drew 3B Lowell LF Reddick SS Lowrie RHP Buchholz BALTIMORE 2B Roberts LF Pie CF Jones RF Markakis 1B Huff 3B Wigginton DH Scott CA Zaun SS Andino......
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12:13 AM Sun, Aug 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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First baseman Jeff Bailey has been put on rehab assignment, and could be back in his familiar Pawtucket Red Sox uniform by tomorrow. Bailey has been rehabbing a high ankle sprain with the major league club for the past month,......
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