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October 4, 2009 - October 10, 2009 Archives
5:02 PM Sat, Oct 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson  Email
You think the Yankees think Mark Teixeira's worth every penny it took to lure him away from the Angels and keep him away from the Red Sox? After Alex Rodriguez again proved he can, indeed, provide clutch hits in......
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2:43 AM Sat, Oct 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- While the Red Sox will return to Boston after Friday's game and are scheduled to arrive at 9 a.m., the Angels will stay here and hold a brief workout before flying to the East Coast. Angels manager......
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2:33 AM Sat, Oct 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- In the Red Sox' two crushing playoff defeats, there has been one leaping, lunging, stabbing bright spot: Mike Lowell, snaring every ball that comes near him at third base. Lowell has made several excellent plays so far......
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2:23 AM Sat, Oct 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
The worst fears of so many came so true tonight. At the pivotal moment in a tied game, the Los Angeles Angels chose to run, betting that the Red Sox couldn't stop them. They were right. Now, the Angels will......
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2:13 AM Sat, Oct 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The lack of offensive production in the first two games of the ALDS for the Red Sox has been staggering. After losing 5-0 and 4-1 to the Angels here, Boston is......
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12:48 AM Sat, Oct 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Following a 5-0 loss to the Angels in Game One of the ALDS on Thursday, Red Sox slugger David Ortiz stood in the corner of the visitor's clubhouse and said the......
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9:48 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Red Sox manager Terry Francona was feeling a lot better Friday afternoon. He suffered a bout of food poisoning on Thursday and was so sick he missed the pregame introductions. He even got sick and had to......
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9:40 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- For injured infielder Nick Green, who spent much of this season starting at shortstop and hoping to help his team win, success has been redefined to consist of a good day taking ground balls, or a fine......
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9:36 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Finally, David Ortiz can look up at the giant video screens in every ballpark around the league without cringing. When Ortiz was really struggling, in the depths of his early season slump in May, manager Terry Francona......
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9:33 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Because the Yankees-Twins game hasn't ended, the beginning of the Red Sox-Angels game will be telecast on cable channel TNT. It will switch back to TBS when the Yankees-Twins game ends.......
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9:25 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON Ellsbury, cf Pedroia, 2b Martinez, c Youkilis, 1b Ortiz, dh Bay, lf Lowell, 3b Drew, rf Gonzalez, ss Beckett, sp ANAHEIM Figgins, 3b Abreu, rf Hunter, cf Guerrero, dh Morales, 1b Rivera, lf Izturis, 2b Napoli, c Aybar, ss......
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8:49 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jon Lester may throw a side session Saturday when the team returns home to Fenway Park, putting him in line to pitch Game Four Monday night on three days' rest. "He only threw 100 pitches, so we'd......
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8:41 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Victor Martinez was surrounded by reporters in the Red Sox clubhouse after Game One of the ALDS Thursday night. As he answered questions about the team's 5-0 loss to the Angels, Jason Varitek, dressed in jeans and......
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8:21 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Coming into the second game of this series, the Red Sox find themselves in a strange and unfamiliar position. Losing happens. The Sox lost last year's ALCS to Tampa Bay. But going down 0-1? Losing the first......
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3:00 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Former Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez will make his first postseason start since he won Game Two of the 2004 World Series on Saturday night, when the Phillies visit the Colorado Rockies, Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel has announced. The decision......
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10:21 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
It's up to Beckett now. Beckett and Buchholz. And that's not exactly comforting if you're a Red Sox fan who's been taking for granted that the Old Towne Team will, as usual, dispose of the Angels in the ALDS,......
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9:01 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Problems with chemistry in the broadcast booth are nothing new at TBS, which is now in its third season with exclusive broadcasting rights to the first round of the Major League Baseball playoffs. Broadcasters who have little or no history......
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8:42 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
After one of the least exciting Septembers that Red Sox fans have seen this decade, there was hope that some some sense of baseball drama would return last night, when the Red Sox faced the Angels in Game One of......
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3:01 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
Victor Martinez will catch Josh Beckett on Friday night as the Red Sox try to right the ship against the Los Angeles Angels in Game 2. There had been some question as to whether Jason Varitek would make an appearance......
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3:00 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. _--When Angels manager Mike Scioscia was introduced during pregame ceremonies, there wasn't an opposing manager on the field to give the traditional hand shake -- and it's all because of Del Taco. Red Sox manager Terry Francona......
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2:58 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Game Three of the ALDS on Sunday at Fenway Park will start at a 12:07 p.m. Game Four scheduled for Monday will start at 8:37 unless the Yankees-Twins series is complete, in which case the Sox......
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2:46 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- For much of his career, the Red Sox have tormented John Lackey, hitting him hard most of the 17 times the pitcher has taken the mound against Boston. Lately, Lackey has firmly claimed the upper hand. Lackey......
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2:45 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Red Sox reliever Daniel Bard made his postseason debut Thursday night when he entered the game in the bottom of the eighth inning with the Angels leading, 5-0. The 24-year-old......
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2:30 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. -- If Game One is all about gaining momentum, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim took full advantage of the situation with solid pitching and timely hitting. Starting pitcher John Lackey......
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1:39 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Ramon Ramirez' first postseason appearance didn't go quite the way he'd hoped it would. The 28-year-old righty reliever came out firing bullets -- and ended up loading the bases without recording an out. Ramirez said the problems......
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1:17 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Perhaps the most miraculous number to come out of the Angels 5-0 victory over the Red Sox was the number of ejections: 0. Considering all that Angels manager Mike Scioscia and Red Sox manager Terry Francona had......
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9:56 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. _ It wasn't surprising Red Sox pitchers Josh Beckett and Jonathan Papelbon were booed the loudest during pregame introductions to start the 2009 American League Division Series Thursday night at Angel Stadium.......
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9:42 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
Angels Game 2 starter Jered Weaver got a pregame boost Wednesday night, as he watched his brother, Jeff, get the win for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first game of their playoff series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Now,......
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9:22 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
The Los Angeles Angels need only four starters for this week's playoff series against the Red Sox, so the odd man out was Ervin Santana, who struggled through an injury-plagued 2009 after winning 16 games in both 2006 and 2008.......
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9:01 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Red Sox reliever Manny Delcarmen said he understands why he's not on the ALDS roster against the Angels and hopes he'll be able to pitch at some point in the postseason. The right-hander was involved in......
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9:00 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
Reliever Jason Bulger, a valuable part of the Angels bullpen, has been added to the playoff roster and will be available for work against the Red Sox. Bulger's Bulger has been dealing with soreness in his throwing shoulder, and received......
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8:59 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
The Red Sox should have lefty reliever Hideki Okajima available and healthy for this playoff series, and the team feels that the problems with his strained oblique muscle are largely behind him. "We're really pleased with how quickly he's come......
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8:04 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calf. _ Red Sox veteran catcher Jason Varitek understands his role and realizes his playing time may be limited during the ALDS against the Angels. With Victor Martinez playing as well as he has since arriving in Boston......
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7:55 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. _ The decision to keep Red Sox outfielder Rocco Baldelli off the ALDS roster came down to the last minute. Baldelli suffered a left hip flexor strain last Saturday in Boston while running out a ground ball.......
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6:42 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
With just under three hours until the 9:37 p.m. first pitch, both managers have announced their lineups for Game 1. The Red Sox unveiled a batting order with no surprises against Angel righthander John Lackey. Meanwhile, the Angels send eight......
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1:54 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
The Red Sox just announced the team's 25-man active roster for the American League Division Series with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Rocco Baldelli's injured hip flexor will keep him sidelined for the series. He'll try to improve......
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8:57 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Los Angeles Angels in the past decade have won a World Series and played in two league championship series, but according to the Los Angeles Times -- and probably many of the Angels' Rally Monkey-waving fans -- tonight is......
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8:42 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
There never does appear to be much working out going on in these baseball workouts, but nonetheless, here are some AP pictures of the stretching, standing around and occasional ground-ball hitting that took place Wednesday in Anaheim:......
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8:19 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
Red Sox backup first baseman Casey Kotchman spent five seasons with the team he'll face tomorrow, the Los Angeles Angels. But don't think that means he'll be giving away any state secrets about how to beat the Angels. Anything he......
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7:59 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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Two months ago, Victor Martinez was going nowhere on a losing team, and fully expected to be home by Oct. 7. Instead, he's at Angel Stadium, preparing to face the Los Angeles Angels. It's a turn of events he couldn't......
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7:27 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
With the first game of the Sox-Angels division series looming Thursday, the Red Sox roster for the first round is nearly finalized -- with Rocco Baldelli and his tenuous health situation the only unresolved issue. The Sox will carry 11......
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4:53 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Bart Hubbach of The New York Post tweets that the Red Sox have sent Pawtucket first baseman Chris Carter and Eddie Lora, a Single A first baseman, to the Mets to finish the trade that sent Billy Wagner to Boston.......
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3:01 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Oddsmakers in Las Vegas have picked the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals as favorites to meet in baseball's World Series, with New York an overwhelming favorite to win its first title since 2000.......
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9:37 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
The Angels believe that one of their most effective relievers, Jason Bulger, will be healthy in time to join their bullpen for the Division Series, after getting a cortisone shot on his throwing shoulder Sunday. Bulger has battled through shoulder......
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9:32 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- As the Red Sox hitters plant their feet and dig into the batters box Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, they will look up at the mound and see some old friends: starters John Lackey, Jered Weaver, and Scott......
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9:29 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Unlike Red Sox manger Terry Francona, Angels skipper Mike Scioscia will show his cards just a little bit. The Angels' Howie Kendrick will start at second base in Game One of the ALDS on Thursday. Maicer......
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9:18 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- With a short series, there's always going to be a starting pitcher who ends up as the odd-man out. Ervin Santana is that guy for the Angels against the Red Sox. The right-hander posted an 8-8 record......
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8:09 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- When Nick Green arrived at spring training as the last non-roster invitee for the Red Sox, he just assumed he would eventually be sent to Pawtucket and called up to Boston only under emergency situations. The utility......
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7:52 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Manny Delcarmen walked through the visitor's clubhouse at Angel Stadium completely drenched, wearing a black T-shirt and black spandex shorts. He had just emerged from the hot tub as he continues to receive treatment for a stiff......
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7:37 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- It's not unusual for organizations to keep some of its minor-league players in the loop when this time of the season rolls around just for precautionary reasons. Still, it was a bit of surprise to see PawSox......
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7:17 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Josh Beckett's postseason resume: 7-2, a 2.90 ERA, three complete games, 96 strikeouts in 87 innings. Oh, and two World Series rings to show for his work. Jon Lester's postseason resume: 2-2, a 2.25 ERA, a start......
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7:15 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. --There's still no word whether or not Rocco Baldelli will be on Sox' postseason roster for the ALDS against the Angels. The Rhode Island native suffered a left hip flexor strain running down the first-base line last Saturday......
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7:12 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Red Sox now know what they had already guessed: they will start their playoff series against the Los Angeles Angels Thursday, and the New York Yankees will play the other division series Wednesday. As the team......
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10:09 PM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York judge has rejected a bid by a cryonics foundation to block the release of a book that alleges Hall of Famer Ted Williams' severed head was mistreated at its Arizona facility. State Supreme......
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8:36 PM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Yankees are prohibiting fans from bringing backpacks to Yankee Stadium for postseason games. The Yankees said Monday the ban was at the directive of the New York Police Department and Major League Baseball.......
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3:55 PM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
Joe West fans, rejoice. He's working the upcoming Red Sox-Angels Division Series as the crew chief. The group also includes CB Bucknor, Eric Cooper, Greg Gibson, Brian Gorman and Dan Iassogna.......
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2:32 PM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Rocco Baldelli has a strained left hip flexor, according to tests done Monday in Boston. The team will treat the injury aggressively and Baldelli will travel with the Sox to Anaheim, according to team spokeswoman Pam Ganley. -- KEVIN McNAMARA......
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1:11 PM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA BOSTON - The ALDS logo is freshly painted behind home plate here at Fenway Park, duffel bags are being packed in the clubhouse and the Red Sox are on their way out of town. That, in......
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5:47 PM Sun, Oct 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BOSTON - Major League Baseball just released projected starting times for this week's Division Series. If the Yankees do the expected and choose the longer of the two schedules in the American League, it will lead to cases of sleep......
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4:51 PM Sun, Oct 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
BOSTON -- The Red Sox now get ready to face the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the American League Division Series. They still don't know, however, if that series will start Wednesday or Thursday, and may not know for......
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4:50 PM Sun, Oct 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON - It's now on to Anaheim and the playoff for the Boston Red Sox. The Sox mercifully put an end to the regular season Sunday with a 12-7 beating of the Clevleand Indians at Fenway Park. The Sox pounded......
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12:26 PM Sun, Oct 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
Here is the Red Sox lineup for the regular season finale against the Indians. CF Ellsbury 2B Pedroia C V. Martinez 3B Youkilis DH Ortiz LF Bay RF JD Drew 1B Kotchman SS Gonzalez P Buchholz Here are a......
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