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Pictures from Fenway Park

Click below or go to our photo album on the left  column to view our newest pictures from the Red Sox Diamondbacks game on Monday June 23, 2008.

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Sox win, Manny Ramirez gets 500th home run!

The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles last night, 6-3. But that wasn't the only big news; Sox star left fielder Manny Ramirez cracked career home run 500!

Manny Ramirez became only the 24th player in Major League history to accomplish the feat. When you think about how many men have played the game since baseball's inception....thousands of players, and only 24 did it, that is impressive.

The Sox slugger is happy it is behind him though; "As soon as I hit it, I knew it was gone. I was happy to move on," said Ramirez. "It was great. I've been trying so hard the past three weeks just to get it done. It finally came, and I'm happy. I'm proud of myself and all the things that I accomplished. So now I can go and have fun."

Sox fans hope the removal of the pressure to get number 500 might mean Manny gets in a groove.

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Sox top Orioles in thirteen!

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The Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles in thirteen innings last night. Manny Ramirez got a present from the O's on his 36th birthday as a routine ground ball was overthrown to first base allowing two runs to score. Sometimes it is better to be lucky then good!

The Sox go at it again tonight at 7:05pm as no hit man Jon Lester opposes Garrett Olsen. Go Sox!

Red Sox shut out by Bedard

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The Boston Red Sox road troubles continued last night as Erik Bedard pitched seven shut out innings. The Sox wasted a solid outing by Tim Wakefield as they failed to push across a single run in the contest.

The Sox really seem to miss the friendly surroundings of Fenway Park, but better get used to playing on the road quickly.

The Sox have an off day today, they will be in Baltimore this weekend.

Red Sox lose wild one in Seattle

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The Boston Red Sox lost a wild game last night to the Seattle Mariners.The 4-3 loss featured ejections, as Sox manager Terry Francona and shortstop Julio Lugo got the boot, homerun number 499 for Manny Ramirez and a walk off single in the bottom of the ninth by Jose Lopez.

The most important news though may be the injury to Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka, who left the game with shoulder fatigue. The extent of the injury is not clear, but the Sox cannot affford to lose him right now.

We will keep an eye on the situation.

Sox nearly no hit, lose 3-0

The Boston Red Sox really seem to miss Fenway Park. After winning seven straight in Boston, the Sox have dropped two in Oakland.

A's starter Justin Duchsherer was brillint and nearly matched the no hit performance by Sox starter Jon Lester with a one hit performance. David Ortiz got the lone Sox hit as Boston's lead over Tampa Bay dropped to one half game.

The Red Sox will try to salvage the series today at 4:05 as the aforementioned Jon Letser goes against Joe Blanton.

Lets get it back on track Sox!

Red Sox streak ends in Oakland

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The Boston Red Sox had their seven game winning streak snapped last night by the Oakland A's. Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield didn't have that knuckleball that looked like a back yard whiffle ball last night and the A's took advantage.

A's starter Rich Harden was effective in shutting down the Red Sox bats.

It is interesting to note, the Sox are overall 31-20...pretty good. 21-5 at home, excellent, but only 10-15 on the road. That is a trend that needs to change quickly.

Sox ace Josh Beckett starts tonight against Justin Dushscherer at 9:05pm.

Masterson gets first Big League win!

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The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals, 2-1 last night as Justin Masterson notched his first major league victory. Following up on Jon Lester's no-hitter Monday, Masterson was very impressive; six and a third, three hits and one run.

Bartolo Colon gets his first shot of the season tonight, lets see if the strong pitching can continue.
 

Sox take on Royals!

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(Note..I apologize for missing a couple of posts this weekend...trust me, it was unavoidable, but it's all good now.)

The Boston Red Sox begin a four game set tonight against the Kansas City Royals.

The Sox ended their four game losing streak with a sweep of Saturdays doubleheader. The most impressive part was they didn't even need to wear golden thongs (for those scratching their heads over that bizarre reference, just Google "Jason Giambi"...speaking of bizarre).  

Boston Red Sox quick hits for 5/19, 5/20, 5/21 and 5/22:

• starting pitchers for 5/19 are Jon Lester vs Luke Hochevan
• starting pitchers for 5/20 are  Justin Masterson vs  Gil  Meche
• starting pitchers for  5/21 are  Bartolo  Colon  vs  Brett  Tomko
• starting  pitchers  for  5/22  are  Daisuke  Matsuzaka  vs  Brian  Bannister

Sox swept by Orioles

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Okay folks, lets pack up the truck and get the hell out of Baltimore! The Boston Red Sox, the World Champion Boston Red Sox, were just swept by the Baltimore Orioles.

Not much to say here, to hell with the details, lets  just move on and  get  this  thing  back  on track.

Sox lose, Beckett struggles

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The Boston Red Sox lost to the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 last night. Starter Josh Beckett was simply terrible yielding five runs on eleven hits through five innings.

Beckett was clearly upset with his performance;"[I had some] tough innings. [I] threw [97] pitches and I think I executed one of them," said Beckett about his tough night. "The loss definitely goes in the right man's hands tonight. It just comes down to executing pitches. You execute a few pitches, you get outs. You don't execute pitches, you don't get outs. It's pretty simple."

We need Beckett to get back to form quickly.

Sox lose, 7-3

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The Boston Red Sox lost to the Minnesota Twins, 7-3 tonight. Starter Clay Bucholz blew a three run, first inning lead.

The positive news was that Manny Ramirez played and smacked number 498. Two to go, Manny!

Lets get it back on track, guys.

Sox to close out series in Minnesota tonight

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The Boston Red Sox close out a four game set with the Minnesota Twins tonight. The Sox look for payback after a 9-8 loss last night, in a game where Tim Wakefield clearly didn't  have his stuff working...hopefully, Wake will get it back on track next time out.

Manny Ramirez will sit out again with a sore hamstring, he should be back in the line up very quickly. I would like to see number 500 very soon!

Clay Bucholz gets the ball tonight.

In game post, Sox vs Twins, 5/11/08

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The Boston Red Sox trail the Minnesota Twins, 5-0 after two innings of play.

Craig Monroe jacked a three run homer, followed by a two run shot off the bat of Adam Everett. It looks like an early evening for Sox starter Tim Wakefield if this continues.

But, Sox fans, we still have seven innings left and the Sox have shown a penchant for coming back from big deficits...hang in there.

Sox top Twins, 5-2!

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The Boston Red Sox beat  the  Minnesota Twins, 5-2 last  night at  the  Metrodome.

Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka was very sharp. Matsuzaka improved his record to 6-0. He yielded just two runs and after some early struggles, seemed to settle in nicely; "The obvious difference from my previous few starts was really my feel for the ball," Matsuzaka said through his translator.

If Matsuzaka can continue to be effective, that is a great sign for the Champs, because along with Josh Beckett, Clay Bucholz, Tim Wakefield and Jon Lester, I would take this staff over any other in our division.  Look at how the Yankees have struggled  at the  bottom of  the  rotation  and realize the Sox have hands  down  the  better  staff. In fact,  things are  so desperate  in the  Bronx there is a  rumor  floating  around that  they may talk  to  old  men  David  Wells  and  Roger  (it's  all  a  bunch  of  lies...I didn't do it..any of it) Clemens.

Rookie Jed Lowrie had  his first career homerun, one of four the Red Sox blasted last night.

Jonathon Papelbon bounced back from his recent struggles with his eleventh save of the season....as I have been saying, no worries there.

Papelbon blows second straight save

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The Boston Red Sox were defeated, 7-6 last night by the Minnesota Twins.

Sox star closer Jonathon Papelbon, generally as close to automatic as there is in the game, blew it for the second straight time. He sounds a bit frustrated; "It's frustrating right now, just for the simple fact that I'm throwing good pitches, but I'm just not finishing them right now and executing them all the way through the strike zone," Papelbon said. "I'm sitting there in a comfortable position where I want to be. One out to get. I don't finish the split-finger and he speeds his bat up and bloops it over the third baseman."

No need to panic, even pitchers can slump, he will be fine.

He decided to try something after the game to relieve the tension:

Sox to open four game set in Minnesota

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The Boston Red Sox travel to Minnesota to take on the Twins in a four game set.

Tonight's starters are Jon Lester vs Boof Bonser...Boof??? Are you kidding me? If you can't smack around a guy with a name like Boof.....

Boston Red Sox quick hits for 5/9/08, 5/10/08, 5/11/08 and 5/12/08:

• the starters  for 5/10 are Daisuke Matsuzaka vs Glen Perkins
• 5/11 starters will be  Tim Wakefield vs  Nick Blackburn
• 5/12 will  feature  Clay Bucholz vs  Livan  Hernandez

Sox lose a wild one

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The Boston Red Sox lost a wild one last night, 10-9 against the Detroit Tigers. Despite rallying back from an 8-4 deficit to take the lead, the Sox couldn't close it out.

Normally reliable closer Jonathon Papelbon didn't have it yesterday; " What can I say? It's just one of those days where I thought I had good stuff, felt like I was able to locate the ball for the most part and do what I wanted to do with it," Papelbon said. "Those hits they got, stuff like that, you can't defend. That's baseball."

Shake it off Jonathon, it happens....at least the New York Yankees lost as well!

Wakefield knuckles Sox to fifth straight!

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The Boston Red Sox topped the Detroit Tigers 5-0 last night for their fifth straight win.

Starter Tim Wakefield was brilliant! The knuckleballer went eight shut out innings yielding a measley two hits. He made The Tiger hitters look like little leaguers all night. When that knuckleball is on, and it certainly was last night, it looks like a whiffle ball coming at you on a windy day. No wonder the Tigers couldn't touch him.

As I always say, if the Red Sox want to repeat, it will be  the  pitching that will  get  it  done.  With the  way Clay Bucholz ,Jon Lester and now Tim Wakefield are pitching, we just need to get Josh Beckett back on track.

If that happens, we can run away and hide from the rest of the American League East!

Sox win, 6-3

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The Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers, 6-3 tonight. Daisuke Matsuzaka had a wild night with a career high (for most people), eight walks.

The offense came from homers by Mike Lowell,David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis.

Sox to take on Tigers tonight at Fenway Park!

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The Boston Red Sox take on the Detroit Tigers tonight at Fenway Park in the opener of a four game series. First pitch is set for 7:05pm. The Sox enter  the game  with a  record  of 20-13, good for 1st place in the AL East while the Tigers are off to a horrible start at 14-18. But don't take this team lightly, Detroit has one of the most potent line ups in Baseball and can catch fire at any time.

The starting pitchers tonight will be Daisuke Matsuzaka vs Jeremy Bonderman.

Boston Red Sox quick hits for 5/5/08, 5/6/08 and 5/7/08:

• the Sox  are 14-5 at home this season
• it is their best home start through this point in the season since 2003
• only the Arizona Diamondbacks have a better home record
• the starting pitchers for 5/6; Tim Wakefield vs Nate Robertson
• the starting pitchers for 5/7; Clay Bucholz vs Armando Galarraga
• the starting pitchers for 5/8; Josh Bucholz vs Justin Verlander

Sox sweep Rays!

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The Boston Red Sox swept the Tampa Bay Rays with a decisive 7-3 victory today at Fenway. Jon Lester was effective once again, though he didn't get the win.

The hero of the day was Kevin Youkilis who had a huge day considering Big Papi didn't play  "It's a luxury for us -- he doesn't care," said Francona. "The only thing he really doesn't like doing is leading off. You put him [in] there on a day like today, when you have a big hole out of your lineup, and look what he does. He gives us production, he always gives you a professional at-bat and it makes it a little bit easier for guys like Manny [Ramirez]. ... When David or Manny doesn't play, our lineup, obviously, looks different. I'm sure the opponents are thrilled when one of those guys isn't in there. But then a guy like Youk steps in and gives us half our offense."

Next up, the Detroit Tigers. Monday's pitching match up will feature Daisuke Matsuzaka vs Jeremy Bonderman. 

Is it just me or does Youkilis slightly resemble Yukon Jack from Rudolph the Red nose Reindeer??

Sox crush Rays, 12-4!

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The Boston Red Sox destroyed the Tampa Bay Rays, 12-4 last night at Fenway. Ace Josh Beckett wasn't at his best, but it didn't matter. The Sox hitters treated James Shields like a punching bag getting 10 hits over three and two thirds. Better luck next time Jimmy.

Today the starters will be Jon Lester vs Scott Kazmir at 1:35. Lets get the sweep!

Red Sox alone in 1st place after victory!

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The Boston Red Sox topped the Tampa Bay Rays, 7-3 last night at Fenway Park. The win puts the Sox back in sole possession  of  first  place....as  it  should  always  be!

There was some additional good news, not only did the bats wake up, but Clay Bucholz continues to impress.
  Over his last three starts Bucholz is 2-1 with a 1.40 era, very impressive.  As  much  fun  as  it  is  to  crush  opponents  with  offense, baseball  is and  always has  been  about  pitching.  If  Clay  can  keep  it  up,  that  will  go  a long way  towards  the  Red  Sox  repeating.

Ace Josh  Beckett  gets the start  tonight.

Sox top Jays in thriller!

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The Boston Red Sox topped the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 in a  thriller last  night at Fenway.

With the teams locked in a  scoreless tie in the ninth, Sox second baseman Dustin Pedrioa made a brilliant, diving play to prevent a hit. The play seemed to wake up the crowd and the Sox.

Kevin Youkolis came up huge with a walk off hit to win it in the ninth. Starter Jon Lester was awesome going eight scoreless, one hit innings.

The losing streak is  over! Lets hope this win propels the Sox to start tearing up the division. Now would be a perfect time as the rival Yankees and their young pitchers are struggling. 

Red Sox look to get back on track vs Blue Jays

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The Boston Red Sox take on the Toronto Blue Jays tonight at Fenway Park. The starting pitchers will be Jon Lester (1-2) vs Roy Halladay (2-3).

The Sox look to break a five game slide and make up the lead they lost in the AL East over the past week.

Lets get it going Red Sox!

Boston Red Sox quick hits for 4/29/08, 4/30/08 and  5/1/08:

• The Sox are 15-12 on the season
• The Blue Jays are  11-15
• Wednesdays starters will be Daisuke Matsuzaka vs Dustin McGowan
• Thursday will feature Tim Wakefield against A.J. Burnett

Red Sox...you are killing me!!!

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The Boston Red Sox just got swept by the Tampa Bay Rays...or Devil Rays...whatever they are....I don't give a sh*t!

The Sox once again wasted a great starting performance, this time by Josh Beckett and lost 3-0 on a two hit shut out by James Shields. Who you say?? Thats right, I don't know either  but  he  was  too   much  pitcher  for  the  Sox  today.  Slumps  happen...now  five  games  and   counting....but  not  against  bad  teams  if  you  want  to  defend  your  title. Come on guys!

They pick it up again tomorrow against the Toronto Blue Jays...Jon Lester  goes  against Harry Halladay.

Meanwhile, here is what I am going to do:

Sox drop 4th straight

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The Boston Red Sox lost to the Tampa Bay Rays, 2-1. Starter Clay  Bucholz  pitched great, but  the  Sox  came up a bit short.

We all know very well that losing streaks happen to every team over a  162 game  season, so  there  is  obviously  no  need  to  panic. I just hate not taking advantage of the weaker clubs.

Lets hope the Sox can get it back on track today and salvage something out of the series.