Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez all hit solo home runs to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 in front of the second straight sell-out crowd at Camden Yards. The win for the Red Sox is their 2nd straight and keeps them a game out of first place as the [...]
Entries from May 31st, 2008
Sox Hit 3 Home Runs in 6-3 Win Over Baltimore
May 31st, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Category: Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · MLB
Congratulations Manny Ramirez on 500 Home Runs
May 31st, 2008 by Ian · 12 Comments ·
Congratulations goes out to Boston Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez who has hit the 500th home run of his career.
It was solo shot the opposite way on the first pitch he saw from Orioles reliever Chad Bradford. Manny becomes the 24th member of the 500-home-run club.
First video is the Red Sox broadcast on NESN [...]
Category: Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · MLB · Videos
Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 5/31
May 31st, 2008 by Ian · 94 Comments ·
The Boston Red Sox will be looking to close out the month of May with a road win as Jon Lester toes the rubber. Lester had a rough time of things in his first start after throwing the no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals 12 days ago.
The Red Sox have activated Clay Buchholz from the [...]
Category: Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · MLB
NBA Bling
May 31st, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
With the NBA Finals match up between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers looming I figured it might be good to take a look at some NBA history. I came up with three lists that might be of interest as we head into the finals. Give them a look.
Teams with most NBA Championships.
Coaches [...]
Bird, Taurasi Among First 9 Named To Olympic Team
May 31st, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Former UConn Huskies Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi were among the 9 players selected to play for the USA Women’s Olympic Basketball Team this summer in Beijing, China.
The U.S. Women have won the past 3 Olympic Gold Medals and will be shooting for their 4th straight. Bird and Taurasi won their first Gold Medal in [...]
Category: Alumni News · Olympics · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
For Those Who Blog We Salute You – 5/31
May 31st, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Conference On The Mound: Lick It [Center Field]
Whatcha Gonna Do When Jobamania Runs Wild on You? [Yankees Chick]
Sox baptism: Was it really a big deal? [Red Sox Monster]
We Interrupt Our Red Sox Postings for this Pop Culture Moment [Surviving Grady]
Steinbrenner Blames “Commie Sox” for U.S. Fuel Crisis [eTrueSports.com]
Mariah Carey “throws†baseball to delight of Tokyo [...]
Category: Blogosphere
Destination Red Sox Nation – 5/31
May 31st, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story links and links to team stats and league standings are after the jump.
Pawtucket Red Sox
Clay Buchholz struggled with his command as the PawSox lost 10-6 to the Durham Bulls.
Team Stats
International League Standings
Pawsox [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · GCL Red Sox · Greenville Drive · Lancaster Jethawks · Lowell Spinners · Minor Leagues · Pawtucket Red Sox · Portland Sea Dogs
Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 5/31
May 31st, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
The way the Boston Red Sox started out last night’s game you would have thought they were primed to break out of their offensive slump on the road (.169 avg going into last night’s game). Things drastically changed after the 2nd inning when Orioles starter Daniel Cabrera settled down and then the Orioles bullpen did [...]
Category: Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · MLB
Just Like Old Times
May 31st, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
Twenty-One years. For most people that’s a quarter of their life span, for me it’s been half of a lifetime. 21-yeas ago was the last time the Boston Celtics appeared in a NBA Final losing in six games to the Los Angeles Lakers. These were the Lakers of Magic, Kareem and Worthy while the Celtics [...]
Category: Boston Celtics · Los Angeles Lakers · NBA · Playoffs
NBA Finals Schedule
May 31st, 2008 by Steve · 2 Comments ·
NBA FINALS – BEST OF SEVEN (2-3-2)
Date, Time
Matchup
Network
Thursday, June 5 (9 p.m. ET)
L.A. Lakers at Boston Celtics
Sunday, June 8 (9 p.m. ET)
L.A. Lakers at Boston Celtics
Tuesday, June 10 (9 p.m. ET)
Boston Celtics at L.A. Lakers
Thursday, June 12 (9 p.m. ET)
Boston Celtics at L.A. Lakers
#Sunday, June 15 (9 p.m. ET)
Boston Celtics at L.A. Lakers
#Tuesday, June 17 [...]
Category: Boston Celtics · Los Angeles Lakers · NBA · Playoffs
Errors Doom Orioles in 5-2 Red Sox Win
May 30th, 2008 by Ian · 2 Comments ·
Errors by Melvin Mora and Freddie Bynum in the top of 13th inning turned out to be costly for the Baltimore Orioles as the Boston Red Sox took advantage of them by scoring 3 runs to win 5-2 in front of 46,199 fans at Camden Yards. The win was the second (2-5) for the Sox [...]
Category: Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · MLB
The Wait Is Over! Celtics Go To Finals!
May 30th, 2008 by Steve · 4 Comments ·
The two most storied franchises in NBA history will once again meet in the NBA Finals as the Boston Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons 89-81 in Game Six to win the Eastern Conference Finals 4-2.
The Celtics will face the Los Angeles Lakers starting on Thursday night in Boston at the TD BankNorth Garden (9 p.m.). [...]
Category: Boston Celtics · Detroit Pistons · NBA · Playoffs
In The Red Zone: Why Kyle Brady Was Cut
May 30th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
Seems the reason the New England Patriots released tight end Kyle Brady in February because he had several mental lapses last season and even at one point abruptly left the team only to be coaxed back.
According to the Standard-Times website, Brady who was considered among the most intellectual players on the team had a hard [...]
Category: Free Agents · Jacksonville Jaguars · NFL · New England Patriots · New York Jets
Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 5/30
May 30th, 2008 by Ian · 4 Comments ·
Josh Beckett will toe the rubber tonight for the Boston Red Sox looking to restore his “Commander Kickass” moniker and help get the Red Sox back into the business of winning baseball games on the road.
The Red Sox have lost Daisuke Matsuzaka to the 15-day DL with a mild strain of his rotator cuff and [...]
Category: Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · MLB
Details Of Calhoun Press Conference
May 30th, 2008 by Ian · 2 Comments ·
During a press conference held on the campus of the University of Connecticut, head basketball coach Jim Calhoun announced that he recently had a cancerous mass removed from his neck on May 6th.
Calhoun had noticed he was feeling lethargic and sleeping more and had been originally been diagnosed as having an upper respiratory infection. He [...]
Category: Men's Basketball · UConn Huskies
Paw Prints: UConn Women Lose Out On Recruit
May 30th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
In the “you don’t always get what you want” category the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team lost out on a recruit to the Boston College Eagles. The two former Big East foes were competing for the services of Kerri Shields from Archbishop Carroll High School in Radnor PA.
The five-foot-ten Shields is a three-time All-Delaware County [...]
Category: UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Breaking News: Calhoun to Hold Press Conference
May 30th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Now you ask why this is breaking news. Well it’s because no specific reason has been given for UConn men’s head basketball coach Jim Calhoun holding a press conference at 2 p.m.
The press conference will be shown live on UConn Huskies All-Access over at CSTV. Registration is free for the press conference and you must [...]
Category: Men's Basketball · UConn Huskies
In The Red Zone: Seau Still Pondering Return
May 30th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
It seems if veteran linebacker Junior Seau is going to return to the New England Patriots for the 2008 season the decision will be made closer to training camp according to head coach Bill Belichick.
Seau who is 39 years old, is a team leader and consistently contributes with fiery pre-game speeches, is recovering from off [...]
Category: Free Agents · Miami Dolphins · NFL · New England Patriots · San Diego Chargers
Picking Up The Blitz Ver 6.4
May 30th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
Here’s something I thought I’d never ever hear. Clay Aiken is going to be a father. Okay I’ll give you a moment to recover because I know I needed one too.
As the character Berta in “Two and Half Men” told Alan once, “Zippy life is always easier once you figure out if you’re the pin [...]
Category: Humor · News of the weird · Random Thoughts
Destination Red Sox Nation – 5/30
May 30th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story links and links to team stats and league standings are after the jump.
Pawtucket Red Sox
Jeff Bailey hit two home runs to lead the PawSox to a 5-2 win over Scranton Wilkes-Barre.
Justin Masterson [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · GCL Red Sox · Greenville Drive · Lancaster Jethawks · Lowell Spinners · Minor Leagues · Pawtucket Red Sox · Portland Sea Dogs
