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Entries from May 13th, 2008

Red Sox Rally Falls Short In 5-4 Loss To Orioles

May 13th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

After spotting the Boston Red Sox 3 runs in the 1st inning, the Baltimore Orioles battled back to take a 5-3 lead and held on to win 5-4 in front of 38,768 at Camden Yards. The loss for the Red Sox was their third straight and they fell out of first place with the loss [...]

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Category: Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · MLB


Bonds Now Indicted on 15 Counts

May 13th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

As you can tell, it’s been a pretty busy day here at SOX & Dawgs as Steve has been keeping you abreast of all the Matt Walsh news. But now I have to interrupt that and the Red Sox news to bring you this about Barry Lamar Bonds.
You are now seeing why the 30 MLB [...]

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Category: Barry Bonds · MLB


Tom Brady Speaks On Camera-gate, Super Bowl And The Jets

May 13th, 2008 by Steve · 11 Comments ·

New England Patriots All-Pro quarterback Tom Brady made a colorful appearance on WEEI this afternoon with “The Big Show” crew of Glenn Ordway, Pete Sheppard, Steve DeOssie and Fred Smerlas.
Among the things they talked about were his appearance this weekend for Best Buddies, the Super Bowl XLII loss to the Giants and Camera-Gate. Tom [...]

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Category: Camera-gate · Interviews · Media · NFL · New England Patriots · New York Giants · New York Jets · Sports Radio/Television · Super Bowl


Breaking News: Patriots Issue Statement

May 13th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·

 
The New England Patriots have issued a statement on the Matt Walsh disclosure of there not being a tape of the St. Louis Rams Super Bowl walk through:
“We want to address the allegation that the Patriots taped the Rams’ walkthrough prior to Super Bowl XXXVI. For the past three-and-a-half months, we have been defending ourselves [...]

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Category: Camera-gate · NFL · New England Patriots


Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 5/13

May 13th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

With Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona out for the next two nights due to the death of his mother-in-law, bench coach Brad Mills has the honors of managing the team the next two days. He is 5-3 as the “skipper” of the Red Sox while Tito has been away or suspended.
Julio Lugo still isn’t [...]

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Category: Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · MLB


Arlen Sphincter’s Press Conference Canceled

May 13th, 2008 by Ian · 2 Comments ·

After meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell this morning, Matt Walsh flew to Washington, D.C. to meet with Anal Arlen Sphincter Spector. But because the NFL’s meeting with Walsh ran longer than expected, Sphincter has canceled his press conference scheduled for today.
It will now be held at some point tomorrow when it’s convenient for the [...]

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Category: Camera-gate · NFL · New England Patriots


Tomase Posts But Not About What We Need To Hear

May 13th, 2008 by Steve · 10 Comments ·

Well John Tomase of the Boston Herald finally ended his silence on the Roger Goodell-Matt Walsh meeting.
Well sort of. He has a quick post on his blog about the days activities. It hit roughly around 2:30 p.m. this afternoon or more than hour after Goodell spoke. It was his first comment on this since an [...]

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Category: Camera-gate · Media · NFL · New England Patriots


Francona To Miss Baltimore Series

May 13th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

The Boston Red Sox just announced that manager Terry Francona will miss the series in Baltimore due to the death of his wife Jacque’s mother, Mary Ann Lang. He has already left for Tucson with his family.
Bench coach Brad Mills will be the skipper in his absence.
Our condolences to Terry, Jacque, their family and friends [...]

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Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB


C’Mon Tomase It’s Time To Fess Up

May 13th, 2008 by Steve · 1 Comment ·

Now that Matt Walsh has met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and has confirmed that there is no tape of the St. Louis Rams Super Bowl XXXVI walk through you have to wonder what is now going to happen in regards to the Boston Herald and John Tomase who wrote the article about the existence [...]

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Category: Camera-gate · Media · NFL · New England Patriots


Breaking News: Goodell Talks About Walsh Interview

May 13th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell met with the media in New York City, some of the things that came out of the commissioners comments and reporters follow up questions are:

Matt Walsh was present during the Rams walk through prior to Super Bowl XXXVI. He did not tape it, knows of no one who taped it and knows of [...]

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Category: Camera-gate · NFL · New England Patriots


Goodell – Walsh Update

May 13th, 2008 by Steve · 1 Comment ·

 
10:30 A.M. 
Former New England Patriots videographer Matt Walsh and his attorney Michael Levy are still meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell at this time.
Goodell will hold a news conference immediately following the conclusion of the meeting.  The meeting started 3 hours ago and you have to wonder what they are discussing.  Seeing as Walsh apparently has [...]

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Category: Camera-gate · NFL · New England Patriots


Destination Red Sox Nation – 5/13

May 13th, 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
The PawSox hit 4 home runs on their way to a 9-6 win over the Tides.
Jed Lowrie hit [...]

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Category: Boston Red Sox · Greenville Drive · Lancaster Jethawks · Lowell Spinners · Minor Leagues · Pawtucket Red Sox · Portland Sea Dogs


Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 5/13

May 13th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

Clay Buchholz’s up-and-down season continued last night as he struggled with his command for the second outing in-a-row. With Bartolo Colon looming on the horizon for the Boston Red Sox, it’s clear that it could be Buchholz who loses his spot in the rotation when the Sox bring up Colon. The only pitch that was [...]

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Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Minnesota Twins


In The Red Zone: Patriots Always Looking For Depth

May 13th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·

The NFL Network is reporting that the New England Patriots had a visit from free agent running back Kevin Jones at Gillette Stadium last week. The Patriots have always been high on Jones and were prepared to draft him with the 32nd pick in the 2004 NFL Draft but Detroit made a trade and grabbed [...]

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Category: Detroit Lions · NFL · New England Patriots · Virginia Tech Hokies


Walsh Meets With Goodell

May 13th, 2008 by Steve · 1 Comment ·

Former New England Patriots video assistant and self proclaimed area scout Matt Walsh is meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell this morning. As we all know Walsh turned over eight videotapes from games involving six opponents and the taping of defensive signals. At least one of the video’s contained taping of an opponents offensive signals.
So [...]

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Category: Camera-gate · NFL · New England Patriots


American League News – 5/13

May 13th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis was named AL Player of the Week.
The Angels sent Brandon Wood back to Triple-A Salt Lake.
Santiago Casilla is enjoying a nice season out of the bullpen for the A’s.
Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi is done making changes to his offense for now.
Indians 2B Asdrubal Cabrera completed just the 14th [...]

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Category: American League · MLB