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Entries from May 14th, 2008

Walsh Talks To HBO Sports

May 14th, 2008 by Steve · 2 Comments ·

Former New England Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh will break his media silence with an interview conducted by Andrea Kremer for HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.
While Walsh continues to hunt for his final fleeting moments of his fifteen minutes of fame it’s worthwhile to note that he seemingly contradicts his testimony to NFL Commissioner [...]

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Category: Camera-gate · HBO Sports · Interviews · Media · NFL · New England Patriots · Sports Radio/Television


Double-Double’s From Rondo And Garnett Bring Game Five Win

May 14th, 2008 by Steve · 1 Comment ·

In the first half tonight it looked like the Cleveland Cavaliers were going to run away and hide. At one point they had a 15-point lead and Lebron James was, well, Lebron James as he pumped in 23 first half points and you thought oh no he’s on his way to 50 and the Green [...]

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Category: Boston Celtics · Cleveland Cavaliers · NBA · Playoffs


Ainge Named Top NBA Exec

May 14th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·

Boston Celtics Executive Director of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge was named NBA Executive of the Year. Ainge is the architect of the team’s NBA record 32-game turnaround from worst team last season to the best team this season.
After missing out on the Greg Oden-Kevin Durant lottery at the NBA Draft and ending up with the [...]

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Category: Awards · Boston Celtics · NBA


Tomase To Offer Explanation

May 14th, 2008 by Steve · 2 Comments ·

John Tomase of the Boston Herald, the author of the Spygate walk through scandal has finally issued a post on this mess.  John’s post reads in full:
Readers of this space have probably been asking themselves, “Where the hell is Tomase?” over the last couple of days and it’s a fair query. Right now I’m just [...]

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Category: Camera-gate · Media · NFL · New England Patriots · St. Louis Rams · Super Bowl


Red Sox Slammed By The Orioles

May 14th, 2008 by Ian · 5 Comments ·

Jay Payton’s grand slam in the 7th inning off of Hideki Okajima helped give the Baltimore Orioles a 6-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in front of 28,939 at Camden Yards. The loss for the Red Sox is their 4th in-a-row and they end up finishing 4-6 on the 10-game road trip.
Jon Lester started [...]

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Category: Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · MLB


Another Manny Being Manny Moment

May 14th, 2008 by Ian · 19 Comments ·

This could be one of the best “Manny Being Manny” moments we have seen in his career with the Boston Red Sox. He makes a great running catch, climbs the wall to high-five a fan and then gets the throw in to the relay man, Dustin Pedroia, who threw to first for a double play.
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Category: Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · MLB


The Hits Keep Coming… Tonight at 7 PM

May 14th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

Tune in tonight as bloggers Anthony of the Oriole Post and Jason of My Baseball Bias join me for the very popular hour long baseball show called, “The Hits Keep Coming” brought to you by MLBFrontOffice.com on Blog Talk Radio. Every week at 7PM Eastern Time (6PM Central/ 5PM Mountain/ 4PM Western/Pacific) we chat, analyze [...]

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Category: MLB · Sports Radio/Television


Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 5/14

May 14th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

Some more bad news for the Boston Red Sox as they have had to place pitcher Clay Buchholz on the 15-day DL with a broken fingernail on the middle finger of his pitching hand. With the injury to J.D. Drew last night and Coco Crisp feeling under the weather last night, the Red Sox have [...]

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Category: Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · MLB


Specter’s News Conference Comments

May 14th, 2008 by Steve · 3 Comments ·

Senator Arlen Specter’s (R-PA) news conference is apparently over as tidbits are starting to now hit the web. Specter met with Matt Walsh for about 3 hours or so yesterday and even showed him some photographs of the really famous people he got to talk to. I wonder if they watched home movies together?
So without [...]

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Category: Camera-gate · NFL · New England Patriots


Fat, Dumb And Stupid Is No Way To Go Through Life

May 14th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·

So the Boston Herald issues an apology to the Patriots and their fans and they think all is well. Is that all it takes?
So what they told us in their apology is that they used an unnamed source that they thought was credible. Apparently from what I get from reading between the lines is that [...]

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


Robert Kraft Is Happy With Boston Herald’s Apology

May 14th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

In an appearance on CNBC’s The Squawk Box this morning, Robert Kraft said that he was happy with the apology that the Boston Herald ran this morning in their paper.
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Category: Camera-gate · Media · NFL · New England Patriots · TV Shows


Destination Red Sox Nation – 5/14

May 14th, 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 Buffalo Bison rallied from a 3-run deficit to end the PawSox winning streak at 6.
Team Stats
International League [...]

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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 – 5/14

May 14th, 2008 by Ian · 4 Comments ·

Even Commander Kickass wasn’t enough for the Boston Red Sox to end their losing streak last night as he gave up 5 runs on 11 hits in just 5 2/3 innings. After the game, Beckett talked about his outing and while there was no cussing on camera, he was quite peeved with one of the [...]

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Category: Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · MLB


National League News – 5/14

May 14th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

Astros catcher Brad Ausmus joined a select group on Monday night.
Jair Jurrjens will start on short rest on Friday for the Braves.
Brewers pitcher Chris Capuano is will most likely end up having elbow surgery for a second time in his career.
Cardinals pitcher Tyler Johnson is set to undergo shoulder surgery.
Cubs OF Felix Pie could be [...]

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Category: MLB · National League


Breaking News: Boston Herald Apologizes

May 14th, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·

The Boston Herald has apologized for an article that was published back on February 2nd, 2008 that stated that Matt Walsh had videotaped the walkthrough of the St. Louis Rams before Super Bowl XXXVI.
Here is the apology in it’s entirety:
On Feb. 2, 2008, the Boston Herald reported that a member of the New England Patriots’ [...]

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Category: Camera-gate · Media · NFL · New England Patriots · St. Louis Rams