SOX & Dawgs New Logo

News and analysis on the Boston Red Sox, UConn Huskies, New England Patriots, other sports news and news of the weird


Entries from May 27th, 2008

In The Red Zone: More Colvin News

May 27th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·

Former New England Patriots linebacker Rosevelt Colvin was interviewed by the NFL Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio today.
Colvin, in the interview cited by the Dayton Daily News, says that both the Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets have expressed interest in him coming to play linebacker for them.
Of course both staffs are familiar with [...]

[Read more →]

Category: Buffalo Bills · Chicago Bears · Cleveland Browns · Free Agents · Indianapolis Colts · NFL · New England Patriots · New York Jets


Evening Red Sox Delight – 5/27

May 27th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

What better way to kick off the Evening Red Sox Delight than with a musical montage courtesy of the fine musical montage makers at NESN.
(Either JavaScript is not active or you are using an old version of Adobe Flash Player. Please install the newest Flash Player.)
Daisuke Matsuzaka takes the ball tonight for the Boston Red [...]

[Read more →]

Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Seattle Mariners · Special K


Five Members Of The Red Sox Lead The Very Early All-Star Balloting

May 27th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

The first update has been released in 2008 American League All-Star balloting and early on it’s clear the Boston Red Sox fans have been voting.
Currently, the Red Sox have leads at 5 positions in the balloting:

Kevin Youkilis, 1B
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Jason Varitek, C
Manny Ramirez, OF
David Ortiz, DH

Mike Lowell is currently second in voting at third base, [...]

[Read more →]

Category: All-Stars · American League · Boston Red Sox · MLB


Lester Shares Player of the Week Honors

May 27th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester and Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez were named Bank of America Co-Players of the Week in the American League for the week-ending May 25, 2008.
Lester was 1-1 with a 1.93 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 14 innings pitched. He threw a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals on May [...]

[Read more →]

Category: American League · Awards · Boston Red Sox · Detroit Tigers · MLB


Watney Watching Ver 1.2

May 27th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

During Saturday night’s telecast, our very own Heidi Watney was talking about a prank that Dustin Pedroia pulled on Terry Francona. I guess Pedroia must have won on Saturday because he posted a picture of Junior Soprano up on the wall. Now if you listen closely, she calls him Tony Soprano.
(Either JavaScript is not [...]

[Read more →]

Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · NESN


Destination Red Sox Nation – 5/27

May 27th, 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 6 home runs on their way to an 11-5 win over the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
George [...]

[Read more →]

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 – 5/27

May 27th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·

The Boston Red Sox got back to the business of winning last night as a great outing by Bartolo Colón and some timely hitting helped them end a 7-game skid on the road. Colón had some good life on his fastball and while he did get into trouble a few times, he was able to [...]

[Read more →]

Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Seattle Mariners


Ichiro Makes Catch Of Our Lifetimes

May 27th, 2008 by Ian · 5 Comments ·

In the 5th inning of last night’s Boston Red Sox versus Seattle Mariners game, Jason Varitek crushed a ball from Felix Hernandez to deep center field. Initially, it looked as though the ball was going out of the ballpark but as Ichiro tracked the ball down, you could tell it wasn’t going to leave the [...]

[Read more →]

Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Seattle Mariners · Videos


Red Sox End Road Woes With 5-3 Win

May 27th, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·

After being stymied for 7 innings by Seattle Mariners starter Felix Hernandez, the Boston Red Sox broke open a tie game with 4 runs in the 8th inning to get past the Mariners 5-3 at Safeco Field. The win for the Red Sox ended their 7-game road losing streak and was their first (1-3) on [...]

[Read more →]

Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Seattle Mariners