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
