The Boston Red Sox left 11 runners on base failing to captalize early on Gavin Floyd as the Chicago White Sox went on to win 4-2 in front of 37,391 at Fenway Park on a gorgeous day for baseball.
With the Tampa Bay Rays about to win for the 5th straight time, the Red Sox will [...]
Entries from August 31st, 2008
Missed Opportunities Doom Red Sox In 4-2 Loss
August 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Category: Boston Red Sox · Chicago White Sox · MLB
Patriots Claim Two Players Off Waivers
August 31st, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·
According to Mike Reiss of the Boston Globe, the New England Patriots have claimed offensive tackle Mark LeVoir off waivers from the St. Louis Rams and tight end Jason Pociask off waivers from the New York Jets.
The addition of LeVoir now gives the Patriots 9 offensive lineman and Pociask gives the Patriots 4 tight ends.
Category: NFL · New England Patriots · New York Jets · St. Louis Rams
Jackson, Lynch Released By Patriots; 2 Signed
August 31st, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·
One day after they both made the New England Patriots 53-man roster, wide receiver Chad Jackson and safety John Lynch have been released by the club.
Mike Reiss has analysis of the Jackson release here and the Lynch release here.
The Patriots also announced that defensive lineman Titus Adams, safety Mark Dillard, running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis, linebacker [...]
Category: NFL · New England Patriots
Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 8/31
August 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Just a real quick afternoon delight post here as I’ve got some things to take care of.
76-59
1. Orlando Cabrera, SS
2. Nick Swisher, RF
3. Carlos Quentin, LF
4. Jim Thome, DH
5. Paul Konerko, 1B
6. Ken Griffey Jr., CF
7. Alexi Ramirez, 2B
8. Joe Crede, 3B
9. Toby Hall, C
- Gavin Floyd, SP
79-56
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Jed Lowrie, [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Chicago White Sox · MLB
Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 8/31
August 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
You never know what you’re going to get when you call up a youngster from Pawtucket or Portland when he takes the mound. The Boston Red Sox got exactly what they expected from Michael Bowden and more last night as he gave the Red Sox a solid 5 innings of work.
It’s definitely time to start [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Chicago White Sox · MLB
Destination Red Sox Nation – 8/31
August 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
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.
Right now the Red Sox have 3 of their minor league teams in the playoffs. The Pawtucket Red Sox, Lancaster [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · GCL Red Sox · Greenville Drive · Lancaster Jethawks · Lowell Spinners · Minor Leagues · Pawtucket Red Sox · Portland Sea Dogs
Just A Quick Note
August 31st, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·
I want to apologize to everyone if you’ve tried to visit the site and have gotten an CPU_exceeded error. I am aware that it is happening more than I’d like (it shouldn’t be happening at all) and I’ve been working diligently behind the scenes to try and correct the problem.
While I may or may not [...]
Category: General
Dustin Pedroia Is Superman
August 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Back on April 29th, we had this gem of a quote from Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells about Boston Red Sox second basemen Dustin Pedroia.
“My goal was just to try to hit the ball back up the middle. I saw it get by him, and then I saw Superman at second base. He [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Toronto Blue Jays · Videos
Pedroia Perfect Again In Red Sox 8-2 Win
August 30th, 2008 by Ian · 3 Comments ·
Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia continues to rake at the plate as he went 4-for-4 for the second night in a row to help Michael Bowden win his debut as they went on to beat the Chicago White Sox 8-2 in front of 37,751 at the Fens.
The win for the Red Sox keeps [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Chicago White Sox · MLB
Davis, Lanasah Cut; 5 Huskies Make NFL Rosters
August 30th, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·
As you know by reading Steve’s New England Patriot’s coverage, it was cutdown day in the NFL. The UConn Huskies had 7 former players in NFL training camps and had 5 make rosters.
The unlucky ones were Danny Lansanah, who was cut by the Green Bay Packers and Dan Davis, who was cut by the Indianapolis [...]
Category: Alumni News · Dallas Cowboys · Detroit Lions · Green Bay Packers · Indianapolis Colts · Miami Dolphins · NFL · New Orleans Saints · Oakland Raiders · UConn Huskies · Washington Redskins
Breaking News: Patriots Make Roster Cuts
August 30th, 2008 by Steve · 1 Comment ·
The New England Patriots made the following roster moves today:
Players placed on injured reserve, ending their season:
LB Bo Ruud
DL Kenny Smith
Players placed on reserve/non-football injury list
OT Oliver Ross
Players released:
TE Tyson DeVree
S Mark Dillard
C Mike Flynn
RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis
QB Matt Gutierrez
LB Victor Hobson
LB Vince Redd
B Mike Richardson
T Stephen Sene
S Antwain Spann
DL Santonio Thomas
G John Welbourn
DL Titus Adams
CB [...]
Category: NFL · New England Patriots · Training Camp
Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 8/30
August 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Now batting cleanup for your Boston Red Sox, #15 Dustin Pedroia (pause) Pedroia. More on that in a bit.
Michael Bowden makes his MLB debut tonight for the Red Sox.
Tonight Terry Francona entrusts 21-year old Michael Bowden to go out and try to beat one of the better teams in the American League in the Chicago [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Chicago White Sox · MLB
Breaking News: Hazel Mae Hired By MLB Network
August 30th, 2008 by Steve · No Comments ·
According to sources former NESN Sports Desk anchor Hazel Mae has been hired by the fledgling MLB Network. which will go on the air January 1, 2009.
Mae’s agent Sue Lipton of IMG was able to pull off quite the job in view of Mae’s lack of network abilities.Â
In other media news WEEI has dumped Craig Mustard and Larry [...]
Category: Blogosphere · MLB · Media · Sports Radio/Television
Breaking News: Faulk Suspended One Game
August 30th, 2008 by Steve · No Comments ·
The NFL has announced that New England Patriots running back Kevin Faulk has been suspended without pay for one game for violating the leagues substance abuse policy with his marijuana arrest earlier in the year at a Lil Wayne concert in Louisiana.
Faulk whose suspension starts today can not be with the team or at the [...]
Category: NFL · New England Patriots
For Those Who Blog We Salute You – 8/30
August 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu [Center Field]
This is the End… [Yankees Chick]
Is this a joke? Man sells pitbulls outside Yankee Stadium [Red Sox Monster]
Josh Beckett Has a Time Machine [Surviving Grady]
Scott Boras Claims Another Soul [Babes Love Baseball]
And Here I thought Joe Torre Was Only Drinking Green Tea [Ump Bump]
Fan falls during BP at [...]
Category: Blogosphere · Videos
Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 8/30
August 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Chip Malafronte has some notes from UConn Huskies head coach Randy Edsall’s teleconference yesterday.
Tyler Lorenzen still has work to do after throwing 3 interceptions in the game against Hofstra.
Neill Ostrout has his UConn football notebook.
Even with the 32-point win, the Huskies made plenty of mistakes.
Randy Edsall says those mistakes are fixable.
Edsall saw both the good [...]
Category: College Football · Soccer · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 8/30
August 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Before last night’s game versus the Chicago White Sox, the Boston Red Sox got the best news possible about Josh Beckett’s right elbow. And rather than tell you about it, let’s here it from the “clown’s mouth”.
Video courtesy of WBZ
I am pretty sure that the White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen probably is happy they can’t [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Chicago White Sox · MLB · Special K
Steve’s 2008 NFL Predictions
August 30th, 2008 by Steve · 2 Comments ·
With the 2008 NFL season upon us I decided to take a look at the teams and make some pre-season predictions. The records you see below were actually compiled by me going through the week-by-week schedule and issuing a team a win or a loss. Then I assigned the 12 playoff teams and picked the [...]
Category: NFL
Destination Red Sox Nation – 8/30
August 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
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 were shutout 2-0 by the Buffalo Bisons.
The PawSox are nearing their team record for victories.
Team Stats
International [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · GCL Red Sox · Greenville Drive · Lancaster Jethawks · Lowell Spinners · Minor Leagues · Pawtucket Red Sox · Portland Sea Dogs
Breaking News: Patriots Cut Four
August 29th, 2008 by Steve · No Comments ·
They have released four, leaving them with 71. None of the cuts was surprising:
NT Steve Fifita
CB Jeff Shoate
TE Jonathan Stupar
OL Jimmy Martin
They need to get to 53 players by 4 p.m. Saturday.
On another note the Houston Texans in a surprise move cut former Patriots linebacker Rosevelt Colvin who they signed as a free agent this [...]
Category: Houston Texans · NFL · New England Patriots
