The Boston Red Sox celebrated the news of a MLB-high six All-Stars yesterday with an 8-4 comeback win over the Seattle Mariners.
For two games in a row, it was the Mariners who scored a run off the Red Sox bullpen to win. Yesterday the Red Sox returned the favor by scoring five runs off of the Mariners bullpen.
The day yesterday though belonged to Tim Wakefield as he was named to his first All-Star Team in his 17 seasons (last 15 with the Red Sox).
Wakefield will join Jason Bay, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, Josh Beckett and Jonathan Papelbon in St. Louis for the All-Star Game.
Sox OK on the whole [Boston Globe]
Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox turn it on [Boston Herald]
It’s Seattle’s turn for a bullpen implosion [Providence Journal]
Wakefield easily the star of six Stars [Boston Globe]
Tim Wakefield proud of AL selection [Boston Herald]
Six Red Sox players — including Wakefield — headed to St. Louis for All-Star Game [Providence Journal]
Is Pedroia dustin’ off the old stroke? [Boston Globe]
All-Star treatment [Boston Herald]
Varitek, Lester welcome Wakefield’s All-Star selection [Providence Journal]
Sox sending six to St. Louis as All-Stars [Boston Globe]
John Smoltz steps up [Boston Herald]
Red Sox journal: Lester keeps it close until bats get untracked [Providence Journal]
The Rockets’ Red Glare [Justin Masterson – Wicked Good Sports]
Mark Kotsay hits a comfort zone [Boston Herald]
No joke: Wakefield headed to St. Louis [Full Count]
Impressive Sox Stars [Hit and Run with Dan Roche]
Five Things We Learned on a Day When Pedroia Played Like an All-Star [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]
Are six Red Sox All-Star selections too many? [Red Sox Monster]
For more slices of Boston Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and Providence Journal websites.
And to see what the enemy papers have to say, you can check out the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Tacoma New Tribune websites have to say.
