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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 6/24
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UConn Football links
As usual, DC was busy answering questions in his mailbag [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Who’s who among Big East strength coaches [ESPN.com – Big East Blog]
The Big East’s best: No. 9 Jordan Todman [ESPN.com – Big East Blog]
Edsall on DE Lloyd’s knee: It’s wait and see [Neill Ostrout – CT Post]
UConn Women’s Basketball links
Dolson, Hartley star in opener [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]
Consider Yourself Warned, WNBA: Diana Taurasi Has Her Say [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
The Pat and Geno convo [Mechelle Voepel]
Geno’s Charity Golf Event/Award Recipient [Rich Elliott – CT Post]
Dolson, Hartley Lead U.S. Past Argentina [Rich Elliott – CT Post]
UConn women’s notebook: Geno Auriemma honored [CT Post]
Chat with Tina Charles at 2 p.m. today [ESPN.com]
UConn Men’s Basketball links
Calhoun Charity Game Aug. 7 [David Borges – New Haven Register]
‘Funny, How? Like a Clown? Do I Amuse You?’ [David Borges – New Haven Register]
Draft Notice [David Borges – New Haven Register]
“The two youts” vs. “Clam Chowdah” [Ed Daigneault – The Republican-American]
UConn basketball news [Gavin Keefe – The Day]
Jim Calhoun Charity All-Star Basketball Game, Aug. 7, Mohegan Sun Arena [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]
Jim Calhoun At Travelers Championship Celebrity Pro-Am [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]
Calhoun’s All-Star Game set for Aug. 7 [Neill Ostrout – CT Post]
UConn assistants not in house yet [Neill Ostrout – CT Post]
Calhoun: 2 hires could come Thursday [CT Post]
Jim Calhoun Takes Some Swings At Travelers [Hartford Courant]
Stanley Robinson Expected To Be Drafted Thursday [Hartford Courant]
UConn’s Robinson could go anywhere in draft [New Haven Register]
Robinson looks forward to NBA draft [The Day]
Miller likely to rejoin Calhoun’s staff [The Day]
Fans still love UConn coach [The Republican-American]
Ten best college basketball champions of last 25 years [FOXNews.com]
Other UConn related links
Women’s Ice Hockey: Jody Sydor Named Women’s Ice Hockey Captain for 2010-11 [UConnHuskies.com]
Destination Red Sox Nation – 6/24
Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story and box score links as well as links to team rosters, team stats and league standings are after the jump.
If you would like to listen to any of the Red Sox minor league affiliates’ games, MiLB.com offers them for free.
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Minor League Notebook: Sox prospect Brentz forced to take different focus on hitting [Providence Journal]
Q&A with Dusty Brown [SoxProspects.com]
Pawtucket Red Sox
Lars Anderson had three hits including a home run to help the PawSox to a 7-6 win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
PawSox 7, Yankees 6: Anderson helps Pawtucket power past Scranton/W-B [Providence Journal]
PawSox Make It Two Straight on the Road [OurSports Central]
Pawtucket Red Sox @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees 6.23.10 box score [MiLB.com]
International League standings
The Sea Dogs weren’t able to overcome a bad start by Jeremy Kehrt in an 8-1 loss to the Altoona Curve.
Altoona tops Dogs again [Portland Press Herald]
Sea Dogs Pounded in Altoona, 8-1 [OurSports Central]
Hadlock Headlines [Central Maine Sports Blog]
Portland Sea Dogs @ Altoona Curve 6.23.10 box score [MiLB.com]
Salem Red Sox:
Salem was off yesterday for the All-Star break and returns to action today.
The Drive were off on Wednesday for the All-Star break and return to action today.
South Atlantic League standings
Lowell Spinners:
The Spinners rolled to a 6-1 win over the Connecticut Tigers.
Auburn’s loss is Spinners gain [Lowell Sun]
Spinners race past Tigers, 6-1 [LowellSpinners.com]
Connecticut Tigers @ Lowell Spinners 6.23.10 box score [MiLB.com]
Gulf Coast League Red Sox
A seven run 8th inning gave the GCL Red Sox a 10-8 win over the GCL Orioles.
GCL Red Sox @ GCL Orioles 6.23.10 box score [MiLB.com]
Red Sox Gameday Open Thread – Rockies 6/23
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Evening Red Sox Delight – 6/23 [SOX & Dawgs]
Evening Red Sox Delight – 6/23
After the Colorado Rockies stopped the Boston Red Sox six-game winning streak last night, the Red Sox will look to get back on track tonight in the second game of a three-game set at Coors Field.
Tonight’s game will start at 8:40 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. The game will be shown on FOX Sports Net Rocky Mountain in the Rockies television market. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.
John Lackey has made 14 starts for Terry Francona and the Red Sox this season. In those starts, he is 8-3 with a 4.53 ERA. He’s faced the Rockies once in his career as a member of the Angels. In that start back in 2006 in Anaheim, he picked up the win after allowing three runs over eight innings.
The probable starter in the 2010 MLB All-Star Game for the National League is tonight’s Rockies starter Ubaldo Jimenez. He has dominated everyone in his 14 starts with a 13-1 record with a 1.15 ERA. He has never faced the Red Sox during the regular season in his career but did face them in the 2007 World Series. He took the loss in Game 2.
Lineups, batter/pitcher matchups, and links after the jump.
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| 1. Marco Scutaro | SS | 1. Jonathan Herrera | 2B |
| 2. Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 2. Todd Helton | 1B |
| 3. Victor Martinez | C | 3. Carlos Gonzalez | CF |
| 4. David Ortiz | 1B | 4. Brad Hawpe | RF |
| 5. Adrian Beltre | 3B | 5. Seth Smith | LF |
| 6. Daniel Nava | LF | 6. Miguel Olivo | C |
| 7. Josh Reddick | RF | 7. Ian Stewart | 3B |
| 8. Darnell McDonald | CF | 8. Clint Barmes | SS |
| 9. John Lackey | P | 9. Ubaldo Jimenez | P |
| John Lackey | SP |
Ubaldo Jimenez |
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43-29And here is the how hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers:
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Westmoreland: ‘I’m feeling a lot better’ [Clubhouse Insider]
Beckett feeling better, but won’t return until after All-Star break [Clubhouse Insider]
Westmoreland’s ultimate goal: To play again [CSN New England]
Clay Buchholz a Lock to Make AL All-Star Team, But Will Jon Lester Get the Call? [Don Orsillo – NESN.com]
Ryan Westmoreland update [Extra Bases]
Pregame news and notes from Coors Field [Extra Bases]
Delcarmen on D&H: ‘It’s going to be a special season’ [Full Count]
Westmoreland: ‘Progress has been amazing’ [Full Count]
Francona on D&H: Lowell stuck in ‘Catch-22′ [Full Count]
Sources: Red Sox show interest in Everett [Full Count]
Ubaldo’s Coming!! [Full Count]
Red Sox’ $75 Million Spring Training Facility Unofficially Breaks Ground in Lee County [NESN.com]
Red Sox Prospect Lars Anderson Continues to Take Positive Strides in Minor Leagues [NESN.com]
Road-Weary Red Sox Finding More Troubles Away From Fenway Park [NESN.com]
Westmoreland remains optimistic [RedSox.com]
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Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 6/23
Now that the USA has advanced on to the second round of the World Cup thanks to a very late Landon Donovan goal, we could move forward to the business at hand involving the Boston Red Sox.
We sort of expected tonight’s game with Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for the Colorado Rockies to be the low scoring game of the series but it happened last night when Jon Lester and Jhoulys Chacin squared off on the bump at Coors Field.
Chacin looked virtually unhittable for the first two innings but ran into some trouble in the third when the Red Sox loaded the bases up. But they could not push a run across against him in that inning or for his 6 2/3 innings. The Red Sox only managed four hits against him and couldn’t take advantage of the five walks Chacin issued.
The Red Sox had another chance in the 7th with the bases loaded but pinch-hitter David Ortiz grounded out. The man he pinch-hit for by the way was Lester.
Lester matched Chacin with zeroes through the first four innings but the Rockies broke through against him in the 5th for a run. Lester ended up being a victim of the National League rules because he was pinch-hit for by Big Papi. Had they been in Boston or if interleague rules allowed the DH, Lester would have probably gone out to pitch the 7th since he had thrown only 90 pitches through the first six innings.
While the Red Sox did rally for a run in the 9th, it wasn’t enough since the Rockies added an insurance run in the bottom of the 8th on a sure fire double play ball that took a bad hop over the head of Marco Scutaro.
Instead the Red Sox saw their six game winning streak snapped and find themselves in a virtual tie for second still with the Tampa Bay Rays. Both teams are 1.5 games behind the Yankees for first place. The Red Sox are also still second in the majors with 43 wins.
Josh Reddick did find himself back in the big leagues and in the starting lineup as it’s now thought J.D. Drew will be out until at least Thursday’s game. At least that’s what the Red Sox are hoping as they’ll have to make a roster move with Daisuke Matsuzaka coming off the disabled list to start. Robert Manuel, who didn’t see action while in Boston, was sent back to Triple-A Pawtucket.
Josh Beckett is also progressing in his rehab and will throw another side session tomorrow. He threw a total of 42 pitches, all fastballs, in yesterday’s side session. It still appears though Beckett is at least two weeks away from going on a rehab assignment.
Let’s hope that John Lackey is on top of his game tonight as runs should be hard to come by against Jimenez, who did leave the ballpark early yesterday do to sickness. It still should be a great game tonight either way. Let’s hope the Red Sox can come out on top.
We’ll be back later with tonight’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups, news and any links but for now enjoy the overnight links.
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Red Sox can’t mount much offense in loss [Boston Globe]
With Drew down, Reddick is back up [Boston Globe]
Colorado ace Jimenez in rarefied air [Boston Globe]
Red Sox recap: Rocky Mountain low [Boston Herald]
More misery for Mike Lowell [Boston Herald]
Ubaldo Jimenez aces his start [Boston Herald]
NL ball takes bite out of Red Sox [Boston Herald]
Westmoreland to speak today [Clubhouse Insider]
Sox come up empty in Colorado [CSN New England]
Beckett’s schedule accelerates [ESPN Boston]
Sox’s Mr. Touchdown [ESPN Boston]
Rockies 2, Sox 1 [ESPN Boston]
A Battle in Colorado [Hit and Run with Dan Roche]
Red Sox Done In By Jhoulys Chacin, Missed Opportunities [NESN.com]
Would You Rather Have Ubaldo Jimenez or Jon Lester as the Ace of Your Staff? [NESN.com]
Patience Will Be Key for Red Sox in Facing Ubaldo Jimenez [NESN.com]
Red Sox-Themed Mickey Mouse Statue in All-Star Game Contest Gets Vandalized [NESN.com]
Sox bats go silent, win streak ends [Providence Journal]
Prospects Vitek, Renfroe on the road to the show [Providence Journal]
Red Sox Journal: Reddick again answers the call [Providence Journal]
Despite long odds, Ryan Westmoreland remains optimistic about his future with Red Sox [Providence Journal]
‘Westy 25’ [Providence Journal]
Reddick recalled; Drew eyes Thursday return [RedSox.com]
Beckett beginning to make progress [RedSox.com]
Red Sox rotate corner infielders in NL park [RedSox.com]
Unheralded Pimentel gets Futures Game nod [RedSox.com]
Lester, Red Sox drop Coors Field duel [RedSox.com]
Tickets for Fenway soccer on sale now [RedSox.com]
A reminder as to why Lowell should be moving on [Rob Bradford – WEEI.com]
For more slices of Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, ESPN Boston, NESN, Providence Journal and WEEI websites.
And if you must check out the enemy papers, head over to the Denver Post and Colorado Springs News Gazette websites.
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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 6/23
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UConn Football links
Another Commitment: OL Paul Nwokeji [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
DeLorenzo Commits To UConn; A Word From His Coach [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Who Is The UConn Football Team’s Real Rival? Take The Poll [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
In The Market For A New TV Deal [Hartford Courant]
DeLorenzo, Nwokeji Latest To Commit [Hartford Courant]
UConn Women’s Basketball links
Hartley to be featured on MSG Varsity [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]
Auriemma honored by WNBA [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]
Overseas chatter [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]
Geno Auriemma To Receive WNBA Honor [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
USA Beats Canada In Rizzotti’s U18 Exhibition Debut [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
Dailey Savoring The Moment [Rich Elliott – CT Post]
UConn Men’s Basketball links
2010 UConn Draft Prospects [UConn Huskies Basketball]
Former UConn Assistant Coach Fred Barakat Passes Away [UConnHuskies.com]
Huskies trio face different paths [The Republican-American]
Other UConn related links
Men’s Soccer: Chat with Ray Reid About the World Cup on Thursday [UConnHuskies.com]
Sporting News 2010 Preseason All-American Teams
ST. LOUIS – University of Connecticut senior linebacker Lawrence Wilson (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) and senior offensive guard Zach Hurd have both been named preseason All-American by the Sporting News. Both players were selected to the third team.
Wilson was a first team All-BIG EAST Conference pick in 2010 and led the Huskies in tackles with 140. He also had five sacks and 11 tackles for a loss. Wilson was first in the BIG EAST in tackles per game with 10.8 – which was also tenth nationally. On Monday, he was named to the watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which is awarded annually to the nation’s best defensive player.
Hurd was a first-team All-BIG EAST pick last year as he started all 13 games at left guard. Hurd has made 26 starts in a row for UConn dating back to the beginning of the 2008 season. Hurd will serve as one of UConn’s four captains in 2010. On Monday, Hurd was named to the Outland Trophy Watch List, presented annually to college football’s best interior lineman, on either offense or defense.
Connecticut opens the season at Michigan on Saturday, Sept. 4 at 3:30 p.m. The game will be televised by ABC.
A full look at the teams after the jump.
SPORTING NEWS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
- QB Ryan Mallett, Arkansas
- RB Mark Ingram, Alabama
- RB Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh
- OL Mike Pouncey, Florida
- OL Jason Pinkston, Pittsburgh
- OL Rodney Hudson, Florida State
- OL Stefan Wisniewski, Penn State
- OL Jake Kirkpatrick, TCU
- TE Kyle Rudolph, Notre Dame
- WR Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma
- WR A.J. Green, Georgia
- K Kai Forbath, UCLA
- KR D.J. Monroe, Texas
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
- DL Jared Crick, Nebraska DL
- Robert Quinn, North Carolina DL
- Von Miller, Texas A&M DL
- Adrian Clayborn, Iowa LB
- Greg Jones, Michigan State LB
- Vontaze Burfict, Arizona State LB
- Luke Kuechly, Boston College
- CB Patrick Peterson, LSU
- CB Brandon Harris, Miami
- S Rahim Moore, UCLA
- S DeAndre McDaniel, Clemson
- P Drew Butler, Georgia
- PR Greg Reid, Florida State
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
- QB Kellen Moore, Boise State
- RB LaMichael James, Oregon
- RB Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon State
- OL Matt Reynolds, BYU
- OL Chase Beeler, Stanford
- OL Kyle Hix, Texas
- OL Dan Hoch, Missouri
- OL Butch Lewis, USC
- TE Ben Guidugli, Cincinnati
- WR Julio Jones, Alabama
- WR Michael Floyd, Notre Dame
- K Grant Ressel, Missouri
- KR Chris Owusu, Stanford
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
- DL Marcell Dareus, Alabama
- DL Sam Acho, Texas
- DL Greg Romeus, Pittsburgh
- DL Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue
- LB Akeem Ayers, UCLA
- LB Travis Lewis, Oklahoma
- LB Don’t’a Hightower, Alabama
- CB Kendric Burney, North Carolina
- CB Prince Amukamara, Nebraska
- S Mark Barron, Alabama
- S Tyler Sash, Iowa
- P Tress Way, Oklahoma
- PR Jeremy Kerley, TCU
THIRD TEAM OFFENSE
- QB Case Keenum, Houston
- RB Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech
- RB John Clay, Wisconsin
- OL Caleb Schlauderaff, Utah
- OL Anthony Castonzo, Boston College
- OL Barrett Jones, Alabama
- OL Zach Hurd, Connecticut
- OL Clint Boling, Georgia
- TE D.J. Williams, Arkansas
- WR James Cleveland, Houston
- WR Jonathan Baldwin, Pittsburgh
- K Alex Henery, Nebraska
- KR Tyron Carrier, Houston
THIRD TEAM DEFENSE
- DL Allen Bailey, Miami
- DL Jurrell Casey, USC
- DL Cameron Heyward, Ohio State
- DL Jeremy Beal, Oklahoma
- LB Tank Carder, TCU
- LB Lawrence Wilson, Connecticut
- LB Kelvin Sheppard, LSU
- CB Trevin Wade, Arizona
- CB Curtis Brown, Texas
- S Jeron Johnson, Boise State
- S Deunta Wiliams, North Carolina
- P Derek Epperson, Baylor
- PR LaVon Brazill, Ohio
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Red Sox Gameday Open Thread
In case I don’t make it home in time use this for the gameday open thread.
Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 6/22
The Boston Red Sox are heading back to the scene where they clinched their 2007 World Series title as they prepare to take on the Colorado Rockies in a three-game set. For the guys who were on the team in 2007, it’s a chance to remember the good times. But for the 2010 team, it’s a chance to keep the good baseball going.
The Red Sox are coming off of an 8-1 homestand which saw them take 2-of-3 from the Philadelphia Phillies and sweeps of two NL West foes in the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers. They’ve been scoring a ton of runs and also have gotten some great starting pitching. Now they’ll look to continue that success against the Colorado Rockies.
Two of those starters providing the most excellent pitching could find themselves in Anaheim for the 2010 MLB All-Star Game. Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz are definitely worthy of All-Star consideration when it comes time for the players and Yankees skipper Joe Girardi to make their decisions.
With the way the voting is going, it’s going to take an executive order from President Barack Obama to have any Red Sox starters in the All-Star Game. Unfortunately, President Obama is a Chicago White Sox fan so that’s not going to happen.
The only thing that can be done right now is for us as Red Sox fans to keep voting and voting as many times as we want. Otherwise we’ll have to rely on the players and Girardi to get guys like Dustin Pedroia, Adrian Beltre, Victor Martinez and David Ortiz into the game.
Speaking of All-Stars, the Red Sox will definitely have their hands full on Wednesday night when Rockies starter Ubaldo Jimenez takes the mound. Jimenez has been dominating the National League as he’s made fourteen starts and boasts a record of 13-1 with a 1.15 ERA. Of course if your just a casual baseball fan, you’ve probably never heard of him since the Rockies aren’t exactly a national team right now.
But trust me after Wednesday night, you’ll know who he is. Let’s just hope the Red Sox can break through against him.
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Limited by injury, Cameron’s aching to contribute on field [Boston Globe]
Level of excitement is high [Boston Globe]
7-week stretch saves Red Sox [Boston Herald]
Stars dot Rockies, Giants [Boston Herald]
A May Day call answered [Boston Herald]
Off day notes: Sox prepare to take their winning ways on the road [CSN New England]
Pedroia ready to return to Coors Field [ESPN.com]
Red Sox sign another indy league prospect [Extra Bases]
Shifting defenses a Drew dilemma? [Extra Bases]
Atchison: Last man standing [Extra Bases]
Boxscore Breakdown – It’s A Six-Game Streak Now! [Full Count]
Vitek, Brentz leaving pitching behind after draft [Full Count]
Gammons on Big Show: Manny ‘is not Dustin Pedroia’ [Full Count]
Daisuke would like to pitch in next WBC [Full Count]
Buchholz and Other Notes [Hit and Run with Dan Roche]
Molly and Russ O’Neill’s Bond Over Red Sox Helped Get Them Through Cancer, War [NESN.com]
Dustin Pedroia’s Strong June Helping Red Sox Climb in Standings [NESN.com]
Is This a Make-Or-Break Road Trip For the Red Sox? [NESN.com]
Rockies, Ubaldo Jimenez Welcome Red Sox Nation to Mile High City [NESN.com]
Daniel Bard One of Many Players to Use Vitamins to Help Get Through Grind of Season [NESN.com]
Martinez Uses First Baseman’s Mitt to Catch Knuckleball [NY Times]
Buchholz and Lester: All-Star locks? [Projo Sox Blog]
Reinforcements play big in Boston’s battered outfield [Providence Journal]
Red Sox Journal: Boston may once again boast 2 All-Star starters [Providence Journal]
Beltre among All-Star-worthy Red Sox [RedSox.com]
Red Sox find their personality [RedSox.com]
Red Sox letting bats do the talking [RedSox.com]
How Victor Martinez made the ‘right’ decision [Rob Bradford – WEEI.com]
For more slices of Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, ESPN Boston, NESN, Providence Journal and WEEI websites.
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