New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain was busted early Saturday morning for a DUI charge in his home state of Nebraska. The not so bright righty was stopped for speeding.
When the officer approached the vehicle it was determined that there was a smell of alcohol and then an open container of alcohol was found in the front seat.
Chamberlain was arrested for driving under the influence, having an open container of alcohol and speeding.
Don’t Stop Believing…the new lyrics!
Just a big town team living in a red sox nation world
they took the midnight T going to fenway
Just a city team established in Boston Mass
they took the midnight T going to fenway
A player in a field of green the smell of beer and cheap old food
For a while they can share the night.
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting up down yawkey way.
Their shadows searchin in the night
RED SOX people living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the night
Working hard to get my fill everybody wants a thrill
Payin anything to play in game 6. Just one more time.
Some will win, some will lose, the RAYS were born to sing the blues.
Oh the RED SOX season never ends. It goes on and on and on and on…
Don´t stop believing.
Hold on to the feeling.
RED SOX people!
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According to Sean McAdam of the Boston Herald, the Boston Red Sox players voted to give former OF Manny Ramirez a 2/3 playoff share.
According to a source with direct knowledge of the vote, the vote was divided on Ramirez.
“Some wanted him to be paid days,” the source said referring to the number of days a player spent on the club, which in this case was equal to a two-thirds share, instead of paying Ramirez a more generous share. “It was obviously a somewhat sensitive subject with some guys, but we didn’t spend too much time on it. After the vote, we moved on.”
In 2007, a full playoff share for the Red Sox was worth $308,235.75. Manny will most likely also get at least a 1/3 playoff share from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Must be nice!!!
The Boston Red Sox just completed the comeback of all comebacks as they rallied from 7 runs down to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-7 when J.D. Drew knocked in Kevin Youkilis from second base to send what was left of the 38,437 fans into a frenzy at Fenway Park.
The win for the Red Sox keeps them alive as they now trail the Rays 3-2 in the best-of-7 ALCS.
A lot was said about Rays skipper Joe Maddon moving around his starters and having Scott Kazmir on the mound tonight. Well he kept the Red Sox hitters at bay for 6 innings and once he came out, the comeback started.
Grant Balfour came in to start the 7th with the Rays up 7-0. Jed Lowrie started things off with a double. Balfour then got Jason Varitek and Mark Kotsay to fly out before a Coco Crisp single moved Lowrie over to third. Dustin Pedroia then got into a battle with Balfour and he ended up winning that battle as his single knocked in Lowrie with the first run of the night for the Red Sox. One hanging fastball later, it was 7-4 as David Ortiz absolutely crushed it into the right field seats. Dan Wheeler came in for Balfour and got Youk to fly out.
Jonathan Papelbon was back on in the 8th inning for his second inning of work and set the Rays down in order.
J.D. Drew watches his 2-run homer in the 8th inning.
Wheeler was back out on the mound in the bottom half and started the inning with a walk to Jason Bay. Drew followed by crushing a Wheeler fastball into the right field seats and just like that it was 7-6 Rays. Wheeler settled in as he got Lowrie to fly out and struck out pinch-hitter Sean Casey. Kotsay followed the outs with a double over the head of B.J. Upton in center. Wheeler then got into a battle with Coco and the battle ended up being won by Coco as his single scored Kotsay to tie the game up at 7. Coco ended up being thrown out at second as Carlos Peña cut the throw off and nailed Coco advancing but the damage was done.
Justin Masterson came out for the 9th inning and gave up a leadoff single to Jason Bartlett. He got Akinori Iwamura to fly out but then walked Upton. Masterson got out of the jam as he got Peña to ground into a 4-6-3 inning-ending twin killing.
J.D. Drew celebrates after knocking in the winning run.
J.P. Howell came on to start the 9th and got the first two outs off the bats of Pedroia and Big Papi. He then got a ground ball from Youk but a poor throw from Evan Longoria got past Peña and ended up in the stands, putting Youk in scoring position at second base. The Rays then intentionally walked Bay to face Drew. Howell fell behind 3-0 before throwing a strike to make it 3-1. Drew then drove the next pitch over the head of Gabe Gross in right that scored Youk from second and kicked off a wild celebration at the Fens.
Daisuke Matsuzka started this game for the Red Sox and wasn’t that spectacular at all. He gave up 5 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out 2. Three of those 5 hits were home runs. Hideki Okajima followed with 2 innings of 1-hit ball while fanning 2. Manny Delcarmen has another rough outing as he gave up 2 runs on 2 walks without recording an out. Papelbon worked 2 innings, allowing the inherited runners to score but he didn’t give up a run of his own. Masterson worked the final inning to pick up the win.
Drew paced the Red Sox with 2 hits and 3 RBI while Coco had 2 hits and an RBI. Both Kotsay and Youk added 2 hits while Big Papi along with Pedroia had a hit each with Big Papi knocking in 3 and Pedie 1.
Things really didn’t look good for the Red Sox early on as they fell behind 2-0 before even recording an out.
Former Hartford Whalers defenseman Joel Quenneville is back behind a NHL bench again when earlier today he was installed as the head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks replacing Denis Savard, a former Chicago great, who was fired just four games into the season.
Savard knew he was on the hot seat this year but he was let go after the team’s first win of the season (1-2-1) a 4-1 win over Phoenix Wednesday night.
Quenneville has plenty of head coaching experience having led the St.Louis Blues for 7 seasons (1996-2004) and the Colorado Avalance for 4 years (2005-2008). Quenneville played 7 seasons for the Hartford Whalers (1983-90), he also played for Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies/New Jersey Devils and the Washington Capitals in his NHL career. He won a Stanley Cup as an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalance in 1996.
During ESPN’s First Take this morning, Tampa Bay Rays skipper Joe Maddon announced that he will start lefty Scott Kazmir against the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the ALCS on Thursday night.
Kazmir has struggled in his last two outings against the Red Sox as he gave up 5 runs in 4 1/3 innings in Game 2. In 4 starts against the Red Sox, he has a 9.00 ERA.
Given the struggles of Kazmir, the move makes sense for the Rays as Shields has a better chance of going longer in Game 6 which means the Rays bullpen would be rested enough for a potential Game 7 if it gets that far. Plus Shields has struggled at Fenway Park in 3 starts as he is 0-3 with a 10.12 ERA.
During the EJ’s Neat-O Stat of the Night portion of the TBS broadcast after the ALCS Game 4 massacre, Dennis Eckersley was once again the sacrificial lamb as he was picked him on yet again, this time for it being the 20th anniversary (October 15, 1988) of Kirk Gibson hitting the memorable home run off him in the 1988 World Series. However they did trick him up a little. I’ll let the video explain.
Can you imagine if that really had happened? I can’t.
You have to love the RSS reader. I have some simple searches set up based on single keywords and yep that was the actual headline in my RSS reader.
There isn’t alot of information on it other than investigators are looking for someone allegedly wearing Patriots gear because all the Bill Belichick dolls in the store were burnt beyond recognition just hours before the game against the Chargers.
What are the odds that possibly the two most inept general managers in all of sports get fired within weeks of each other? 100:1; 1,000:1; 1,000,000:1? Well the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers following in the shoes of the NFL’s Detroit Lions have canned their leader Elgin Baylor after 22 years. Yes I said 22 years.
Clipper fans no doubt will soon take to the streets to fire their autoimatic weapons into the air like it’s an Al-Queda rally. Crips and Bloods will unite and celebrate as one, meanwhile Lions fans are reportedly sending them any cars they didn’t burn when Matt Millen got dumped.
Former New England Patriots and Boston College Eagles head coach Mike Holovak passed away at the age of 88 on Sunday just hours before his former team left for Arizona to play in Super Bowl XLII.
“Mike Holovak was a great coach and a wonderful person,” Patriots owner Robert Kraft said in a statement issued by the team. “I remember watching Mike’s Boston College teams in the 1950s and his Patriots teams in the 1960s.”
“I was fortunate to have the opportunity to spend time with him on several occasions. Our team has lost one of its founding fathers and the entire Patriots family is saddened by Mike’s passing.”
Holovak, the second winningest coach in Patriots history behind current coach Bill Belichick, coached at Boston College in the 1950’s, then became the Patriots head coach in 1961 replacing Lou Saban just five weeks into the season. The team was 2-3 and finished 9-4-1 after he took over. In 1963 he led the Patriots to AFL Championship game against the San Diego Chargers were they lost 51-10. Holovak was let go after the 1968 season and had a record of 53-47-9 with New England.
Former AFL MVP Gino Cappelletti weighed in on the loss:
“Mike was a mentor, a coach, a friend, and above all, a consummate gentleman. His contributions as coach and general manager in the critical early years of the Patriots’ franchise were monumental.”
He later moved on to become the vice president of player personnel and general manager of the Houston Oilers. He was still with the team in the 1990’s when they relocated to Tennessee and became the Titans.
“Mike was the quintessential ‘football guy,'” Titans owner Bud Adams Jr. said in a statement issued by Boston College. “It is rare when you see a person excel in all three areas of the sport: a great player in college, a successful coach and great talent evaluator, but Mike was one of the special people.”
He also coached or held administrative positions with the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. He also played in the NFL with Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams.
A memorial service is planned for February 9th on the campus of Boston College.