For the second time in the 11-game homestand, Carl Crawford won the game for the Boston Red Sox with a walkoff hit. His first one came on May 1st.

This time it was a one out double that brought in pinch-runner Jose Iglesias all the way from first base to give the Red Sox a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins in 11 innings on Monday night.

Here is the blooper reel from Dunkin Donuts Red Sox Run on Dunkin commercial. Second baseman Dustin Pedroia seems to forget his lines just about every time by the way.

MLB umpire Country Joe West is no stranger to controversy. Last year, he spoke out about games between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees being too long.

Just last night he brought himself to the forefront after Red Sox skipper Terry Francona was ejected by home plate umpire Angel Hernandez. And Saturday afternoon at Fenway Park, he took center stage in the third inning.

With Kevin Youkilis on first base and Jed Lowrie at the plate with a 3-1 count, Youkilis took off on the pitch from Kevin Slowey. The pitch was called a ball but West had his back turned from the plate as he got into position for the stolen base attempt.

He called Youk out and then Youk started to go to the dugout before realizing the situation and headed back to second. Minnesota Twins shortstop Trevor Plouffe tagged out Youk again. But this time Youk didn’t go anywhere and West realized his mistake that Youk should have been safe no matter what.

The Red Sox went on to win the game 4-0.

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During the second inning of Friday night’s 9-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins by the Boston Red Sox, skipper Terry Francona got ejected after Tim Wakefield was called for a step-balk.

When a step-balk is committed, if a manager comes out of the dugout and argues he’s automatically ejected. Francona just wanted an explanation from home plate umpire Angel Hernandez who didn’t offer one. So Francona tried to keep going at Hernandez only to have crew chief Country Joe West intervene.

Tito and West shared a few hand pushes as well as a few chest bumps along the way. Tough to tell in the video who started that part of it.

You be the judge.

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There’s a good chance that Tito will get suspended for the bumping. But it also wouldn’t surprise me if West gets one as well.

Ironically enough, the Twins would score another run on a balk call on Alfredo Aceves.

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Retired Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell stopped by MLB Network’s Intentional Talk set to talk with Chris Rose and his former teammate on the Red Sox and Florida Marlins, Kevin Millar.

This is a definite must watch as you’ll learn a little more about Millar’s crazy antics as well some about Lowell that you didn’t know.

If you’re going to be stupid and run onto the field at any stadium, there’s a pretty good chance you’re going to get hit or tackled by a security guard. Case in point, check out this NFL-worthy tackle by a Boston Red Sox security guard at last night’s game.

After hitting a two-run home run in the 7th inning, Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz took a moment on his way back to the dugout to celebrate his home run with two members of the military who were on hand for the game.

Here’s a great commercial from ESPN about two deli workers naming a sandwich for Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia.

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In the spirt of John Madden’s Thanksgiving tradition of giving a turkey leg to the best player of the game, NESN decided to award the player of the game for the Boston Red Sox on Sunday a chocolate Easter bunny.

NESN analyst and Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Rice accepted for the winner left fielder Carl Crawford and gave a spectacular acceptance speech on Crawford’s behalf.

In this commercial for the Red Sox Foundation’s Run To Home Base, Boston Red Sox skipper Terry Francona and second baseman Dustin Pedroia show their competitive sides.