Today’s game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox has been postponed. It will be made up as part of a separate admission day/night double header tomorrow. Tickets from Saturday’s game may be used for the Sunday night game only.
The day game will start at 1:35 p.m. and the retirement ceremony for Johnny Pesky’s uniform number is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. The night game is scheduled for 7:35 p.m.
NESN will televise both games.
With the Boston Red Sox losing last night to the New York Yankees, their hopes of a second straight AL East title went up in the rain clouds that covered Fenway Park. Unfortunately those same rain clouds have made their way back into the Boston area and today’s game is in limbo.
Daisuke Matsuzaka was scheduled to start for the Red Sox last night and had his start pushed back until this afternoon due to the inclement weather. He goes in search of his 8th consecutive win this afternoon and quite possibly his 19th of the season. He has faced the Yankees once this season and is 1-0 with a 7.20 ERA. He has faced the Yankees 5 times in his career and is 3-1 with a 6.30 ERA. In 3 starts at Fenway Park against the Yankees, he is 2-0 with a 6.11 ERA.
Joe Girardi trots out the Pillsbury Dough Boy, Sidney Ponson, who will try to end his season on a positive note since the Yankees are not playoff bound. He’s 0-2 with an 11.42 ERA in two starts against the Red Sox this season. He is just 3-13 in his career with a 6.95 ERA in 22 starts.
Good news on Mike Lowell. He was feeling much better this morning when he woke up.
You won’t see Derek Jeter on the field today or tomorrow. He’s out with a sore hand.
Terry Francona didn’t care when the Red Sox started their hopeful run to the World Series.
Curt Schilling checked in over at 38 Pitches.
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Update 3:45 PM: The game is officially in a delay. There is no word on when it will start or if it will be played at all. The Red Sox do expect rain for the next few hours.
Here is the press release from the Boston Red Sox concerning the weather for this afternoon’s game:
The current weather forecast (provided by the Red Sox private weather service, Meteorlogix) in the vicinity of Fenway Park calls for rain showers to move through the area over the next several hours. At this point, Meteorlogix predicts that the forecast is expected to improve as the day progresses.
The Fenway Park gates will open at the regularly scheduled time of 1:55 p.m., and the Red Sox will do everything possible to make certain that today’s game with the New York Yankees, which is scheduled to start at 3:55 p.m., will be played. However, the Red Sox want to alert our fans to the current forecast and to the likelihood of a delay.
This forecast is of course subject to change as the day progresses. Additional updates will be provided periodically.
The Boston Red Sox announced that they will be holding a pep rally at Fenway Park Monday at 3:30 PM. The event will also be broadcast live on NESN. Here is the official release from the Red Sox.
The Boston Red Sox will be hosting a Post-Season Rally presented by Bank of America at Fenway Park, which will also be broadcast live on the New England Sports Network (NESN). The Rally will celebrate Boston’s fifth post-season appearance in the past six years and provide fans with the opportunity to wish the Red Sox good luck as they depart for Anaheim to take on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2008 American League Division Series. The Series commences on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at Angels Stadium in Anaheim.
Fans are invited to come to Fenway Park at 3:30 on Monday, September 29, 2008 and enter Fenway Park through Gate D. The first 2500 fans to enter the ballpark will receive a coupon good for a free hot dog and soda, compliments of ARAMARK, at the Fenway Park concession stands.
The Rally will be hosted by NESN play-by-play commentator Don Orsillo, NESN on-field reporter Heidi Watney and NESN studio analyst and former Red Sox infielder, and Framingham, MA native, Lou Merloni. The Rally will feature live interviews with Red Sox Principal Owner John W. Henry, Chairman Tom Werner, President/CEO Larry Lucchino, Manager Terry Francona along with several of the Red Sox coaches and players and Bank of America representatives. Video tributes and montages to the 2008 Red Sox will be shown on the centerfield video board and live entertainment will be presented by local Roxbury band Quest.
This will make the fourth time in five years that Boston has had a Post-Season Rally with the 2004 and 2005 events taking place at Fenway Park and the 2007 event taking place at Boston’s City Hall Plaza. The initiative was started by Major League Baseball in 2004 in each city of the eight teams that annually advance to post-season play.
The Rally will be shown again on NESN at 8 p.m. on Monday night
It’s Funny ‘Cause It’s True [Center Field]
The Blame Game [Yankees Chick]
The Game On! postgame photos with the Sox are here [Red Sox Monster]
Youk and Lowell Are Cops and Other Friday Recovery Room Nonsense [Surviving Grady]
No More Mustachio [Babes Love Baseball]
The Fourth Starter [Fenway West]
2009 Free Agents: WWYP? [Ump Bump]
The Chicago Cubs and the Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx [Home Run Derby]
Tampa Bay Rays: 2008 AL East Champions [Rays Index]
What will happen to Shea [The ‘Ropolitans]
Friday Flick 1.21 [CCWW]
Sports Briefs: $66 Million Moped Ride [CT Sports Law]
Terry Caulley [Depth of Field]
This Should Be on Everyone’s Ipod [The Big Lead]
ESPN’s Clever MNF Bus Stop Ads Aren’t Staying In The Public Eye For Long [Awful Announcing]
And our video goodness comes from our friends at Red Socks Diaries.
Connecticut native and legendary actor Paul Newman has passed away at the age of 83 after a long battle with cancer.
Besides being an actor, Newman was known as an activist, race car driver and owner and the founder of the “Newman’s Own” brand of food products. All of the “Newman’s Own” profits were given to charity.
His film credits include Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Verdict among countless others.
He is survived by his wife Joanne Woodward and their 3 daughters Elinor, Melissa and Clare. He is also survived by two daughters, Susan and Kendall and a son, Scott, from a previous marriage.
Our condolences go out to his friends and family on the passing of Newman.
It was a great win for the UConn Huskies football team last night as they rallied from an 11 point deficit to beat the Louisville Cardinals 26-21. The win was costly though for the Huskies as they lost starting quarterback Tyler Lorenzen to a broken foot and starting tight end Steve Brouse to a broken right fibula. Both will undergo surgery on Sunday and will be out at least 6 weeks, quite possibly the season.
After a rough couple of series for Zach Frazer, he settled in and helped led the Huskies to 10 points to get them back in the game. Lawrence Wilson’s 45-yard interception return for a touchdown gave the Huskies the lead as the defense made it hold up the rest of the way to give the Huskies their first Big East win of the season and just their 3rd ever Big East road win.
Chip Malafronte of the New Haven Register, Neill Ostrout of the Connecticut Post, Joe Perez of the Norwich Bulletin and John Silver of the Journal Inquirer all have their postgame notebooks. Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant has some postgame thoughts and morning after thoughts as well.
The Huskies suffered a plethora of injuries last night.
Zach Frazer did a great job of picking up the Huskies when Tyler Lorenzen went down.
Tyler Lorenzen’s injury now puts the focus on Zach Frazer for the foreseeable future.
Alex Polito didn’t make the trip to Louisville.
It was road win for the books for the UConn football team last night.
Brian Bennett of ESPN.com says the Huskies keep chugging along. He also talks about the night Zach Frazer had.
Desmond Conner has a look at what went right and went wrong for the Huskies.
UConn men’s basketball freshman Nate Miles isn’t allowed on campus until at least Thursday when he goes in front of the UConn review board.
UConn men’s basketball recruit Durand Scott is on an official visit this weekend.
CPTV is once again offering the games they cover online.
Kaili McLaren is trying to reassure Geno Auriemma she can play in the post.
The UConn Huskies men’s soccer team fell 3-1 to the St. Johns Red Storm.
There’s only way to describe last night’s game and it has 4 letters. U G L Y. It was ugly in the weather and it was ugly in the play of the Red Sox.
Things started out good for the Red Sox as they took an early 3-1 lead but that lead evaporated quickly and became too much for them to overcome. As a result of the loss, the Red Sox are now officially the American League Wild Card winner and the Tampa Bay Rays are the AL East winner.
It was announced early this morning that the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim had chosen the 8-day ALDS meaning the Red Sox will start in Anaheim on Wednesday. It also gives both squads the opportunity to throw their top two pitchers twice in the series if need be.
Mike Lowell returned to the Red Sox lineup last night and quickly exited it after reaggrevating his hip injury in his only at-bat of the night. With Lowell hurt again, there’s a distinct possibility that he won’t be available to the Red Sox in the playoffs.
“I would defer to we’ll see what time says,” Lowell said. “By no means do I think I’m owed a roster spot just because I’ve played here. If I’m not going to do anything that can help the team win . . . but in the short series it’s a little different. You don’t have to carry as many pitchers. Maybe pinch hitting is an op tion. We’ll see. I’m not ruling out anything yet, but obviously I was disappointed today.”
After being scratched from his start last night, Daisuke Matsuzaka will start for the Red Sox tonight.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman will make a decision on his future sooner rather than later.
After waking stiff and sore on Friday, J.D. Drew underwent a battery of tests on his injured back.
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera will most likely undergo surgery on his shoulder during the offseason.
PawSox manager Ron Johnson is helping out the Red Sox for the time being.
Jason Giambi has no regrets about his time with the Yankees.
Jason Bay’s former Pirates teammates sent him many well wishes when they found out he’ll be heading to the postseason.
Here’s a pretty good reason why the Red Sox scratched Daisuke Matsuzaka last night.
Here’s a look at the numbers of Jonathan Papelbon and Francisco Rodriguez.
For more slices of Boston Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant and Providence Journal websites.
And if you must see what the enemy papers are saying you can check out the NY Post, NY Daily News, Newsday and Lo Hud websites.
There are a lot of examples of opposites attracting in couples over time. Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett, Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn, Anna 
Nicole Smith and J. Howard Marshall, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. But did you ever think you’d see Denver Bronco great John Elway marry a former Raiderette?
Yep that’s right Elway popped the question to his girlfriend, Paige Green, who happens to be a former Los Angeles Raiders cheerleader. This has to be stunning news in the Rocky Mountains. A Colorado legend marrying someone from the dark side this has to be a sign of the impending apocalypse.
With it there are questions. Will Raider owner Al Davis give away the bride? Will she wear silver and black? Will her bridal party be made up of those nut jobs who attend Raider games? Is she doing this to steal and then fence Elway’s two Super Bowl rings? Will the wedding have a pirate theme? Will 
Elway renounce the Broncos and pledge his allegiance to Davis and then get named Raiders head coach after Lane Kiffen is fired? If they have children which teams onsie’s will the babies wear? Will half the church and the hall be orange and blue and the other half silver and black? Will Elway start wearing an eye patch, carry a sword and call everyone “matey”? Will he have to sleep on the couch every time the Broncos beat the Raiders?
Arrrrr matey’s my head is spinning just thinking about it.
With the Tampa Bay Rays losing tonight, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will finish with the best record in the American League which gives them the right to choose which series they wanted to play.
After his team got shellacked by the Texas Rangers, Angels skipper Mike Scioscia announced during his postgame press conference that the Angels had chosen the 8-day ALDS that starts on Wednesday.
This is how the schedule will look:
Game 1: Wednesday, October 1st in Anaheim
Game 2: Friday, October 3rd in Anaheim
Game 3: Sunday, October 5th in Boston
*Game 4: Monday, October 6th in Boston
*Game 5: Wednesday, October 8th in Anaheim
* if necessary
All ALDS & NLDS games will be broadcast by TBS. Game times will be announced in the near future by MLB and TBS.