If you haven’t checked out Fitzy’s website, The Townie News, you really must stop over there. He is absolutely hysterical. Anywho, here’s a look at his latest webcast.
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After a tremendous comeback win on Sunday afternoon, there’s a lot of buzz up here in Red Sox Nation.
Amalie Benjamin from the Boston Globe tells us the Red Sox were late bloomers on Sunday.
Were you driving home to New Hampshire during the amazing comeback, writes Bob Ryan from the Boston Globe
Amalie Benjamin also has news on Josh Beckett’s injury, Manny’s hamstring tightness, and Jon Lester’s session in the bullpen in her Red Sox notebook.
Steve Buckley from the Boston Herald talks about the wrong move Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo made.
Buckley also talks about how Orioles pitcher Jeremy Guthrie’s gem of a game was tarnished.
Rob Bradford from the Boston Herald gives us his take on Josh Beckett’s injury.
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Monday May 14th
Nate Robertson (L) (3-2, 3.43) vs Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) (4-2, 4.80)
Tuesday May 15th
Justin Verlander (R) (3-1, 2.83) vs Tim Wakefield (R) (4-3, 1.79)
Wednesday May 16th
Mike Maroth (L) (3-0, 4.69) vs Julian Tavarez (R) (1-4, 6.60)
Thursday May 17th
Chad Durbin (R) (3-1, 5.08) vs Curt Schilling (R) (4-1, 3.63)
Mike Lowell got the day off Sunday even though he is one of the Red Sox hottest hitters.
Mets pitcher Mike Pelfrey got demoted to Triple-A after 0-5 start.
Anthony from the Oriole Post isn’t calling for manager Sam Perlozzo’s head just yet.
The Phillies wasted a brilliant effort from Jon Lieber on Sunday.
Roger Clemens is on track for a June 2nd start when the Yankees visit Boston.
The Nationals actually swept a team for this first time all season.
People in Toronto are questioning manager John Gibbons’ moves or lack of moves.
J.D. at Sportech Matter tells us the Marlins traded Jorge Julio to the Rockies.
Rocco Baldelli is staying in the leadoff spot despite his slump right now.
Is second place good enough for the fans in Atlanta?
Jeremy Guthrie kept the Red Sox at bay for 8 1/3 innings but a Ramon Hernandez error essentially opened up the flood gates as the Red Sox came back from a 5-0 deficit to win 6-5 in front of a full house at Fenway Park on Mother’s Day.
Guthrie was dealing for 8 1/3 innings. He got Julio Lugo out and then Coco Crisp hit a pop up that Hernandez dropped. This ended Guthrie’s day. Danys Baez came on and promptly gave up a double to Big Papi, which scored Coco making the score 5-1 O’s. Wily Mo Peña singled moving Big Papi over to third. Sensing trouble, O’s manager Sam Perlozzo brought in his closer, Chris Ray, to try and finish the Red Sox off.
Unfortunately for Ray, he couldn’t find the strike zone. He walked J.D. Drew to load the bases and walked Kevin Youkilis, bringing in Big Papi from third making it 5-2. Next up was Varitek and he didn’t disappoint the Fenway faithful at all. He delivered a two run double making it 5-4. Ray then delivered his third walk of the inning, although this one was an intentional walk, to Eric Hinske setting the stage for Alex Cora. Cora almost got the job done but he grounded into a fielder’s choice that got Youkilis at home. Looking at the replay on TV, he should have been called safe.
Now with two outs, Lugo came up for his second at bat of the inning. Lugo worked the count full (3-2) and then hit a grounder to Kevin Millar in the hole between first and second. It was a footrace from there between Ray and Lugo to the bag but Ray dropped the throw and Lugo was safe at first. Eric Hinske who was on second just kept running home when the ball got away and thus it was 6-5 Red Sox victory.
The big news of the game before the rally was the early departure of Josh Beckett. Beckett had been going for his 8th straight win to start the season. But an avulsion to his right middle finger cost him a shot at the victory. The way Guthrie had been pitching, it was highly unlikely that Beckett would have gotten it anyways. Right now Beckett is day-to-day and we will know in a day or two if he will miss any starts.
Guthrie was phenomenal for the Orioles today. He only allowed 3 hits and 1 unearned run in his 8 1/3 innings of work. He walked 2 and struck out 2.
The O’s got to Beckett for 2 runs in the first inning. Brian Roberts walked and Nick Markakis singled, moving Roberts to second. As Miguel Tejada was striking out, Roberts and Markakis were executing a double steal. Varitek’s throw got away from Youkilis at third and Roberts scored. After a Hernandez strikeout, Aubrey Huff singled in Markakis to put the O’s up 2-0.
The O’s touched up Kyle Snyder for one run and Joel Piñero for two runs. J.C. Romero threw 1 1/3 innings for the victory.
Notes: Peña took over in the field for Manny, who had left the game with hamstring tightness. Amalie Benjamin from the Boston Globe provides this update on Beckett.
Josh Beckett addressed the injury situation. He said that the skin tore away underneath the pad on his right middle finger on a curveball, the first pitch to Kevin Millar in the fourth inning. He’s not sure how long it will keep him out. He’s hopeful he’ll make his next start, but not sure how the recovery process will go. It’s a matter of drying out the skin, then toughening it up.
“Hopefully I can make my next start,” Beckett said, “but that is a big hopefully.”
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Josh Beckett has left after 4 innings with an apparent injury.
Beckett had thrown 64 pitches, giving up 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks and 7 strikeouts. More on this as it is announced.
Update: It was just announced on NESN that Beckett left the game with an avulsion of the skin on his right middle finger.
It seems as though I’ve had a famous visitor come over to SOX & Dawgs today.
If you look at line #53, it comes from Curt Schilling’s blog administration page. Just thought I’d share that with everyone.
How good is the Red Sox bullpen?
Yankees reliever Scott Proctor dropped the appeal of his 4 game suspension.
The Toronto Blue Jays decided not to get insurance on their player’s salaries.
B.J. Upton learned a valuable lesson in Saturday’s Devil Rays loss.
Baltimore pitchers threw 209 pitches in Saturday’s loss.
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is happy with his pitching right now.
Justin Morneau plans to play in tonight’s Twins game, broken nose and all.
One Royals beat writer is saying the Royals season is done.
Travis Hafner got a much needed day off yesterday for the Indians.
Virgil Vasquez will make his MLB debut tonight for the Tigers.
Reggie Willits is comfortable in his lead off spot for the Angels.
The Mariners expect King Felix to return on Tuesday from the DL.
Mark Teixeira will break the Rangers record for consecutive games played on Sunday.
The A’s designated Todd Walker for assignment.
Mike Pelfrey is having a tough time keeping his 5th spot in the Mets rotation.
The reigning NL MVP has found himself on the Phillies DL.
After leaving a potential perfect game, Nationals pitcher Shawn Hill may find himself on the DL.
Chipper Jones may sit out again today’s Braves game with injuries he suffered on Friday.
Why is Mother’s Day so special for the Marlins’ Mike Jacobs?
Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa has some concerns about Kip Wells.
Reds OF Josh Hamilton got a day off on Friday because he’s not used to playing.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is looking for nicknames for the 2007 version of the Brewers.
Cubs reliever Bob Howry explains what happened in Saturday’s loss to the Phillies.
A look at Hitting 101 by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Astros pitcher Jason Jennings is heading to Double A to start his rehab.
The Rockies celebrated a Holliday on Saturday night.
Adrian Gonzalez is glad to be back home in San Diego.
The Player’s Union is filing a grievance against the Diamondbacks regarding Alberto Callaspo.
Why is Mother’s Day special for Dodger’s pitcher Brett Tomko?
A Dallas auction house is offering $1 million for the ball when Barry Bonds hits #756.
I just want to wish my Mom, Grandmother and all the mothers out there, a very Happy Mother’s Day. It’s your day, sit back and relax and let the rest of your family cater to you.
It’s kind of funny. After reading Schilling’s latest blog entry about his start against the Orioles on Saturday afternoon, I got to thinking. This was the first time that Schilling faced a team he has already pitched against this season. Well, it seems I wasn’t the only one who had this same idea. Steve Buckley, a columnist at the Boston Herald, penned an article about this that will be in today’s Herald.
Schilling all but dismissed this idea.
“There’s nothing in there that’s going to help them,†said Schilling. “I don’t even know what I’m going to throw in my next start.â€
After thinking about it a little, I don’t see how the blog would help them. It details his pitch sequences to a particular hitter but in this day and age of video, a hitter would be able to see on the video what was being thrown.
So I guess in writing this post, I have contradicted my whole premise of why I was writing it. Oh well, you can’t win them all.