Here is the lastest Dunkin Donuts commercial featuring the 2011 Boston Red Sox.
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In case you missed them, here is the first one featuring Terry Francona, Dustin Pedroia & Carl Crawford. And here is the second one featuring David Ortiz and Adrian Gonzalez. The third one features Pedroia & Crawford. And if you haven’t seen the blooper reel, that’s a must see as well.
Here is the third in a series of Dunkin Donuts commercials. This one features Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia and left fielder Carl Crawford.
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In case you missed them, here is the first one featuring Terry Francona, Pedroia & Crawford. And here is the second one featuring David Ortiz and Adrian Gonzalez. And if you haven’t seen the blooper reel, that’s a must see as well.
After salvaging the finale in the City of Brotherly Love on Thursday afternoon, the Boston Red Sox head to the Space City to finish up interleague play in 2011. The Red Sox and Houston Astros will square off tonight in the first of a three-game set at Minute Maid Park.
Tonight’s first pitch is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. and you can watch the game on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Astros television market, you can catch the game on Fox Sports Houston. And if you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2011 Red Sox Radio Network.
Tim Wakefield goes in search of career win No. 198 in his 10th start (19th appearance) of 2011. In his previous 18 appearances (nine starts), Wake is 4-3 with a 4.54 ERA. Wake has made one appearance against the Astros in his career and that came as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates back in 1993. In that appearance at the Astrodome, he allowed two runs in 3.2 innings. In 62 career interleague appearances (44 starts), Wake is 17-18 with a 4.38 ERA and four saves. In 2011, Wake has made three interleague starts and is 2-1 with a 3.92 ERA (9 ER/20.2 IP).
Bud Norris makes his 17th start of 2011 for old friend Brad Mills. In his previous 16 starts, Norris is 4-6 with a 3.36 ERA. This marks his first career appearance against the Red Sox. He’s made two career interleague starts, both against the Tampa Bay Rays. In those two starts, he is 0-1 with a 6.30 ERA.
Click on the read more button below to see tonight’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and links from the day if you’re on the home page.
Here are tonight’s lineups:
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| 1. Marco Scutaro | SS | 1. Michael Bourn | CF |
| 2. Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 2. Angel Sanchez | 2B |
| 3. Adrian Gonzalez | 1B | 3. Hunter Pence | RF |
| 4. Kevin Youkilis | 3B | 4. Carlos Lee | LF |
| 5. J. D. Drew | RF | 5. Chris Johnson | 3B |
| 6. Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 6. Brett Wallace | 1B |
| 7. Josh Reddick | CF | 7. Clint Barmes | SS |
| 8. Drew Sutton | LF | 8. Carlos Corporan | C |
| 9. Tim Wakefield | P | 9. Bud Norris | P |
And here is how the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers:
Notes: Jacoby Ellsbury was in the original lineup but was scratched due to the ol’ intestinal turmoil issue. Sutton steps into the lineup for him.
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New York Times Co. sells half of Red Sox stake for $117M [Boston Herald]
Tim Wakefield set for latest start; Theo Epstein on Sox rotation’s depth [Clubhouse Insider]
David Ortiz on All-Star HR Derby: ‘We’re going to try to put a show on’ [Clubhouse Insider]
Big Mac attack? Hardly [ESPN Boston]
Podcast: Schilling on ESPN Boston Radio [ESPN Boston]
Homecoming for Beckett, Crawford [ESPN Boston]
Ortiz will be in HR Derby, pick 3 others [ESPN Boston]
Pregame notes from Minute Maid Park [Extra Bases]
Kevin Millar on M&M: Interleague play ‘does take away a little bit from the American League teams’ [Full Count]
Which American League Sluggers Should David Ortiz Pick for the Home Run Derby? [NESN.com]
Dustin Pedroia Impressed by Phillies Pitcher Vance Worley’s Mound Presence [NESN.com]
Houston Outfielder Michael Bourn the Key to Red Sox-Astros Series [NESN.com]
Sea Dogs to Welcome 7 Millionth Fan Tonight [OurSports Central]
A Series Matter: Red Sox-Astros and Aesthetics [Projo Sox Blog]
If Sox can’t win in Houston, they have a problem [Projo Sox Blog]
Ellsbury sick, scratched from starting lineup [Projo Sox Blog]
Ron Johnson gets to face son Chris for real for the first time [Projo Sox Blog]
Not entirely comfortable reunion for Francona, Mills [Projo Sox Blog]
Gonzalez could play right field on Saturday [Projo Sox Blog]
Home Run Derby captain Ortiz mulling selections [Projo Sox Blog]
Red Sox look to reverse fortunes vs. Astros [RedSox.com]
Red Sox midseason report card [Tony Massarotti -Boston Globe]
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Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz will take part in the 2011 MLB All-Star Game Home Run Derby as it was announced that he’ll be the captain of the AL squad. Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers has been named the NL Captain.
Here’s the release from MLB:
Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers and David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox have been named the first-ever captains of the National League and American League squads for the 2011 State Farm Home Run Derby. Ortiz is the defending champion, having won the 2010 State Farm Home Run Derby in Anaheim, while Fielder won the previous year in St. Louis. The 2011 State Farm Home Run Derby will take place on Monday, July 11 at Chase Field in Phoenix at 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific and will be televised nationally on ESPN.
A new element of this year’s State Farm Home Run Derby format will be the team competition between the American League and National League. Fielder and Ortiz will each determine the other three participants on their teams and will personally extend the invitations. All players are eligible to participate in the State Farm Home Run Derby, not only those named to All-Star rosters. Each of the captains will select a charity of their choice which they will be hitting for during the Derby.
State Farm and Major League Baseball will donate a significant amount of money for charity through the event. The donations will be made as follows:
The total amount of money distributed will be determined by the home runs hit during the competition. State Farm and MLB will combine to donate $18,000 for every home run hit with a Gold Ball during the competition. The dollar figure was selected to coincide with the number of State Farm agents throughout the U.S. and Canada. State Farm will also give $3,000 to BGCA for every non-Gold Ball hit during the Derby. Both Fielder and Ortiz have been supporters of BGCA including participating in public service announcements.
While the format to determine the individual champion will remain unchanged, the total number of home runs hit by all players in all rounds will be tabulated for the AL and NL to determine the winning team, captain and charity recipient. Each player will get 10 outs per round, the four players with the highest total of home runs will advance to the second round, and the two players with the highest cumulative number of home runs in the first two rounds will advance to the Championship Round, where first and second round home runs do not carry over for individual scores.
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Are you curious as to what the new spring training home of the Boston Red Sox, Jet Blue Park, is looking like now? Look no further and check out the video below.
The Boston Red Sox became the third MLB team on Friday to release a public service announcement in support of the It Gets Better Project which supports LGBT youth and teen suicide. They join the San Francsico Giants and Chicago Cubs as teams who have released videos.
The Boston Red Sox entered yesterday afternoon’s game looking to escape the state of Pennsylvania and the City of Brotherly Love with a win. They had the right man for the job in Jon Lester on the bump.
But with Philadelphia Phillies starter Cole Hamels equal to the task of Lester, it looked like the Phillies fans might be able to get their brooms out if something didn’t change. Well that change happened in the 5th inning.
Now you never wish an injury upon anyone but an Adrian Gonzalez liner back to Hamels in the 4th inning hit him in the palm of his glove hand, knocking the glove off. Hamels did recover to get Gonzalez at first base and then retired Dustin Pedroia. Unfortuately for the Phillies, Hamels didn’t return to the game and gave way to David Herndon.
That was the change the Red Sox were looking for though.
After Herndon got the first out of the 5th, Josh Reddick stated his case for more playing time with a triple. He quickly came into score on a Drew Sutton single. Marco Scutaro moved up Sutton 180 feet with a single before Lester struck out for the second out of the inning. Jacoby Ellsbury followed that with a single to put the visiting nine up 2-0.
The Captain, Jason Varitek, would make it 3-0 good guys with a 2-out solo home run in the sixth. The Red Sox weren’t done though.
After Drew Carpenter struck out Gonzalez to start the 8th inning, Dustin Pedroia and El Capitan went back-to-back with home runs of the solo varitey to push the Red Sox lead to 5-0. It looked like the Red Sox were well on their way to a win.
Enter Bobby Jenks in 9th inning.
We all know Jenks has had issues with the Red Sox so far this season. He’d pitched pretty well since returning from the DL for a second time this season. Obviously yesterday wasn’t one of those days.
He gave up a leadoff single to Placido Polanco. After getting Chase Utley to pop out, he left a pitch out over the plate for Ryan Howard who made him pay with a two-run jack to cut the lead to 5-2. Jenks then walked the Flying Hawaiian Shane Victorino and just when it looked like Jonathan Papelbon would get the day off, he was in the game.
After Victorino stole second, Papelbon got Ben Francisco to ground out and then struck out Raul Ibanez to give the Red Sox the win.
Once again, Lester was great as was Daniel Bard. Lester allowed just two hits and two walks while striking out five over seven innings. And he finally notched that elusive 10th win of the season.
The Red Sox played without the services of Kevin Youkilis, who was injured the night before fouling a ball off of his foot. Because of Youk’s injury, the Red Sox called up Yamaico Navarro. They made room for him on the 25-man roster by ending the Mike Cameron experiment when he was designated for assignment.
The Red Sox are now off to the hometown of Carl Crawford in Houston where they’ll also visit old friend Brad Mills who is in his second year as the Astros skipper. The Red Sox could welcome Crawsome back on Sunday from the DL.
We’ll be back later today with tonight’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and any links from the day. But for now, enjoy the overnight links by clicking on the read more button below.
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Booster shot [Boston Globe]
Right angle part of solution [Boston Globe]
In outfield, Cameron is out [Boston Globe]
A friend in need [Boston Globe]
Johnson is eager to conquer a new frontier [Boston Globe]
Sox salvage all that is left with Jon Lester on hill [Boston Herald]
Jason Varitek delivers timely blasts from past [Boston Herald]
Familiar sound for J.D. Drew [Boston Herald]
Theo Epstein takes hit on Mike Cameron’s flop [Boston Herald]
Howard: Adrian Gonzalez is ‘a guy that I’ve loved to watch’ [Clubhouse Insider]
J.D. Drew reacts to Philly boos; Red Sox react to Mike Cameron news [Clubhouse Insider]
Millwood bides his time in Pawtucket [CSNNE.com]
Red Sox salvage one in Philly, 5-2 [CSNNE.com]
Sox win with pitching — imagine that! [CSNNE.com]
Nation STATion: Red Sox four play [CSNNE.com]
Cameron out, Navarro in for Red Sox [CSNNE.com]
Pawtucket’s lifelines: A dozen and counting [ESPN Boston]
Rapid reaction: Red Sox 5, Phillies 2 [ESPN Boston]
Red Sox bats got going after Hamels left [ESPN Boston]
Drew now on the hot seat [ESPN Boston]
A ‘very tough’ goodbye [ESPN Boston]
Lester throws a needed counterpunch [ESPN Boston]
Notable stats and trends from June [ESPN Boston]
Video: Nick Cafardo’s analysis of Red Sox win over Phillies [Extra Bases]
Kevin Millwood looking to make MLB return with Red Sox, declines June opt-out [Full Count]
Looking back at Mike Cameron’s time in Boston [Full Count]
Closing Time: Jon Lester teams with Jason Varitek to power Red Sox past Phillies [Full Count]
Adrian Gonzalez says he will participate in Home Run Derby if called [Full Count]
Dustin Pedroia Turns Down Phillies Pitcher Vance Worley’s Autograph Request [NESN.com]
What Grade Would You Give the Red Sox This Season? [NESN.com]
Boston K-Men Member ‘Fitzy’ Explains Group’s History, How Hard It Is To Find Good Face Paint [NESN.com]
Red Sox Right in Thick of AL Playoff Picture After Up-and-Down June As Season Is About to Heat Up [NESN.com]
Jon Lester Delivers Clutch Performance As Red Sox Salvage Last Game of Series [NESN.com]
Video: Jon Lester’s Focus on Executing His Pitches Helps Red Sox Leave Philadelphia on High Note [NESN.com]
Video: David Ortiz Would Like to See National League Add Designated Hitter [NESN.com]
Video: Jim Rice – Mike Cameron Struggled With Transition to Being Bench Player With Red Sox [NESN.com]
Mike Cameron’s Career in Boston Ended Before it Ever Really Started Due to Untimely Injuries [NESN.com]
Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett the Big Winners of Midseason Red Sox Awards [NESN.com]
PawSox not surprised by Reddick’s success [Projo Sox Blog]
With voting over, one writer’s American League All-Star picks [Projo Sox Blog]
Lester, lineup switch helps Boston avoid sweep [Providence Journal]
Youkilis questionable for opener in Houston [Providence Journal]
Events finally force Red Sox’ hand with Cameron [Providence Journal]
Houston trip will bring back fond memories for Dan Wheeler [Providence Journal]
In debate about moving Gonzalez to right, logic was the loser [Providence Journal]
Red Sox Journal: Reddick in line for more playing time [Providence Journal]
Starters in spotlight of potential Fall Classic [RedSox.com]
How Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jason Varitek gave Red Sox one less thing to worry about [Rob Bradford – WEEI.com]
For more slices of Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, CSNNE, ESPN Boston, NESN, Providence Journal, RedSox.com and WEEI websites.
And if you must check out the enemy news, head over to the Philadelphia Daily News & Philadelphia Inquirer websites. You can also check out our Bloguin brother, I Don’t Give a Schmidt.
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Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below.
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UConn Men’s Basketball links
Kemba Keeping Up Appearances [Dan Podheiser – Middletown Press]
Lamb Nets 15 in USA’s Romp [David Borges – New Haven Register]
Kemba Walker Basketball Clinic [UConn Huskies Basketball]
2011-12 BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Schedule Breakdown [UConnHuskies.com]
BIG EAST Announces 2011-12 Men’s Basketball Schedule Matchups [BigEast.org]
At Ease In First Summer As A Pro, Kemba Walker Conducts Clinic For Kids In Avon [Hartford Courant]
DeAndre Daniels, Ryan Boatright Getting Acclimated At UConn [Hartford Courant]
Huskies to face Orange twice [New Haven Register]
Big East schedule long on teams, short on rivalries [New Haven Register]
How do the UConn Huskies replace Kemba? [Syracuse.com]
Letters From Camp: Life after Kemba [Eamonn Brennan – ESPN.com]
UConn Women’s Basketball links
Former Huskies fan favorites in WNBA balloting [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]
Renee Montgomery Reassured By Geno Auriemma [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
WNBA All-Star Voting (Maya Moore Leads West Forwards) [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
The Next Sue Bird? Courtney Vandersloot, Perhaps? [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
Renee Montgomery’s Offensive Surge Has Helped Connecticut Sun [Hartford Courant]
Help the UConn Women’s Basketball Team Win an ESPY [UConnHuskies.com]
Doty suffers setback in rehabilitation [New Haven Register]
UConn Football links
Big East position rankings: Running back [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]
Big East position rankings: Tight ends [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]
UConn D-Coordinator Don Brown On: Dictating Tempo, Style [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
UConn Commit 10: Ansonia RB Montrell Dobbs [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Commit No.11: Defensive End Brendan Battles Nauset, Mass. [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Commit No…12: Chauncey Lanier DB From Florida [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Ansonia’s Dobbs commits to UConn football [CT Post]
UConn Football: Evaluating The Linebackers [Hartford Courant]
Getting To Know A UConn Football Coach: Matt Cersosimo [Hartford Courant]
Ansonia grad Montrell Dobbs commits to UConn [New Haven Register]
#65: Connecticut Huskies Start Over With Local Coach [Lost Letterman]
Other UConn related links
Baseball. Penders Announces Additions To 2012 Coaching Staff [UConnHuskies.com]
Baseball. Quite a Catch: Norwin catcher Max McDowell makes verbal to UConn [Norwin Star]
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 can be found by clicking on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.
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Johnson is eager to conquer a new frontier [Boston Globe]
Millwood bides his time in Pawtucket [CSNNE.com]
Pawtucket’s lifelines: A dozen and counting [ESPN Boston]
Minor Details: Salem Red Sox 2011 first half in review [Full Count]
Third time’s a charm: Red Sox draftee Miguel Pena’s journey to professional ball [Full Count]
Kevin Millwood looking to make MLB return with Red Sox, declines June opt-out [Full Count]
PawSox not surprised by Reddick’s success [Projo Sox Blog]
Q&A with Chih-Hsien Chiang [SoxProspects.com]
Pawtucket Red Sox
The PawSox got a run in the 8th to take a 6-5 win over the Rochester Red Wings.
A Wild Way to Win – 6-5 PawSox [PawSox.com]
Pawtucket captures fourth straight win [Providence Journal]
Pitcher, Matt Fox Selected to I.L. All-Star Team [PawSox.com]
Rochester Red Wings @ Pawtucket Red Sox 6.30.11 box score [MiLB.com]
International League standings
A four run 5th inning helped the Sea Dogs to a 10-6 win over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
Sea Dogs get the right mix [Portland Press Herald]
Middlebrooks Returns to Lead the Sea Dogs to 10-6 Win [OurSports Central]
New Hampshire Fisher Cats @ Portland Sea Dogs 6.30.11 box score [MiLB.com]
Salem Red Sox:
Salem made their early runs stand up in a 5-3 win over the Wilmington Blue Rocks.
Salem Red Sox have 3-game winning streak [Roanoke Times]
Brentz Bomb, Bullpen’s Brilliance Lead Sox to Victory [OurSports Central]
Salem Red Sox @ Wilmington Blue Rocks 6.30.11 box score [MiLB.com]
Two stolen bases by Brandon Jacobs set up the Drive for their 2-1 walkoff win over the Asheville Tourists in 11 innings.
Drive Top Tourists 2-1 in Extra Inning Affair [OurSports Central]
Asheville Tourists @ Greenville Drive 6.30.11 box score [MiLB.com]
South Atlantic League standings
Lowell Spinners:
The Spinners got six runs in the 3rd inning on their way to an 8-0 win over the Tri-City ValleyCats.
Spinners on the Money in Win [LowellSpinners.com]
Spinners show plenty of speed [Lowell Sun]
Tri-City ValleyCats @ LowellSpinners 6.30.11 box score [MiLB.com]
Gulf Coast League Red Sox
The GCL Red Sox made five errors in a 6-1 loss to the GCL Orioles.
GCL Orioles @ GCL Red Sox 6.30.11 box score [MiLB.com]
Well after working on the computer essentially for the past two days straight, we’re just about there. I am going to try my best and work through what lag there is to get the site back to normal.
In the meantime, I’ll be working to get the computer back to where it was before the problem started last week.
Please bear with me, I do apologize for the inconvenience this has caused. Believe me when I say I’m frustrated about this. But things will get back to normal and I hope quickly.
