It was a game that should have never started last night between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox. The rain was falling in the area and was expected at Fenway Park at anytime. It didn’t take long either for the umpires to call the game.

The Rays had the bases loaded and one out in the top of the 1st when the umpires called for the tarp. About 2 1/2 hours later, the game was called. Luckily for the Red Sox, the game will start over on Sunday. The bad thing is that Jon Lester had to go out and pitch last night. He threw 24 pitches but will start in Game 2 of the doubleheader on Sunday.

The schedule for Sunday is the replaying of last night’s game at 12 p.m. Tickets for last night’s game will be good for the noon game on Sunday. The regularly scheduled game for Sunday will start at 5 p.m. and tickets for the original 1:35 p.m. game will be honored for the game.

It does look as though the weather should be out of the area in time for tonight’s game but as we all know with the weather is that you just never now. One thing’s for certain, they won’t make the same mistake as last night if there’s only a small window.

The Red Sox were able to pick up a 1/2 game on the New York Yankees last night who lost to the Baltimore Orioles. They sit 8.5 games behind them for first place in the AL East. The Seattle Mariners were rained out against the Texas Rangers last night so the wild card standings remained the same.

Michael Jordan: From Birmingham to Springfield [Full Count]

Details of Sunday’s Day-Night Doubleheader [Full Count]

For Gonzalez, Red Sox Return Went From No-Trade to a No-Brainer [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]

Five Things We Learned: Showtime for Daisuke [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]

The Bradford Files: It’s Not About the Money For Billy Wagner [Rob Bradford – WEEI.com]

The Legend of V-Mart continues to grow [Hacks with Haggs]

Bowled Over by Beckett [Wicked Good Sports]

For more slices of Boston Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and Providence Journal websites.

And if you must see what the enemy papers are saying you can check out the Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times websites.

UConn Football links

It’s game day for the UConn Huskies football team as they will host the North Carolina Tar Heels at Rentschler Field at noon. The game will be shown nationally on ESPNU.

If  you missed my game preview, be sure to check it out.

Nice Find On Weather.com By Hal [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Big East stock report [Big East Blog – ESPN.com]

In yesterday’s JI [John Silver – Journal Inquirer]

Why isn’t it sold out? [John Silver – Journal Inquirer]

State Of The Big East: Week Two [TheUConnBlog.com]

Game Day: UConn vs. North Carolina [Connecticut Post]

Huskies seek upgrade on special teams [Connecticut Post]

UConn vs. No. 19 North Carolina [Hartford Courant]

Rentschler Rules [Hartford Courant]

Two UNC Players Have Swine Flu, Stay Home [Hartford Courant]

Against Heels, Huskies Look To Make A Leap [Hartford Courant]

Punt protection the focus against North Carolina [Norwich Bulletin]

No. 19 Tar Heels a high hurdle for Huskies [Waterbury Republican-American]

No. 19 UNC looks to stop UConn running attack [AP via Newsday]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Book ’em, Geno [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Amid NCAA questions, Majok plugs away [Andy Katz – ESPN.com]

Dyson: Back and better than ever [ESPN.com]

Other UConn related links

Men’s Soccer: No. 18/24 Huskies Battle No. 6/9 Dartmouth to 0-0 Double-Overtime Tie [UConnHuskies.com]

Women’s Volleyball: Volleyball Falls in Three Sets at Dayton on Friday [UConnHuskies.com]

Women’s Soccer: Busque Nets Game Winner In 1-0 OT Victory Over BU [UConnHuskies.com]

This week:

The UConn Huskies will be looking for revenge this Saturday at 12 Noon at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT against the #19/19 North Carolina Tar Heels.

Here are the rosters for the Tar Heels and the Huskies.

The Line/Prediction:

According to Rivals.com, the Tar Heels are 4.5 point favorites and the over/under is 45.5 points. My prediction is North Carolina 27 UConn 17.

Tickets:

As of the time of this post, there are still tickets available.

Getting To The Game:

Here is link for the weather report. Here is all the parking info you will need for the game, this link includes directions to Rentschler Field. Here is a Rentschler Field seating chart.

The parking lots will open up 4 hours before kickoff. Here is a list of the tailgating rules at the Rent. And some alternative tailgating rules can be found here.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Television:

The game will be nationally televised on ESPNU with Clay Matvick on play-by-play while former NFL guard and San Jose State standout David Diaz-Infante is on color

Radio:

For the 18th consecutive season, WTIC 1080-AM in Hartford serves as the flagship station for the UConn Radio Network. WTIC is the state’s only 50,000 watt signal and can be heard in 23 states and parts of Canada. Veteran UConn announcers Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) and Wayne Norman (color commentary) return to call the action with Kevin Nathan on the side lines and Eric Davis on production.

The UConn pregame show begins 90 minutes prior to kickoff, while home games, the UConn Tailgate Show will air two and a half hours prior to the game with Arnold Dean. UConn football games are also broadcast over the internet at WTIC.com. For a full list of stations on the WTIC/UCONN radio network, click here.

North Carolina Radio:

Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Woody Durham (play-by-play), Rick Steinbacher (color analyst) and Lee Pace (sideline) provide the call. Jones Angell will host the broadcast. Satellite radio channel 217 Sirius/193 XM.

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Before we get going here today, I just wanted to take a moment and wish my mom a happy 60th birthday. So Happy Birthday Mom!

The Boston Red Sox enjoyed a day of respite on Thursday as did the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays. The lone team with a remote shot to catch the Red Sox in the wild card standings, the Seattle Mariners, lost last night.

This means the Red Sox still trail the Yankees by nine games in the AL East standings. The Red Sox lead over the Rangers in the wild card standings is two games while the Rays are 9.5 games behind and the Mariners ten games.

With the Rays coming into town for a three-game set this weekend, the Red Sox have a chance to pretty much eliminate the Rays as the local nine has 23 games left and the Rays have 22. Plus with the Rangers playing some really good baseball right now, every game is an essential one for the Red Sox. The Rangers are playing the Mariners so by the end of the weekend this could be a two team race.

I fully expect this battle between the Rangers and Red Sox to come down to the final weekend of the season.

Meeting of minds [Boston Globe]

Buchholz masters changeup [Boston Globe]

Schilling: Chances Of Running Slim To None [Hartford Courant]

The Daisuke Report [Full Count]

Saito Set To Earn An Extra $500,000 [Full Count]

Red Sox can finish off free-falling Rays for good [Providence Journal]

Red Sox deal with success [Boston Herald]

Josh Reddick’s dad happy to see this day [Boston Herald]

For Daniel Bard, playoff hunt beats beach [Boston Herald]

Red Sox find strength in bullpen [Boston Herald]

How the trade winds have blown [Boston Herald]

Red Sox architect rejoins Baltimore Orioles [Boston Herald]

For more slices of Boston Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and Providence Journal websites.

And if you must see what the enemy papers are saying you can check out the Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times websites.

UConn Football links

The UConn football links as always on the day before a game will be available in the upcoming preview of Saturday’s game against the North Carolina Tar Heels.

UConn Women’s Basketball links

The Elite Eight [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Team USA talk [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

All-Star Bird re-signs with Storm [ESPN.com]

Where do I go from here [Alysa Auriemma]

UConn’s Moore, Charles Get Special Invites [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Tina, Maya Inivited/Injury Update/Recruiting News [Rich Elliott – Connecticut Post]

UConn women’s basketball notebook [Connecticut Post]

UConn’s Moore, Charles Invited To USA Basketball Practice [Hartford Courant]

Auriemma Gets Behind Reading Program For Young Students [Hartford Courant]

Schedule always stays full for Auriemma and the Huskies [New Haven Register]

Celebrity blogger will only enhance UConn women’s basketball coverage [New London Day]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Jim Calhoun on UConn recruiting [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Another recruiting thought… [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Coach Profile: Jim Calhoun [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Kentucky, Texas highlight UConn men’s schedule [Connecticut Post]

January Will Be The Test For UConn [Hartford Courant]

Challenging schedule awaits UConn [New Haven Register]

UConn Husky Champion Troika to Lead Pistons [Celtics Central]

Friday, September 11^th @ 7:10 PM

James Shields, RHP (9-10, 4.02) vs Jon Lester, LHP (12-7, 3.44)

TV: NESN , MLB.tv

Radio: Red Sox Radio Network, MLB Game Day Audio

Saturday, September  12^th @ 7:10 PM

Wade Davis, RHP (0-0, 1.29) vs Josh Beckett, RHP (14-6, 3.87)

TV: NESN, MLB.tv

Radio: Red Sox Radio Network, MLB Game Day Audio

Sunday, September 13^th @ 7:10 PM

Matt Garza, RHP (7-9, 3.85) vs Clay Buchholz, RHP (5-3, 3.92)

TV: NESN, MLB.tv

Radio: Red Sox Radio Network, MLB Game Day Audio