For the rest of my thoughts on the last two Sox-Yankees games (whereby the Red Sox had the winning runs in scoring position with less than one out both times and lost), please see Chad Finn’s lovingly written “Touching All the Bases” post on Boston.com today. LINK CLICK LINK!
Read Bob Ryan’s column regarding Manny . I should’ve seen it earlier.
Yesterday was one of those days during the season where I wish I’d never woken up. It all started with scanning the headlines to read about Manny and the tantrum he threw when he couldn’t get all the tickets he wanted to the game, and the traveling secretary who took the brunt of this the slugger’s second fit (the first being when he exchanged words with Kevin Youkilis during the last Tampa Bay series. Dan Shaughnessy brought up a decent point regarding the aftermath of this incident (nothing tangible, as of yet).
We’re just a few days away from July 1 and the countdown to the most overhyped moment in baseball: the trading deadline, and Cleveland is already abuzz with swirling rumors that C.C. Sabathia, their beloved lefty starter, is on his way out the door. Although Sabathia signed a two year extension in 2006 worth $17.75 million, the team’s recent inability to get anything done right has GM Mark Shapiro looking for ways to restock his farm system instead of jumping into a nasty free agent bidding war for the ace’s services this offseason.
Since the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics are meeting in the 2008 NBA Finals, it got me thinking what the matchups would look like if you assembled the all-time greats from each franchise. Lakers Starters PG Magic Johnson SG Kobe Bryant SF Elgin Baylor PF Wilt Chamberlain C Kareem Abdul Jabbar Lakers Bench G Derek Fisher G Byron Scott G Jerry West F Glen Rice F Elgin Baylor F A.C. Green C Shaquille O’Neal C Vlade Divac Celtics Starters PG Bob Cousy SG Larry Bird F Kevin McHale F Kevin Garnett C Bill Russell Celtics Bench G John Havlicek G Danny Ainge G Ray Allen F Paul Pierce F Antoine Walker C Bill Walton C Robert Parrish You are reading Lakers vs Celtics; Matchup for the Ages
It’s been quite the turnaround for the Red Sox. One minute you’re on top of the AL East winning games day in and day out in “late and close” situations, the next you’re watching your All Star closer blow (undeserved) back to back saves. Sprinkle in two outfielders, one shortstop, one starting pitcher fighting off injury and illness and one reliever being designated for assignment, and you have the perfect recipe for losing five of your last six games
Here’s the funny thing: I used to hate the Boston Bruins. As a kid growing up just outside of Hartford, Connecticut, my dad used to take me to Hartford Whalers games.
From today’s New York Post, ” High ‘Jinx’ Hits Yankees .” Evidently one can claim that Red Sox Nation has spies, spies everywhere when a construction worker seals a piece of Sox memorabilia in the concrete beneath the future visitors’ clubhouse of the new stadium. Some people may write it off as silly rumor or just plain stupid, but I for one am super-psyched for the possibility that we got to the very core of Ruth’s House early. Maybe it can counteract the effects of the good luck charm placed in the framework of the current stadium during construction in the 1920s
The Red Sox were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief today. Beating the Detroit Tigers 5-0 today was sweet, sweet success behind the masterful dealing of Daisuke Matsuzaka, who allowed nothing across to move to 2-0 on the season
