David Ortiz inches closer to returning

While Jon Lester was baffling the easily-baffleable Seattle Mariners, David Ortiz was taking another step towards full recovery from his injury. Instead of playing in Triple-A Pawtucket (where he bought the team goat tacos and other gross sounding food), he was taking his swings with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs. Big Papi went 2-3 with [...]

David Aardsma placed on the DL

The Red Sox have lost their one solid point in the bullpen (besides Jonathan Papelbon) for at least 15 days. David Aardsma is suffering from an undisclosed leg injury and has been put on the disabled list. His numbers this season include a 2.75 ERA and an impressive 41 strikeouts in only 39.1 innings. Justin [...]

Ortiz homers in 3rd straight rehab start

Big Papi has blasted the ball out of the park during 3 straight Pawtucket games. His numbers are pretty nasty (.333 3HR 5RBI 3BB) but the good news is that he hasn’t reported any pain while checking his swing and playing at full strength. There is NO news better than that as the Red Sox [...]

Friday Linkage – 07/18/08

Sports Crackle Pop: Why doesn’t Ichiro give these awesome peptalks to the entire Seattle Mariners team? The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Mets: Honestly, how many people are shocked that A-Rod left the stadium after his at-bats were done? He gets on the good side of people by answering questions during Media Day then [...]

David Ortiz’s first rehab start

Big Papi had his first rehab start with the Pawtucket Red Sox last night; however, he had jaws dropping before the game even started. Much like the other night before the All-Star Game (link), Ortiz took full advantage of his time in the batting cage. He managed to launch 11 balls out of McCoy Stadium [...]

Red Sox sign Casey Kelly

The Sox have announced that they have officially signed 1st round draft choice Casey Kelly. Kelly, taken as the 30th pick, was a two sport star (football and baseball) for Sarasota High School and had previously committed to playing for Tennessee. The Sox had faith that they could sign him anyway (and so did I [...]

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