Red Sox All-Star Futures Game Participants
The Red Sox have had two players selected to the All-Star Futures team. They are Casey Kelly (19 years old) and Junichi Tazawa (23 years old.) Kelly will play for the ‘US’ and Tazawa will represent the ‘World Team.’
Casey Kelly was drafted out of High School in the 1st round of the 2008 [...]
ALCS times and pitching matchups
Here are the ALCS starting times and pitching matchups:
Game 1: Friday, Oct. 10, 8:37 p.m. @ Tampa Bay
Starters: James Shields vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka
Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 11, 8:07 p.m. @ Tampa Bay
Starters: Scott Kazmir vs. Josh Beckett
Game 3: Monday, Oct. 13, 4:37 p.m. @ Boston
Starters: Matt Garza vs. Jon Lester
Game 4: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 8:07 [...]
Buchholz sent to Arizona Fall League
In the past year, Clay Buchholz has looked downright dominating to absolutely foolish. Unfortunately for him and the Red Sox, it’s been more of the latter than the former.
His season unraveled rather quickly as he was sent down to Pawtucket for some ‘rehab.’ He crushed the Triple-A competition and was brought up to [...]
About today’s game
Aside from this afternoon’s game culminating in a walkoff win for the Red Sox, there were a few other subplots.
- Red Sox fans have helped their team tie the all-time record for most consecutive sold-out home games (455). The record should be broken next Monday against the Rays.
- Kevin Youkilis is still suffering from [...]
Michael Bowden to make his big league debut tonight
I’m not sure how I managed to miss this story but rookie pitcher Michael Bowden is going to make his first major league start tonight. Bowden, only 21 years-old, absolutely tore through Double-A Portland this year and was promoted to Pawtucket about 2 months ago. Since the promotion, he has put up [...]
Thank god for Justin Masterson
Theo Epstein may end up looking like a genius again. The non-waiver trading deadline was full of rumors and speculation about the Red Sox and their need for bullpen help. Epstein said that help would come from inside the organization but the majority of analysts laughed and waited for another Gagne-esque trade [...]
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