New York 5, Boston 2 | Yanks Improve to 3-13 vs. Sox This Certainly Won't Be the Last Time Cervelli Gets 'Moved Off the Plate' It Was Actually Keegan Bradley's Fist Pump That Started All The Plunking Who Had Crawford As The Yankee Killer, with AG Going 0-for-5? Chances Are ... The Sox Will Score More Next Time Around Lackey Pitches Just Well Enough to Lose Blind Squirrel Finds Nut, CC Beats Sox Scutaro Doesn't Leave 'Em Standing
"Certain things, I think, can go too far. To me, the clap at home plate, he was excited, he hit a home run, so, second of the year. Good for him." -- Salty on Showboat Cervelli
"16 men LOB???? That's a good formula for trying to beat the Yankees. And what the hell is D. McDonald doing in the lineup? Yeah, yeah, I get the the lefty/righty matchup, but I'm sorry, he CAN'T HIT. I'd rather take my chances with Reddick. He couldn't have done any worse. Didn't seem like anyone was playing with any sense of urgency. Perhaps they don't understand the math...that the loss tonight means they have a half game lead. They were playing like they were up by 10 games. Pretty lame effort all around tonight..." -- Mark, postgame reaction
Francisco Cervelli, The Yankee Clapper
(AP)
Maybe Salty Should Have Fed Him the Alex Rodriguez Leather Sandwich Special
First Things First, Sox Need to Keep on Top of the Yanks
Yes, This Is the Most Important Series in the History of Baseball Wild Card Be Damned, Boston Looks to Lock Up Third AL East Title in Last 15 Years Saturday in the Park, Sox Blow Away A's: Les is More 9-3, Bedard Just Can't Win 4-0 Wake Finally Picks Up Career Loss No. 178: Oakland 15, Boston 5
Boston 6, Rangers 0 | Sox Mess with Texas Again AG Was Told Final Round of HR Derby Taking Place in Texas More Long Balls: Ortiz No. 25, Salty No. 13 Tip of the Cap to Cubs President Epstein for Leaving Us Aceves Same Old Rangers: No Pitching
"I hit them in spurts, everybody knows that." -- A-Gon on his streak attack
Boston 13, Rangers 2 | Offense Firing on All Cylinders Welcome Back David Ortiz Gets Off on the Right Foot Jumpstart Jacoby Jumps Right Back into the MVP Race Yes Josh Beckett, You Can Beat the Mighty Texas Power Rangers This Just In From Carlington: Crawford Learns to Hit Line Drives Again It's Not the Heat, It's Just Franklin Morales Throwing Smoke More Days in First Place Thanks to Coco Crisp Another Day, Another AG HR
"I�ll still be disappointed with my personal performance, but if we win a World Series, who�s going to feel bad about that?" -- The answer is hard core Red Sox fans Carl Crawford
Boston 11, Texas 5 | Sox Power Over Rangers Everybody Hits in Texas: Crawford and Reddick, Too! Lack in the Saddle Again: The Big Fired Up Texan Hangs Tough Double Trouble from Scutaro, Dusty, Lavy, and Salty Two Ells Returns with a Spark and a Web Gem
"I wasn't hitting as many home runs, but I wasn't worried about it. I was getting on base. The main thing is we're winning." -- Adrian Gonzalez, calm, cool, collected 3 RBI
"I tried to throw strikes out there and keep the team in the ballgame. It was a good hit by Napoli and that was the deciding factor." -- Erik Bedard, dynamic motivational speaker
This Just In: Crawford Can't Take a Little Criticism, May Not Be Cut Out for Boston
John Tomase: Crawford Under Scrutiny His Mood Swings, While He Just Swings and Misses Tonight in Texas: Even Erik Bedard is Batting Ahead of Crawford Hopefully Theo Has Fired His Private Investigators By Now Boston 6, America's Farm Team 1 | Carl Smashes HR No. 8
"When he then gets criticized or questioned, he comes across as wounded, his tone suggesting, Can�t you see how hard I�m working? I care more than any of you. Why isn�t that enough?" -- The Herald's John Tomase on Carl Crawford
How Long Can the Sox Afford to Hide Carl Crawful in the Lineup?
This Just In: Crawteria Contract Now the Worst Deal In the History of the World Someone Gave Crawford $20M This Year? Investigate! Sincerely, University of Miami And He Will Cost the Sox Jacoby Ellsbury at The End of the Day Tampa Bay 4, 3-Hit-Sox 0 | Price Drops Sox to 8-8 in August A-Gon Has Come Down with a Bad Case of Carl Crawford How on Earth Is David Price Just 11-10? Lackey Hit Hard, But It Didn't Matter
"I was feeling good and this series, for some reason, I just wasn�t myself. Whatever the reason was, I struggled this series. I guess I�ve just got to go back and watch some video and start from scratch again." -- Carl Crawford... going to start from scratch... wonderful.
Good News: The $142 Million Mistake Is Over In Just ...
Sox Find Themselves in Second Place in a New York Minute
G2: 6-2 and the Rays Get Even | G1: Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1 You Don't Complete Me: Hellooo Niemann, Now Say Goodbye Smooth Operators Turn Three: JLoww-to-M.C.-to-A.G. Highlights Loss Not-So-Smooth: Jed's Throw Away at Home Highlights Rundown Disaster Not Lost on Us: Dustin Pedroia May Have Locked Up a Gold Glove Award Fouled-Off Bedard Must Think He's Going for Career Win No. 200 The As-Advertised Jon Lester Makes a Cameo Appearance The Crawful Signing Continues: 0-for-6, 4 K's on the Day Crawford Seems Like a Natural Fit Here. Sincerely, Edgar Renteria Jake Keeps Raking, Home Runs No. 21 and 22 for Ells Das Boot: Something's Afoot with Papi
"Yeah, I mean, there were a lot of crazy things that happened in the games. All sorts of crazy stuff.�� -- A last minute sub named Jed
Seattle 5, Wakefield199 3 | Wait Is Starting to Get Heavy No Beating Around Furbush, 149 Pound Lefty Pounds Sox What's Carl Crawford Doing to Win Games for Boston? Not Too Much A-Gon Keeps Racking Up the Singles When the Sox Need Homers More Haterade: Brandon League Shows Good Closers are a Dime a Dozen Go Be Mad, Cause Two Out of Three Ain't Good Hickox Didn't Help
"I don't care about it. The first couple, yeah, but I'm just trying to pitch quality starts and quality innings to get us wins." -- Tim Waitfield... still waiting...
�He�s a guy, when he takes batting practice, he doesn�t hit too many balls to the pull side [right field]. To go in there in the Home Run Derby and take 120 swings or however many they take, and everything�s pull, pull, pull, now it�s kind of hard to back the ball up and go the other way again.� -- Red Sox hitting coach Dave Magadan on Gonzalez's power outage since The Home Run Derby
Boston 4, Tim McClelland 3 | Ortiz Swinging Bunt the Difference And David Ortiz Picks Up Two Cheap RBIs in One Day... But Will He Ever Forgive Tito for Blowing Him Off After the Bust-In? Doctor's Orders: Bobby Jenks Can Only HIt Tasty Burger 3 Times a Day Now Pedroia's on the SI Cover While Youk's Getting Ready to Hide Under the Covers And It's One Less Day Remaining on Carl Crawford's Contract Bad Ump Dumps on Bedard, Erik Deserved a W Phil Dumatrait, the Embedded Red Sox Pitcher A 7 Pitch Save for Pap
"See, I should be in the home run derby next year." -- Darnell McDonald... wants to end up being a singles hitter like Ortiz and Adrian Gonzalez, too
Tim Waitfield Can't Get the Big W, but Papi Is Right on Target for a Rally Big Win Over Twins
Boston 8, Minneapolis 6 | Comeback Kids in Another Late Win The Neglected One Bangs Out Four Hits, Finds Home Run Stroke Ortiz Furious About Joe Mauer Error, Wondering If It Cost Him an RBI 0-for-3 Reddick Must Be Feeling the Heat of J.D. Drew Breathing Down His Neck Thanks for the Late Night, Early Night Schedule ESPN. Sincerely, Red Sox Defense Scutaro Playing Like the Oft-Injured Jed Lowrie's Looking to Steal His Job SI Cover Reminds Us That Dustin Pedroia Remains in the MVP Hunt Tip of the Cap to Red Sox Nation MN for Rallying Sox in Sixth Salty Keeps Pouring It on With Double, Homer Acevulture Blows Save, Picks Up Wake's Win
"The last three starts, we've won two out of three of them. So that's the most important thing is keeping our lead in the American League East right now." -- Wakefield pretending not to care about Tim-200
"He heard the big elephant coming. He was shaking when I was coming." -- David Ortiz, the Elephant in the Room
Mo Blows a Save. Reddick Kicks in for a Win. Sox Stand Alone in First Place After Fenway Faceoff.
First Place 3, Second Place 2 | Extra Special Sox Take Series with Walkoff Same Old Boston Red Sox, Setting Up the Tie With a Small Ball Bunt That's Just the Muddy Chicken Being an MVP with the Must Have Sac Fly It's Something: Carl Crawford Sneaking His Way Up to a .260 Average Big Papi Jump Started It Marco Don't Forget About Me Scutaro A Couple of Mistakes from Beckett Cost Him Another Win Don't Forget About the Best 'Pen Ever: Wheeler, Bard Stand Out While You Were Snoozing, Game Played in a Brisk 4:15 So 'Tek, About Last Night ...
"For us to to just come out here and grind like we have been doing all year with this lineup shows how much heart we have and talent that we really have on this ballclub." -- Josh Reddick after the game winning hit
This Just In: Carlos Slim to Replace Wally the Green Monster as Red Sox Mascot Also, Chad Ochocinco Was Set to Pitch the 14th Inning for Sox
Must-See AL MVP Takes Care of Business in the 9th Again Sox Heating Up, Keep Cooking at Home
Boston 4, Cleveland 3 | Ho Hum, Just Another Walkoff The Reports of Josh Reddick's Offensive Demise Were Greatly Exaggerated Player of the Month Chips In With One of the Best Defensive Plays of the Season Papelbon's Pitching So Good It's Time to Make Him a Starter Again Randy Williams Gets the Franklin Morales Unsung Hero Award Just 6 Years and 2 Months Left on Carl Crawford's Contract Mike Aviles Reminding Us of His Uncle Ramon Aviles No Worries, Wake Will Get No. 200 Next Time Out When Salty's Bat Goes Soft, He Gets it Done on D Kipnis Goodbye
"Where are the fm talk screamers who questioned Ellsbury when they knew nothing? Shout without knowledge? Where's the free food?" ---- Peter Gammons via Twitter
"We're going to compete until the last out and Papelbon came in and did a great job and Wake, hats off to him, he pitched wonderful." -- Jacoby Ellsbury to Heidi Watney on the field
Boston 3, Cleveland 2 | Ellsbury Singles in Winner in 9th Pinch of Salty Takes a Dive, Sox Stay Alive Alone in First Place The Catcher Fingers Are Fine, But Orsillo May Have Mangled a Couple of Tito's Youk Gets the Ball Rolling by Ripping One Over the Wall A Good, Solid Half Days Work for Josh Beckett :-) Tip of the Cap to 'Tek, Pap
"I just kept going and, like I said, my speed alone just kind of took over." -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Go Speed Racer Go ...
But the New York Yankees Are Just 1 Game Back After Sox Lose Battle of Wounded Knee
Cleveland 9, Boston 6 | Indians Get a Leg Up on Sox at Fenway It Was a Bard Day's Night, and Daniel Looked Like a Dog Don't Tell Us... John Lackey Just Had an Issue with Location, That's All This Is Rumors Continue to Swirl That the $142M Man Homered Last Night Take It with a Grain of Salty: HR No. 10 Sneaks In ScutarOK
"But I guess further review showed it hit off a lady�s knee, so it looks they got it right. It's still tough to call." -- Daniel Bard, first runs allowed after 25 scoreless appearances
The "Curt�s Pitch
for ALS" program is a joint effort by Curt and Shonda Schilling and The
ALS Association Mass Chapter to strike out Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig�s Disease.
