Arroyo Skipping Next Turn
Pedro Will Not Face the Yankees at Fenway but Will Catch the Bombers in the Bronx

Schilling Gets the Fenway Call-Up After 15 Long Years in the Minors

"It's Not Win or Lose, It's Win or Else" - CS/'03

Complete Game Curt: Schilling Has the Finishing Touch at Fenway
(weather permitting)

Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting Back

Ace Steps Up to Be The Stopper

DominiCan-Do Times Two

Pedro, Big O Carry Sox Over Jays 4 - 1

Manny, Bellhorn Go Long. Home Runs are a Nightmare for Halladay

Martinez Goes 7.2/106 Then Foulke's it Over

Cy of Relief: Pedro Throws Nation a Curve

Castillo's Back

Let's hope our favorite Hot Head is cool with the fans.
Dirt Daubach designated for assignment.

McCarty's Park is Melting

What so proudly we hailed

Photo: Bill Greene, Boston Globe

(But we never waived the white flag)

No Matter, Tired Sox Lose Another Eye Opener 10-5

The 30,000 Foot View: Malaska Pulled Too Soon,
'Timlin in the Eighth' One Too Many Times.

RED SOX, RED EYE
Sox Pull All-Nighter Before Opening Day

The Red Sox were stuck on the ground in Baltimore all night. Their plane had mechanical problems and they had to switch planes. They left Baltimore at 5:36am and landed in Boston at 6:45am. Let's wake 'em up at the Park folks.

(They should have walked them home... like the O's did)

VERY GOOD FRIDAY*

It's Opening Day for the Tired Fenway Francona and Company.

* Rev. Christopher J. Coyne, a spokesman for the Boston Archdiocese, reminds us that after a meeting to discuss the requests for dispensation, Boston church leaders decided a baseball game was too weak an excuse to duck the no-meat rule.

Krafts, Patriots, and Possibly Van Morrison Part of the Festivities

Bobby J. Gives One Away

Unlucky 13

Mr. Jones Walks the Walk, and the Winner Home

Mendoza told trainers to "stay away from me" as The Stiff had some stiffness.

Sox lose Wild Nailbiter in the 13th, 3-2

Damon nails Mora at plate in 10th (the Lord works in mysterious ways on Holy Thursday), Bautista out on appeal. Sox get all the breaks but leave bags loaded in 7th/11th.

Offense is missing again. Tito burns through bullpen; questioned for McCarty, Varitek, pitching and pinch running decisions

What's wrong with this roster?

"Well, anytime you lose a game like this, it just kills you, the good news is we play again in 12 hours. When you're on the road, and you play in extra innings, you're playing with fire. I understand you don't want to take you're big bats out but I thought at the time it was our best chance to win." - Tito on the loss

Hallelujah home on Manny hit. Burks jerks one out.

Hair Stay?

"Absolutely" - Johnny Jesus

Disingenuous Dan Shaughnessy?

Double Standard Hard to Defend

Leaving during game:
Rocket Roger Ruled

Clemens throws heat at mates
By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Staff, 6/11/1996

CHICAGO - It's been a long year for everybody in Red Sox Nation. Each individual has a personal worst memory. For Roger Clemens, the low point came Saturday night when he was pulled from a game in the eighth inning with the Sox leading, 2-1.

Boston went on to lose, of course, but Clemens wasn't around for the finish. He bolted Fenway before the bullpen blew the lead. The Rocket was steaming. Literally.

``I think we were still winning when I got out of there,'' Clemens said last night. ``I know it's the fastest I've ever left the park. I think I snapped at Lou Gorman on the way out the door. I had to put the defroster on in the car because the heat from my arm was causing the windows to fog up.''

...While he talked, two of Clemens' four sons suited up for a light workout at Comiskey.

``These are the guys that are going to make the decisions for me,'' he said, pointing to his sons.

And then he went out and worked on some fundamentals with his boys. They played hard the whole time, got dirty and did what they were told. They are being taught to show a little respect for the game - something too many of the big boys have lost.

Leaving during game: Little Pedro's a Punk

Respect for manager didn't show up
By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist, 4/6/2004

BALTIMORE -- Why does this stuff always happen with the Red Sox? Why can't it just be about the baseball? Even for one day.

...Then he did something stupid and selfish. He walked out of the ballpark while his teammates were still trying to win the game. He bailed.

This act may not seem like much of a big deal to some people, but it's a violation of a timeless baseball code.

Let's get this straight one more time: Shutting out the media is not a capital offense. It would be nice if the fellows chose to talk, but it's OK if they don't. That's not what this is about. This is about disrespecting your manager, your teammates, and the game.

What about Jason Varitek and David Ortiz, Pedro? Are they not also proud men? They are playing in the final years of their contracts. Could you stick around 'til the end of the game to see if their efforts might not produce a comeback victory?

The Red Sox this year are paying Martinez more money than any pitcher ever has made. Is it too much to ask the guy to stick around for nine innings?

...Pedro says it's about respect. He didn't show much respect for his new manager Sunday night.

Nice find by scbosoxfan

Curt vs. CHB

Rome if You Want to (or Dan Patrick too)

"Only Curt Schilling would call a group of journalists liars on a national radio show."

Schill talks to Jim Rome (and Dan Patrick on ESPN radio) about the fictitious anonymous sources, media making name for themselves on Martinez. He called out the Shaughnessy hypocrisy with Clemens (see above) and blood feud with Pedro... he even brought up the spinning wheels on the white BMW (and Dan distanced himself when confronted by Curt). Fantastico!:

"Few guys in sports give a better interview than Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. He answers questions honestly and isn’t afraid to get after people. He called in Thursday to talk about his first win with Boston this week and pitching in the American League, but we spent most of the time talking about the Boston media. He isn’t a big fan.

He said that he has never seen so many people make such a big deal out of nothing in his career. Referring to the story about Pedro leaving the clubhouse before the game ended on opening day, he told me that it was totally blown out of proportion by the writers and that Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy has a ‘vendetta’ against Pedro.

He talked about all of the anonymous sources in stories. I asked him if he thought that the writers were making stuff up and before I could finish my question he blatantly said ‘Yes’. That is not something you hear any athlete say about any news organization. Only Curt Schilling would call a group of journalists liars on a national radio show.

We talked about Pedro Martinez and his reported lack of velocity on opening day. Curt dismissed it by saying that Pedro isn’t a guy who relies on his velocity. He said Pete has become a pitcher who knows how to get guys out.

Curt came in with a little edge to him and that always makes for good listening. Schill proved on Thursday why he is one of the top ten sports interviews right now."

The Jim Rome Show

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Curt Keeps it Interesting

"It's really not that interesting because it's a non-issue, and it's made out to be some huge deal and people are trying to make a summary of 'Tito' as a manager ... " Schilling said on "GameNight."

"I have never seen -- and I'm not stereotyping everybody in Boston, there's a lot of good writers, there's good people in the media just like any other market -- but I have never seen more people out to create stories on their own in one space in my career, and that's just in this brief time. ... " he said.

"They think we're stupid, and they don't think we see and pay attention. I've never seen so many anonymous quotes from people in a shorter period of time than I have in the last three days."

Pedro's early departure not an issue

Christ Has Risen

On the Third Game No Less

AMEN. DAMEN.

Damon's Five Hits, SignDerekLowe Show Lead Sox Over O's 10-3

Ortizzle 3-Run Bomb in 6th Blows it Open

"I was definitely a lot more relaxed tonight. " - JD

Room .222: Home of Pokey and Bellhorn

No Problem in Houston: Clem Gets 311 Goes 7 in Debut,
Gives Up 1 Hit, Strikes Out Bonds* Twice

Jesus Saves

(Don't worry, we're going to confession on Saturday)

Nation at Peace

Schill Wins. Foulke Saves.

Ace Talks the Talk and Walks the Walk

And Stays in the Pahk After His Staht

C. Schilling (W, 1-0)  109P 6.0IP 6H 1ER 1BB 7K 1.50ERA

Millar hits a bomb, Boston 4 Baltimore 1

Embree in the 7th, Timlin in the 8th

Watch Highlights from mlb.com

Manny has right quad injury, he's OK

Can You Hair Me Now?

Millar can't hear Johnny through the hair,
Johnny can't hear Millar through the hair,
Cowboy gets popped in the mouth

Jesus Needs to Crop His Lid Before Good Friday

What's wrong with this picture? Nothing.

Just do it Johnny... Shave it all off like the guy on your left (Vinny Peruzzi)

NUMBER TWO READY TO GET WIN NUMBER ONE

"There's a lot of anticipation, I'm new here and there's a lot of different expectations on me and on the team than any place I've been before. There's a lot more history here so yea, I'm gonna be more worked up than normal. But once the game starts no, it's the same as any other game. I pitch on adrenalin, and I'll live on it, and I'll try and use it." - Curt Schilling, 4.5.04

Tito Takes a Bullet on Taxigate

Sox brass Werner, Lucchino, Epstein miffed about Ace's early exit.

"I would like our guys to stick around, but I haven't conveyed that to the team necessarily good enough. and that's an oversight on my part, just to tell players "hey this is how I feel... I didn't call him today (to ask) about it because I didn't want to bother him on his day off... It was probably my fault for not making that (rule) well-know during spring training." - Francona, 4.5.04

(You don't have to make an obvious rule known Tito, it's called common sense/courtesy)

Fans Examine Exit Strategy:

Pedro leaving the stadium before the game is over is disrespectful to the game, the team, his teammates and the press, who after all have been credentialed by the team and/or MLB to have access to the players to get background information about the game and players.

In AZ I never saw Schilling or Johnson leave during a game they pitched. Win or loose, Schilling stood in front of his locker after every game and answered questions until all the reporters were done asking questions. I am sure he will do the same after his Red Sox starts beginning tomorrow. Schilling only had 8 wins last year when he should have won 15 because the DBacks had no offense. He never complained. The most I remember him saying when asked how it felt to loose game after game because of no support was that "the guys are trying to get some runs" or something to that effect.

During their time on the DL, RJ and Curt were always at the game to support and root their teammates on. Schilling was usually talking to Webb on the bench, mentoring the Rookie pitcher. I never saw a winning game in person or on TV when the entire team did not come out on the field and congratulate the players on the field. All heads were accounted for. To my knowledge, the only time a DBack pitcher left a game early was to fly ahead of the team to get in to a road city in time to get some sleep because they were starting the next day's game.

Respect is respect. I don't think a team would tolerate their 25th man on the bench leaving a game early and they should not expect less from a star player.

- Pat/AZCurtFan on RedSoxNation.net

Marteamez Takes Off Early

Pedro didn't join yawning teammates on the bench to "rally" club,
in fact, he left the park before the game was over instead.

(So much for lessons learned from the World Champion Patriots)

OPENING NIGHT JITTERS

 SLOPPY SOX GO DOWN
WITHOUT A FIGHT

Joggin' Johnny Jesus "I need to do better" (and find a barber, seriously)

Orioles Pick Up Where They Left Off Last Year Spanking Sox Again 7-2 to Open Season

Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time-Players Lose Quietly in Baltimore

Light-Hitting L.O.B. Lineup Overpowered by Orioles

14 Runners Left On. Pokey Tries to Bunt Two-Out Runs Home.
Bellhorn will Battle for Starting Second Baseman When Nomar Returns.

Tito's team tentative, lethargic on the field, half asleep on the bench.

Nation cries "We missed The Sopranos for this crap?"

Tito speaks: "We'll come back on Tuesday and go get 'em." (gulp)

And Blaming the Cold Gets Old.

Schilling in Must-Win Situation on Tuesday.

Ponson Brings Heat, Sox Bats Freeze Up

Pedro Comes Undone Early,
Settles Down Too Late

Javy Has Way with Pedro Crushes HR on 89mph Fastball, Martinez Drills Segui, Wild Throws Error

Pete gets out of jam in second, Manny gets one back,
Shift costs Sox another run. Big Trouble for Timlin.

Bellhorn, Mueller, Kapler Bright Spots

"You have to wonder if there's something physically wrong with Pedro... the velocity of old is certainly gone." - Don Orsillo, NESN

"The bottom line, it will be a huge disappointment if we (Red Sox) don't go all the way, We've been through more high-drama barrels (said battles) than any other team... Following the Red Sox isn't a yearly thing. It's almost hour to hour. There's no offseason, no downtime." - USA Today - 'Next year' is here

Contract Up!

Will Proud Pedro Be the Flamethrower Tonight?

Or Will He Get Torched in the First Game of His Last Season with Sox?

86 The Curse Talk and Let the
Last Roundup Begin

Ace Angry to Start Season

"Opening Night, and Pedro Martinez is prickly, peeved, petulant, pouting, and feeling persecuted. ...Privately, he expressed extreme annoyance at the hostile line of questioning (on velocity), and told two TV reporters who had their cameras turned off that he was fed up, and that when October comes, he planned to leave Boston as a free agent. The Red Sox already had the man they wanted, he said, in Schilling." - Turning Up the Heat

"It's Not Win or Lose, It's Win or Else" – Curt Schilling

Will Nomar's Injury be Sox Achilles Heel?

Nation Officially Nervous About Nomar, Pedro, Manny, Williamson, Foulke, Timlin, Embree, Trot, Nomar, Mueller, Bellhorn, Pokey, Kim, Etc.

Nomar out indefinitely, goes on 15 day disabled list.
Kim goes on DL. Shumpert released. Brooks back to Pirates.

Meanwhile on the Business Front "If they want me, then show me." (the money) - Nomar

"It's about wants and diswants. It's about direction... as far as all four of us go, this is a disappointment. The last six months, there's been talk of, 'Can we sign all four of them?' Now we're going to sign no one (before the start of the season), and that's disappointing. We have two Hall of Fame guys in Pedro and Nomar and we have two guys in me and (Varitek) who have proven they can play at this level.'' " - Derek Lowe

Frank Defraud is Ready for the Dog Track

"Actually, I used to admire the Red Sox fans. There was a certain nobility in their loyal frustration. They accepted their lot in life as losers. But now they're poseurs, attaching themselves to the Yankees like one of those little birds that rides along on the hippopotamuses' back. It's no longer good enough that the Red Sox go about their destiny and lose. Now their identity only exists in association with the people who beat them all the time. The Red Sox fans are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome." - What garbage Frank, didn't realize you lost your mind along with your fastball.

Ed Cossette buries this washed up Yankee fan has-been hack better than we ever could, with a little help from the venerable Art Martone who wrote on ProJo in July 2002:

[The Yankees always win.] Except, of course, for 1946, when the Red Sox won the pennant. And 1948, when the Sox knocked the Yankees out of the race on the next-to-last day of the season. And 1967, when the Sox finished first and the Yanks finished ninth. And 1973, when the Yankees were favored to win the A.L. East but instead lost 14 of 18 to the Red Sox and finished fourth. And 1974, when the Sox swept the Yankees in a doubleheader at Shea Stadium and knocked them out of first place for good in a race they wound up losing by two games. And 1975, when the Yanks were again favored to win the division but lost three out of four to the Sox at Fenway in late June to fall out of first place for good, and three out of four to the Sox at Shea in late July to fall completely out of the race. And 1986, when the Sox finished off the Yanks -- and everyone else -- with a September sprint they are allegedly incapable of (capped by a 7-2 win in the Bronx on a Friday night that buried the Yanks once and for all). And 1987, when the Sox knocked the reeling Yankees out of the ring by winning two of three at Fenway from Sept. 7-9, dropping them 6 1/2 games out of first and out of serious contention. And 1988, when …

Curt's Got the Right Shirt to Beat the Pants Off O's

Schilling sports a vintage 2001 BDD "Beware of the Dogs" XXXL Heavyweight T-Shirt at Yesterday's Baltimore Press Conference

On preparation for today's start: "I started looking at video back in late December, early January"

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Timlin in the Eighth, Williamson in the Ninth?

Sox Shutout, Foulke Hit Hard in Final
ST Showdown 5 Nothing

No More Foulkin' Around,
Time to Contract Up!

 

But how long will Nomar be shut down?

Sunday is The Day. 04-04-04.

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4.02.04

D-Lowe Tune Up in Atlanta Tonight

7-3 win for Boston

Manny gets off the schnide. Sox pound Hampton.

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April Fools:

Sox Get A-Rod in Blockbuster Trade with Yankees

With Nomar Out Until July, Sox Make Deal with the Devil, a.k.a. Steinbrenner, and Finally Land A-Rod in Biggest Trade Ever.

Steingrabber, furious about A-Rod's 1-for-9 start, decided to dump the superstar shortstop when John Henry agreed to pay Rodriguez' salary, plus pay $5 million a year towards Derek Jeter's current contract.

In exchange for Alex and Friend-of-Manny Enrique Wilson, the Red Sox will give up Nomar Garciaparra, on-fire fill-in Cesar Crespo, and future Hall-of-Famer Hanley Ramirez in addition to the financial compensation.

Press conference at Fenway expected this afternoon.

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Sox Win Championship

Mayor's Cup Championship: Boston 4 Minnesota 3

Hyzdu Home Run Rallies Sox. Bobby Jones Wins Final Roster Spot.

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