Sox Are Working Night and Day, Mike Lowell Leads the Way
Box: Sox 7, Brewers 6 Globe: Sox Get Down to Business Lowell Connector: 5th HR in Last 11 Games for Mike There Were Hits, Runs, and a Whole Bunch of Errors Not Today, But Someday... Hansen's Gonna Get It Done More Bloopers: Youk's Shot in the 7th Seals the Deal A League of Their Own: Sox' Interleague Mark 30-8 Since the Start of 2006 Timlin Retires... the Brewers in Order
"It's hard to win two games." -- 5.17.08, Tito knows
Jay 'Playing Time' Payton Slams Reeling Roadsters 5 Losses in Last 6 Games for Sinking Sox
Box: Orioles 6, Sox 3 Globe: Sox Trip on Okajima's Slip Getting the Last Word In: Jay Payton Releases a Bomb on Former Team Pedroia Opens the Floodgates, But Gets a Mulligan for the Bad Hop Everyman's Base Hit: Congratulations to John Van Every Chokajima: ERA Aside, 11 of the 14 Inherited Runners Have Scored The Bus Is Gassed Up and Waiting to Take Hansen Home Bright Side: Lowell and 'Tek Drive the Ball Deep A Good Start Spoiled: Lester Deserved More
"We've been playing better than the losing. We just need to find a way to grind out a win." -- 5.14.08, Jason Varitek giving the Josh Beckett generic speech after a loss
What the #&@*! Is Wrong with Josh Beckett? And Are the Beat-Up Sox Suddenly in a Free Fall?
Box: Orioles 5, Sox 4 Globe:
Beckett Swears He Should Be Doing Better Than This Great Scott: The Bad Beckett Gets Taken Deep in Baltimore Forget All-Starting: 11 Hits to This Squad and a 4.21 ERA Won't #&@*! Cut It Deja-Lose All Over Again: 2nd Night, 3-Run 1st, Then a Big Snooze on Offense Don't Look Now But the Rays Are in the Catbird Seat in the East Another Headache for Sox: Coco's Got a Serious Tummy Ache The Sun Comes Up, the Sun Goes Down, and J.D. Drew Gets Injured Blood and Guts Ellsbury Comes Off the Bench to Answer the Call Celticitis? Sox Are 1-8 on the Road Against AL East Foes Manny Had a Good Night by the Box Score, But Killed Sox in the 7th Cora-Led Comeback in 8th Fizzles, Too
"It was a [expletive] pitch. It was right down the [expletive] middle... that's the same question he just asked... you execute pitches, you get outs, you don't execute pitches, you don't get outs (repeat over and over and over)" -- 5.13.08, the usually ornery and unusually ordinary looking non-executioner Josh Beckett
"It's tough, but you have to give the Twins credit. They have a great bullpen that pitched great, and you have to tip your hat to them... He [Twins starter Livan Hernandez] changed his speed a lot, with good location. When he's on, he's on, and he pitched great. You have to give him credit." -- 5.12.08, new Red Sox spokesperson Manny Ramirez
"That's a hard way to play the game. That's about as exciting a game as you can have and not win." -- 5.11.08, Terry Francona on coming up short
Box: Twins 9, Sox 8 Globe: Sox Can't Withstand Twins' HR Barrage It's a Horrific Night When Adam Everett Takes You Deep Not So Fast: Is Keeping the Red Hot Coco the Way to Go? Thank You So Much for Pinch Hitting While Sore Manny Kudos to the Road Warriors for the Comeback Timlin Seals the Loss
"Really, is Mike Timlin gonna be a part of this bullpen all year? First off he is old and secondly he (is lousy). Yea he helped us to two rings but at 42 and making $2.5 million per, to me its not worth it. I know he is a vet and a good clubhouse guy but if he keeps giving up runs, its time to cut ties." -- 5.11.08, BDD reader KMoney
Box: Sox 5, Twins 2 Globe: Lowrie, Red Sox Trot Past Twins Dice Breaks Dome Losing Streak: Matsuzaka Stays in the Strike Zone No Thunder, No Lightning: Papi and Manny Combine to Go 0-for-9 The Youk, The Youk, The Youk Still on Fire Maybe Coco Should Go to All-Star Game Over Ellsbury? Popcorn Save for Papelbon
"That was probably the farthest ball I've ever hit. But I haven't hit a home run in about 300 at-bats or so [actually just 114]. You kind of forget how to run around the bases. They were getting on me because I ran too slow. I kind of delayed the game about 10 minutes." -- 5.10.08, Coco Crisp on his really rare home run
(Reuters / Papelbon: Christine Hochkeppel for The Boston Globe)
Put This One On Papelbon
"It's a pretty simple game. I've got one out to get. I've got to execute a pitch with two strikes and get the job done. It's that simple. I didn't do that. I've got to get back on track in order to be able to finish my pitches and throw my pitches with confidence." -- 5.9.08, Jon Papelbon, bottom line
Box: Tigers 7, Sox 6 Globe: Sox Silenced by Lamb The Roof, The Roof, The Roof Is On Fire: 8 Straight Dome Losses for Boston Lugo's Gonna Hear It Now: Error No. 11 Negatively Affects the Game How Low Can He Go: Okajima ERA Now .053 The Uncontested Stolen Base Rears Its Ugly Head Cooler Heads Prevailed: No Motor City Meltdown for Pap Postgame Another Clean Sweep: Ellsbury Swipes One Not Lester's Best Start
"Jed Lowrie hit the ball well when he played regularly. He hits line drives and long fly balls. I do not understand why Lugo has to play every game or at all just because dumb Theo gave him a huge contract. We get many Rays games here so I had seen Lugo with Rays many times and he was the one who killed most of their rallies. Occasionally, he would hit a long fly to right that would drop in. He seems to be a pull hitter now." -- 5.9.08, BDD reader, John Walsh
"I did some good things today, I've been working on a few things the last couple weeks. I did some good things tonight. That's probably about as high praise as I'll give myself." -- 5.8.08, Josh Beckett postgame analysis
Someone Needs to Explain to Julio How It Works in Boston: “I don’t care, but sometimes it would be nice to say something positive,” he said. “But all the time it’s negative things, you know? Sometimes, you know, people should say something that’s positive. But every time it’s something negative . . . bring it up, bring it up, bring it up. Why? I understand you (the media) are going to write whatever you want . . . but I come here every day and bust my ass . . . if things don’t work out sometimes, that’s the way it’s going to be. You understand? But sometimes you bring up the same things . . . You get tired of that." -- 5.7.08, Julio Lugo to Steve Buckley, Boston Herald
Box: Tigers 10, Sox 9 Globe: Fumble Leads to Sox Loss Error No. 10: The Defensively-Challenged Shortstop Finally Costs Sox a Win 'Dustin the Win' Should Have Been the Headline Youkilis Continues to Earn His All-Star Spot Is Red-Hot Mike Lowell Writing a New Chapter on Hitting? Did Julian Tavarez Know He Might Be Working Tonight? Forgotten Play of the Day: The Strike-'Em-Throw-'Em-Out Was Outstanding Buchh Slips Up
"We fought back and we did a great job to do that. .. they put the bat on the ball, sometimes you get rewarded for that." -- 5.7.08, Terry Francona, postgame chat with Heidi Watney
"This was two heavyweights, just body punching. You know, there wasn't no finesse, no jabs, just all body punches, just all-out beat-down defensive fight." -- 5.7.08, KG on Game 1
The Only Thing Missing in Boston During Times Like These ...
Box: Red Sox 5, Tigers Zippo Globe: Wakefield's Turn to Pitch In Not Seen Since 1900: Wakefield and Timlin Get the Over-40-Only Shutout It's Been a While Boys: Dominican Dynamite Explodes Back-to-Back Scrape No. 496 Off the Fenway Banner, Manny Finally Crunches No. 497 David Ortiz Is Finally Coming Around, Maybe He Deserves An All-Star Nod Now Cash is Money, Again: .361 Hitting Catcher Hits in Clutch, Catches Tim Note to Tito the Cooler: Don't Give Manny a Day Off Now, Please Breaking News: 2 Errorless Games in a Row for Lugo
"And he threw more fastballs and curveballs than he has all season. Maybe 20-25, more fastballs than curveballs. And look at how many fastballs they swung at, maybe two or three? The rest they took for strikes. But the biggest thing, of course, was his knuckleball. Everything that came out of his hand was great." -- 5.6.08, Catcher Kevin Cash ... should he be (gulp) catching every day?
Yesterday in Detroit: Schill Plays Catch (And Somewhere in Delaware, Dr. Craig Morgan Is Curled Up in a Ball Weeping to a Sports Talk Radio Call-In Show)
"We won't know the right or the wrong here until I'm pitching... I'm close to a point in time where it's going to be a win or a loss. Somebody's going to be right, and somebody's going to be wrong." -- 5.6.08, Curt Schilling on WEEI's Dennis and Callahan
"I need to say that I have made mistakes in my personal life for which I am sorry. I have apologized to my family and apologize to my fans. Like everyone, I have flaws. I have sometimes made choices which have not been right." -- Clemens comments to the Houston Chronicle
Box: Sox 7, Rays 3 Monster Day for Youkilis Knee Needs Rest: The Big Powerless DH Takes a Day Off The Wheels Deal: The Boston Red Sox Stole 5 Bases Yesterday Does MVP Mike Lowell Start Hitting Anytime Soon? Not His Best Effort, But Lester Earns a Win How Long Can Sox Go with Delcarmen and His 7.30 ERA? Papelbon OK After 4-Out Save
"I'm sure the opponents are thrilled when one of those guys isn't in there. Then a guy like Youk steps in and gives us half our offense." -- 5.4.08, Sox manager Terry Francona
"I think he's had an uncanny ability to be unbelievably accurate. He has the ability to sometimes not move his feet - not that he didn't there - but look left, throw right, and the ball ends up where it's supposed to be. It's a pretty good play all the way around at a big juncture in the game."-- 5.3.08, Red Sox manager Terry Francona on Manny Ramírez's radar arm
Dandy Moss, Pedey, & Co. Break the Bats Out of the Cave
Box: Sox 7, Rays 3 Delayed reaction: Sox' offense pours it on Rays Alive and Stickin': 5 Extra-Base Hits in Just One Game! When It Rains It Pours Revenue for Cash-Strapped Sox: 2-Hours-and-27-Minutes of Bonus Beer Sales on a Friday Bottom Line, Buchholz Got the Win Welcome Back Big Time Dustin Pedroia Needs More Rest? Invisible Manny Goes 0-for-5, 3Ks Lopez, MDC Let Rays Back In Oki, Pap Pressed into Service
"I think it's just contagious,I've been told that since I was 8-years-old. One guy gets a hit and they all do." -- 5.2.08, Clay Buchholz said of the sudden Sox offense
Jays 1, Sox Zip Sox Score Just 3 Runs for the Series Tito the Cooler: Manny Hasn't Homered Since He Sat Down for Two Days The 496 Banner on the Monster Is Getting Cobwebs on It Wake Pitched Just Good Enough to Lose Tonight More O'fers: The Youk and Pedroia All-Star Campaigns Begin with a Whimper
Sox 2, Jays 1 A 9th Life One More Time Wells Runs Dry: Vernon's Hammer Can't Nail Manny Keeping Up with the Becketts: Dice-K Pitches in with 7-inning Gem 39 Inning Drought Ends: Papi's Pop Good for Extra Bases Coming Back to Earth? Pedroia and Youk Turn in 0-for-4's Kevin %#@! Youkilis Pulls a Live Beckett on NESN Slow-rie? Or Did the Kid Just Get a Bad Jump? The Vulture: Pap Snatches Another Win
"I didn't see that [Manny's helmet dunk], I was too busy screaming."-- Brandon Moss, who would have been the 9th inning hero if it was Manny, not Lowrie, wheeling around third
Losing Streak Comes to a Screeching Halt with Walkoff Win
Sox 1, Jays 0 Youk Single Stings Halladay, Jays Seems Like Old Times: Sox Get First 1-0 Walkoff Since 1980 Lowell Returns and Flashes Some Leather David and Manny Get the 9th Inning Assist Cheap Win for Pap; Tough Save for Pedroia Red Flag: Drew Day-to-Day
"I said, 'Go ahead and send him [Ortiz].' The way Halladay was pitching, take your shot with [one chance], because that might be all we had." -- Terry Francona making the winning call
Daisuke Matsuzaka wows and annoys at same time > Bartolo Colon not ready yet > The numbers game > Yankees’ Girardi says Subway Series like a playoff atmosphere > Astros’ Berkman out of this world
498: Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez 2 homers shy of baseball milestone > At the quarter point of season, it's obvious these Red Sox have flaws > A dazzling Manny being Manny moment >
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