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Wednesday July 31, 2002 Dealin' and Wheelin' Sox Make it Double Play as Petey Blanks Halos 6-0
Hillenbrand, Varitek, Trot
Lead Tuesday July 30, 2002 THE DEAL DANCE Hey Larry, If a Tree Falls Out of the Playoffs, and No One Hears It, Does It Make any Money? ''If lightning is going to strike in the next day or two, we will be a tree out there waiting to be hit, make no mistake.''
''If we don't make a deal, it will not be for
a lack of effort on our part...it takes two to tango, and I assure you
we've looked for dance partners all over our league and the other league.
This is not meant to suggest that we are throwing in the towel by any
means. We think every team has an obligation to see if it can
Larry, like Mike Dukakis in 1987, you just don't get it. You can trade
Nomar for a bag of nails at this point and could get away with it. You
just have to make a move by Wednesday or the tree is going to lose a few
limbs. Another Must Win for Martinez. Monday July 29, 2002 Embree Oh No! Another Eighth Inning Collapse Late in the Evening "And they learned to play some lead with Shea, they were undermanned in this funky place And I stepped outside the smoke myself a "J" And when I came back to the room Everybody just seemed to boo And I turned my tv up loud and I began to scream And it was late in the evening And they blew that game away" California Screamin'
Angels 5 Sox 4 Another One Run, Late Inning, Loss for Grady.
Sox drop to 3-15 in
last 18 one-run games. Grady tips his hand on trade: "I can sense that I don't know if something will be done by the deadline.'' Playing Possum? Trading Fossum? Cliff "Pink" Floyd, Colon in the range? Kenny Rogers works overtime in the rumor mill.
Price Drop? Our scouts on The Gambler, a.k.a. Matt Young part
II: FYI: Trot Nixon is Untouchable. Don't Even Think About It. Enough is Enough. Patience is Now Officially a Four-Letter Word. Make the Deal Theo. Make the %#&! Deal. Sox Hit the Wild, Wild, West Embree Back, Going, going, Gomes Sunday July 28, 2002 FIGHT CLUB Rock 'em, Sock 'em Red Sox Pound O's It's a Family (Day) tradition Tony puts the 'Cloninger Clamp' on Birds...
Wake in, Arrojo out in today's episode of 'As the Rotation Turns.'
Tune in tomorrow as Burkett gets bounced from
his Will Sox Get Rollin' with Rolen?
Edes sees Phillies third baseman in the
mix, Saturday July 27, 2002 Time for Some Lowe Ball Burkett Blanks Birds
4-0. Manny, Trot all over the place. Friday July 26, 2002 Is Johnny Just Wild about Second Place? ''We're in a tough spot. The good thing is, there's a wild card to be going after.''
'Fenway Magic' Hapless Sox Fly South Against Birds 9-2, Five Behind the New York Yankees, Pressure on to Make Move. No More HappyTalk from Grady:
"We're exploring a lot of
different avenues. We'll see if we can't improve ourselves... either
in-house or elsewhere, very soon.
Buckner
Returns to the Scene of
Bill goes back to Shea as guest of Bobby V. Big Rumor is Now The Big Hurt
ESPN has Frank Thomas and 5-14 6.12 ERA pitcher The El Guapo Era is Over "Richard" has been removed. But Baerga is Back! "A man walks down the street, He says, Why am I soft in the middle now? Why am I soft in the middle? The rest of my life is so hard! A man walks down the street, He says, Why am I short of attention? Got a short little span of attention, And whoa, my nights are so long! There were incidents and accidents, There were hints and allegations ..... Who'll be my role-model? Now that my role-model is .... Gone ...... gone Dogs in the moonlight. Far away, my well-lit door. Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly, Get these mutts away from me! You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore ..." Thursday July 25, 2002 Guapo to Go? Say it ain't So!
A Win is a Win. Pedro, Trot, Manny, Tek Lead Way over Tampa Bay 6-0.
Exhibit
A: Freezer Boy and Fraudia Made Ou La La! Edes Drops Names: Expos' Floyd and Colon are the Pair Pitching, Not Hitting, Now Job #1. Mighty KKK-KKK-KKKasey has struck them out. Castillo-u-t!
"Change May Be in Order" Frank finished early, is out of rotation. Sox lose at Fenway to Tampa #&%! Bay 9-5. SHOWCASEY? Fossum back up. Hermanson officially on DL. Casey will join rotation if he survives trade deadline. GRADY GAP?
Good-Ship-Grady is getting
off course. Wednesday July 24, 2002 Big Deal in the Works
"If They Pull Off the
Deal, If Deal Goes Down, Somebody BIG is Coming to Boston.
UUUnbelievable.
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Urbina Loses Again. Another Grady Gaffe Tampa Scores Five in Ninth, Sox Collapse 5-4. Tuesday July 23, 2002 Mercy! Pandemonium in the Heavens, Former Sox Announcer Ned Martin Dies Suddenly Another One Bites the Dustin Strange, but naturally for the Red Sox, true. Hermanson back on the DL with an infection the likes of the one Dauber's brother game him last year. Back, to Back to Back off Backe
Birthday Bash: Nomar, Sox
Sox Say They Won't Cut Big
Contracts With Strike Looming. Read: Offerman must stay Monday July 22, 2002 Let's Win Two Tomorrow Gotta Start Somewhere. Sox to Pick Up the Pieces of a Shattered Weekend Against Tampa Bay Tomorrow.
Johnny Gives the Over and Off? Lucchino "furious" at Jose's Play. Offerman Era Nearly Over as Jose May Be Odd Man Out This Week As Deals For Pitching, Hitting Get Done. Sunday July 21, 2002 Grady Keeps Grinning Despite Not Winning. Burkett Boycotts Keeping Ball in Park. But has a good old time anyway. "I'd be happy if I had tickets to these three games," said Burkett. "They were very entertaining games." He also adds oh-so-smugly "they'll probably be a strike in three weeks." NEW YORK NIGHTMARE
As It's Deja-Lose
No Kid Glove Treatment Here: Dirt Dog Didn't Dig Deep Enough.
A
Real Trotbreaker Will Sox Smoke Weed Weaver Today? Saturday July 20, 2002
BRONX BUMMER! Sox Lose 9-8 in 11 Innings to Yankees After Being Six Outs From Glory. FOREST STUMPED GRADY DON'T MAKE THE GRADE IN NEW YORK I Don't Like the Way You Do It... Why was Hermanson Making his 2002 Debut in a Late, Tight, First-American League-Relief-Appearance-Critical-Game-in-Yankee-Stadium? RICKEYDICULOUS Grad-E! Wild On Pinch Running: Where were Varitek and Daubach when we needed them? Going, Going, Gomes
WHERE WAS ANY-OTHER-DAY-UUUGIE?
This was the war. "I'm just sick of guys
pitching one inning and having to - Dick Radatz, a relief pitcher DAM-0-0-0-0-0-0-N, FULL BELLI, HURT Worse Offerman Rolando Go-Go Arrojo The Defector Factor: Cubans to Light it Up Today May Rolando Show His Real Arrojoness in the Battle Against Old Duque.
HERMANSON IS IN THE
HOUSE, Friday July 19, 2002 NO SWEAT
Pedro Owns Yankees Again. Sox Win First 4-2.
Sox Head into the Belly of the Beast
Can they regain respect against the Yankees?
YanKeegan Blames Sox Owners for Ruining Rivalry. "Don't count the Red Sox among those with reason to feel as if they are shut out by the system. Count them among those not trying as hard as they can to beat the Yankees." Story In the end, the Yankees Win? "Red Sox Nation has never been the superpower. There is a part of Gammons that thinks New Englanders enjoy being second-class citizens. It gives them something to lament. "Some New Englanders look at it as the Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Washington Generals," Gammons said. Story Yankees work out at Village YMCA to get ready for Red Sox
Lou Hurts Tanyon Sturtze. Sox Perfect Against Tampa. Nixon Stays On the Clutch. Boston 4 Tampa Bay 3. It's High Noon for Castillo, to be Frank. Thursday July 18, 2002
Lowe, Manny on the Totem Pole Home Run Trot Continues. Sox clobber Rays. Yanks win in last at bat, last chance to gain ground before series tomorrow.
Grady just wants
to Wednesday July 17, 2002
Comeback Kids Avoid Disaster in Detroit Manny, Trot Lead Late Charge Over Tigers.
PANIC IN DETROIT ANOTHER UUU-TURN
Urbina Blows Save Again. Gomes Goes Wild. HONEYMOON OVER Henry/Werner/Lucchino/Port/Little Officially Under Fire. "We're in a period where it's tough to win a game," said Grady Little. "Winning baseball games is always tough. But sometimes, they're even tougher."
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