Results tagged “Blue Jays”

Maybe someday in the future - not even the distant future - we'll look back at yesterday's Red Sox loss as something good. No, wait, really. Maybe Roy Halladay's dazzling performance and total shutdown of the Sox' offense will cause some team - some National League team - to pull the trigger and trade for the Jays' ace. If he's out of the AL East and the Red Sox never have to see him again, isn't that worth a late-July loss?

They really did want it as bad as we did. On Monday, as Boston began to adjust to its new role as a one-sport city, the Bruins made their way to the Garden to pack up and ship out. That's when fans found out that the team wasn't just playing hurt in its effort to bring the Cup back to the Hub, but that Aaron Ward's face was minor compared to some of the injuries going on.

You'd think it would be a pretty lousy day: you're Danny Ainge or Doc Rivers. You've learned that Darius Miles really is going to have to serve that pesky 10-game suspension. You know, the one everyone expected because the NBA ruled that he violated the league's anti-drug policy. And you don't even know if he'll be healthy enough to play come the dawn of the new season.

The Red Sox got some revenge on the Toronto Blue Jays and Paul Byrd got his first win in a Red Sox uniform last night, when they beat the Jays 8-4. Paul Byrd pitched for six innings, got tagged for 4 runs and struck out 4. Alex Rios and Lyle Overbay both got homeruns off of Byrd in the first and fourth innings.

Due to rain, Friday night’s game was postponed. For those of you who had tickets, you can use them on September 13th for a day/night double header. Paul Byrd will make his debut in a Red Sox uniform tonight and look for Josh Beckett to pitch on Sunday. Who knows if these extra days off will work in the favor of Clay Buchholz, he’s had one miserable outing after another and we won’t be seeing him until he throw against Baltimore on Wednesday. Game time is at 7:05 and Roy Halladay, the human pterodactyl according to Robby Roadsteamer, will be on the hill for the Blue Jays.

Some thought the road to the Celtics' 17th title was going to be a cake walk. But if the sports fans in Boston know anything, they know that it’s never that easy. The Celtics dropped another game last night to the Atlanta Hawks 97-92, tying the series at two games a piece.

We thought we might be able to squeak by with optimism (whether produced naturally or provided by alcohol), we thought that the worst was behind us. But here we are, rounding that final bend before we plunge into the postseason and...well...the Sox lost to the Blue Jays on Tuesday night, 4-3, while the Yankees pulverized the Orioles, 12-0. Here we go, gang: only two and a half games separate Boston and New York. Sox fans...

Last night featured one of those "How the hell did that happen?" games in which the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Red Sox 6 to 1. Much of the credit goes to the Blue Jays' Frank Thomas, who homered three times, two of those times off Tim Wakefield. Guess Thomas just has a taste for knuckleballs.

Well, on the bright side, Daisuke has nothing to complain about this morning in terms of getting run support. Before the last of the Blue Jays' traveling party had cleared Customs, the Red Sox had staked Dice to a 10-1 lead, the big blow courtesy of a 3-run shot by the red-hot Mike Lowell, [Editorial Insert to Whatever Front Office Types Are Reading This. There's going to be temptation this offseason to make a run...

Banner week for SFist as the site's new editor introduced himself -- hooray for Brock! While the NY Times weighed in on SF's mayoral race, only SFist had the (insert tongue firmly into cheek) hard-hitting latest on candidate/activist Josh Wolf. Coverage of a protest vs. gentrification spawned a fantastic debate amongst SFist's readers. Finally, from the sublime to the ridiculous: video of a man that confused a Board of Supes meeting with "open mic...

It was a scenario we've experienced so many times before that Sox fans couldn't help but smile in anticipation. Bottom of the ninth at Fenway Park. The tying and go-ahead run already on base. One out. David Ortiz striding to the plate to tip the balance on a 6-5 deficit. We're supposed to win those games, right? Despite the fact that the Red Sox had given up its lead to the Toronto Blue Jays, even...

Fear of the number 13. As in, 13 innings. As in, losing in the 13th inning on an Ivan Rodriguez single off of Jonathan Papelbon. But don't blame Papelbon, on a night when the Red Sox had two runs after three batters, then took the rest of the night off. A night when the team left a platoon on base. A night when - well, it just wasn't our night. It started off well enough;...

Part of us thinks that a team that's scuffling as bad as the Red Sox are right now deserves to have five guys named to the All-Star team. But we do recognize that the honor is bestowed upon players based on the entire spring's production, not just the last couple weeks of lousy baseball, so let's give credit where credit is due. Manny, Papi, Lowell, Beckett, and Papelbon are all going to San Francisco for some glitz, some glamour, and a year's supply of Rice-A-Roni.

Were we really worried last season that Josh Beckett wouldn't be able to cut it as a member of the Red Sox rotation? Were we really concerned about his history of injuries, his adjusting to the American League, his anything? Well, we're not worried now, brother. Beckett's 11-1, sailing along, and making the Padres (admittedly not an AL lineup, but still an NL power) look as docile as the critter pictured here. With all of...

Bostonist was walking past the hustle and bustle of Fenway Park on Friday afternoon when we finally identified that nagging feeling that had been with us ever since the Park Street station. We had seen more Baltimore Orioles jerseys, hats and T-shirts in an hour than we saw all day when we traveled to Camden Yards last season! What was going on? Everyone knows that the orange-accented Baltimore ballpark is known fondly in Red Sox...

If only Tim Wakefield could pitch in Toronto all the time. Wake shut down the Jays a month ago, and he did it again Thursday night, going seven innings and cruising to a 8-0 pounding of the Blue Jays, who have plummeted straight past "hapless". 26-5 was the final score of the three-game series. Wake had a little early trouble. The Jays loaded the bases with one out, but Wake struck out Frank Thomas, then...

Not much gets said about the restorative effects of a vacation to Canada, but the Red Sox' stay in Toronto has been nothing but beneficial. The Blue Jays are falling apart at the seams, and the Sox are more than happy to take advantage of their hospitality. Last night's 9-3 win was just the latest example.

-- If ever there was a night the Red Sox would want to play Toronto, Tuesday was it. The Blue Jays, who have become an AL East Achilles Heel of sorts for the Sox, had lost six straight heading into the game at the Rodgers Center. Josh Beckett was set to go for his seventh win of the season. Manager Terry Francona was on the cusp of his 300th win leading Boston. Almost seemed too...

This is a much better result for Daisuke. Instead of him pitching brilliantly and losing due to poor run support, he pitched a very average game, but was helped by a barrage of Red Sox home runs, including a team-record four solo shots in a row, courtesy of Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek. Who was worried about Manny and 'Tek's slow starts? That was all well and good, but it was...

Go ahead, admit it. We will. Going into this season, we were counting on Schill, Daisuke, and Josh to guarantee us a .600 winning percentage, and we'd take our chances with the other guys. Not so fast. That guy with the 1.35 ERA, that guy who had the Blue Jays flapping their wings ineffectively all night? That old guy? That's Old Reliable Tim Wakefield, who improved to 2-1 with another bloodlessly effective outing. "He can...

This is why Bostonist generally tries to stay away from weather reporting. We were certain that the Red Sox would be washed out yesterday, but the rain stopped long enough for the Sox to whup on the Angels one more time. We're going to be sad to see them go. Josh Beckett was prepared for the original 10:05 AM start, telling reporters, "I think I laid down at 8 and went to sleep at 9....

Hazel Mae might have some competition this season. Foxxy Sports uses playmates to broadcast their "fair, balanced,… and hot" sports news. Stacy Fuson (link, nsfw) is taking on the baseball beat. To add to her sex appeal: she hates the Yankees. If that's not a good enough reason to like her, Fuson picks the Sox and the Blue Jays to dominate the AL East this year – and if the Sox can find a closer...

Did pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka reveal his "Ultimate Galactic Dragon Gyroball Pitch Power Explosion" in the Red Sox game against Boston College?

You know Daisuke-mania has hit when The Onion chimes in on the story. Daisuke and his Ultimate Galactic Dragon Gyroball Pitch Power Explosion take the mound in Fort Myers tonight, trying to do to the overmatched Boston College squad what B.C. basketball did to Fairfield, New Hampshire and Sacred Heart this year.

While Bostonist sits and takes in the Sox taking a beating from the Blue Jays, the entertaining website, SmokingGun.com, has brought up an interesting little glich in the MLB online store. It seems that the MLB believes that the Yankees will be taking the AL East title this season, despite the fact that the tight pennant race doesn't conclude until Sunday afternoon. T-shirts proclaiming their eighth straight division win were available for $19.95 as of...

Coming off a six-game road winning streak, fans of the Red Sox had a weekend of baseball, fireworks, and (Fenway) franks to look forward to. Of course, the Indians did come in and put a damper on things, taking two of three in the first series. The tribe rode the back of Travis Hafner on their way to those two wins. But - credit where credit is due here - the Indians had one Mr. Keith Foulke to thank for serving up, among other things, a grand slam to Hafner in a game the Red Sox were leading late.

As this is written the Red Sox are sitting in their clubhouse getting ready for one more home series until they jump on the road for a swing through Texas and Baltimore before the All-Star break hits. This weekend's series brings the Blue Birds from Toronto into town, no doubt hoping they can give the Red Sox more trouble than they really should. This year's Blue Jays are to the Sox what the Orioles were last year - a giant unexpected pain in the ass. Who ARE these people? Sure, Roy Halladay - All Star. Whatever. Gabe Gross? Reed Johnson? Eric Hinske? And there will be no discussing this guy. "High Profile" left town with Carlos Delgado but, as stated, it certainly hasn't stopped the Jays from giving the Sox a hard time. Therefore, tonight's game at Fenway will help everyone in seeing if this year's Bluejays are as troublesome as they were at the beginning of the season. With "Honest Abe" Clement on the hill Red Sox nation can keep it cool and expect the series to start off with the W under the Good Guys' column.

No doubt glad to be back home, at least for a little while, the Red Sox licked their collective wounds and returned to Boston last night after a pretty abysmal performance by Grimace, errr ... David Wells, after his stint on the DL. Two innings, 7 runs? Sure, not a problem! Today armchair managers across New England put on their 20/20 "hindsight goggles" and wondered whether or not Boomer should have taken the mound in Pawtucket for one game to work out the kinks and make sure he's game-ready. Bostonist trusts Tito, and probably would have agreed with the decision to let the veteran decide how he felt. Sure it didn't work out, but ... hey! If a pitcher can't ask for a measly 14 runs in run-support then whatayagon' do?!

Alright, everybody calm down. Come down off the ledge, sit back, grab a beer and relax.