You're Dan Duquette, former Red Sox general manager. You've come across the Boston equivalent of a Wonka Golden Ticket, in the form of two tickets to the 2004 World Series. At the same time, you're trying to nice-nice your friend James Ruberto, the mayor of Pittsfield, because you'd like to make a deal to put a minor league team in his city. Now, you have many options here. Sell the tickets......
If you looked at the Red Sox schedule at the beginning of the season, and someone told you there'd be a series in the first week of July with first place on the line, you'd probably assume it was the weekend series in the Bronx. You'd be wrong. So wrong. The Red Sox find themselves on the last day of June in second place, looking up at the Tampa Bay Rays and heading into St. Petersburg for the epic showdown to end all epic showdowns. Well, not really, but......
When you score 10 runs in a game, you almost assume it’s in the bag and you’re already checking one off in the win column. Unfortunately, one should never assume anything in baseball. Last night, the Astros tied up the series and beat the Red Sox 11-10. Jon Lester pitched for five innings and wasn’t a factor in the decision. Lester gave up 6 six runs and struck out 3. He also gave up 2 homeruns. The Astros pitching staff also had some......
Last week, Dice K came back from the DL and most people thought he should go back on it. But he did a little bit better last night against the Houston Astros, when the Red Sox won 6 -1. Matsuzaka threw for 5 innings, recording 2 hits, no runs, 3 walks and 4 strike outs. Not a bad way to start a 10 day road trip. The bats were alive and kicking in the lone star state. JD Drew knocked in three runs with one swing......
It's time for cyclists and pedestrians to take back the streets.
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