Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'bigbrown'
June 7, 2008
Felix Hernandez loves Fenway. The Venezuelan born pitcher seems at home here and it showed last night. The 4 game losing streak the Mariners was put on hold when they "> beat the Red Sox last night, 8 -0. Bartolo Colon, who was going for his fourth win, committed two errors last night and gave up six runs in five innings of work. It was a quite night at Friday, no fights in the......
Continue Reading "Sports Redux: Felix Loves Fenway"May 3, 2008
We're not so sure about the name (is he from Cleveland?), but one thing's for sure: Big Brown made history by being the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby from the 20th post since 1929, and the first horse since 1915 to win the Derby with three or fewer starts. Sadly, his victory was marred by the death of filly Eight Belles, who finished second in the race but pulled up poorly, broke two......
Continue Reading "Big Brown Prevails in the Derby"