Results tagged “oaklandas”

The Red Sox flew to Oakland after sweeping the home stand and hoped that momentum would come along for the trip. But unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball wasn’t dancing last night when the A’s beat the Sox 8 – 3. more ›

The Red Sox were at home, facing down the Oakland A's on Tuesday night, but everyone had one eye on events unfolding in Florida. And wouldn't you know? Things worked out perfectly. The drama-filled Oakland game (only in September would one be able to string those words together) was decisively won by Boston and featured numerous reasons for the Fenway crowd to stand up and cheer. Tampa Bay managed to scratch together a 10-inning, 7-6,... more ›

As of this morning, the Boston Red Sox and their prodigy General Manager Theo Epstein still had not yet agreed on a contract extension for the 31-year old baseball prodigy. more ›

Back in April Bostonist went down to Fenway for the first day-game experience of the season, hoping that maybe even with a torrential and biting cold downpour the Red Sox would hold out for clear(er) skies and get the game in. After all, Bostonist didn't wake up early to work from home for nothing. It was only a little rain, right? Wrong. It was a LOT of rain. The game was rained out and postponed till today. more ›

As the Sox made their way into the 2003 post-season the rallying cry was, as many Bostonians and baseball fans alike remember, "Cowboy Up!". Cowboy boots, hats, bolo ties, a lot of beaten dead horses, another season, and a World Series Championship later - "Cowboy Up!" looked to be put to pasture. But after the game Kevin "Kentucky Fried Cowboy" Millar had tonight the denizons of Red Sox Nation might be willing to concede the catch-phrase embargo and re-adopt it. Of course that is, God help us, IF he wanted it. more ›