Yes, 1 year ago today, I began this Boston Red Sox blog, and 250 posts later, here I am…I have met alot of AMAZING people from all over the world and have learned so much. To everyone who reads BRT, who was kind enough to swap links, or leave a comment or 2: I am [...]

Josh Beckett’s quote above says it best…
I did not get to see most of the game–but I happened to turn it on in the top of the 9th inning–just in time to see that the Sox were down 5-0, a victim of a 3-hitter, and that Josh Beckett, not only was on the receiving end [...]

It seems the role of the mortally wounded 06 Sox will be played by the Blue Jays in the 07 campaign–but I’ll take it! Tim Wakefield was BRILLIANT, and continued his scoreless streak to 16+–SIXTEEN! innings with a gem of a game last night. Hell, he could have stayed in to complete the [...]

I guess the extended side session Daisuke had the other day did the trick–either that or he is subscribing to the Josh Beckett “How to Pitch Like a Madman Series” (I think Time Life Books publishes it…) His line was very similar to Josh’s from the night before: Throwing 108 pitches, Daisuke went 7 strong, [...]

Roger Who??? When Josh won his 6th start of the year, he tied Mercenary Roger as the most recent pitcher to win his 1st 6 starts in a season–with this 7th win, be blow right past him and joins pitcher Mickey Harris, who is not so recent–try 1946! And before that? It was George Winter–in [...]

And taking 2 out of 3 from the Twins is notable–especially in the scary Metrodome–and it’s not super common either–Sox haven’t done it since 2000.
And while Schilling was less than pleased with his outing, which was the 4th consecutive win for him, he went 6 2/3 with 7 strikeouts, and only giving up 3 runs [...]

Mercenary!
A few thoughts on the Roger Clemens signing, if I may:
Why, Why, WHY is this surprising, shocking, saddening,. dismaying to ANYONE? Roger Clemens does not care AT ALL about fans–none, zip, zilch, nada. He does not care about being “’sentimental” and returning to the Sox, he does not care about “the hometown team” and going [...]

On a night that the game took over 3.5 hours (and the Sox were not even playing the Skankees!) and the starters each has a 5 run inning (Daisuke in the 1st and Horacio Ramirez in the 2nd) and neither one of them made it to the 6th inning-nothing is surprising..not the fact that the [...]

Pretty much the same stats as Curt Schilling the day before, but with a very different outcome: Josh Becket pitched 7 inning, only giving up 3 runs on 6 hits, striking out 7 and walking 2. And now joins Mercenary Roger as the most recent Red Sox pitcher to win his 1st 6 starts of [...]

Were the Sox not leading 4-2 going into the 9th inning at Fenway, with Papelbon on the mound? Is this not practically a guarantee of success? Apparently not–not on a night where Jonathan Papelbon throw 35 pitches, strikes out no one and gives up a 2 run homer to .190 hitting rookie Travis Buck in [...]