Until the Sox kick off their ALDS games with the Angels…so more randomness from the Boston Red Thoughts Locker….
Minnesota and the White Sox and STILL in a holding pattern after last night’s win by the White Sox–They play a tie breaker, a winner takes all game, which started at 7:30 in Chicago on TBS…Frankly, I don’t [...]

Just some random thoughts as we wait until Wednesday IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT to start the ALDS vs the Angels (10:07pm–Yeah, that is good way to start the postseason….)
I know, I know, this weekend meant nothing in the grand scheme of things–But Friday night’s game was a HUGE disappointment. David Pauley did OK–nothing [...]

This is getting more and more surreal….
Wild Randomness on the eve of a meaningful series with the Skanks–but not in the way we are used to…
The Sox won again, backed by a superb outing, if not WEIRD outing by Jon Lester, where he went 6 innings, giving up a run on 2 hits, [...]

After over a month (He has been out of commission since August 17th) JD Drew was finally back in the lineup, batting 5th and patrolling right field–at least for 4 innings anyway–which is a start. He went 1-2, with an infield single and committed an error in his 1st game back…From JD: “Not bad, a [...]

Last night’s win was a bit of a surprise–it was only Cliff Lee’s THIRD loss of the season–and you never know which Tim Wakefield you are going to get–or, if the offense is going to give him any.
But the stars aligned just enough to allow the Sox to squeak by with a win: Tim Wakefield pitched [...]

…It just did not happen last night…
This was one of those games where everything seemed to line up: Beckett on the mound, a crappy 0-3 fill-in pitcher for Cleveland (he replaced our #4-5 starter, Paul Byrd!) and the Sox were hitting (12 hits in all) BUT, it just seemed like they were always that one [...]

With the last road trip of the Regular Season completed for 2008 (The Sox went 3-3 in that span), The Boston Red Sox will be able to do something they have not done in a while–clinch a spot in the Postseason at home.
There are 7 games left to play, and the Sox Magic # stands [...]

Holy Buckets! How does a pitcher do a complete 360 in the span of 3 starts???
September 6th: One of, if not the worst outing of Wake’s career…Against Texas–A 15-8 loss: 1 2/3 Innings pitched, giving up 7 runs on 4 hits, while walking 4 and striking out 1–and using 49 pitches to do it (26 [...]

Apparently, the role of Tim “I pitch REALLY well, but get no run support” Wakefield is now being played by Josh Beckett–and he pitched about as well as anyone could expect, going 8 innings, and only giving up the 1 run, a homer to, who else, Carlos Pena.
Speaking of Carlos Pena, a guy I work [...]

Big Papi (3-run blast), Mike Lowell, Jason Bay, and Jacoby Ellsbury (each a solo shot), Jason Varitek and Kevin Youkilis (each a 2-run shot) –in total 6 homers in 1 game, contributing to 10 of the 13 runs the Sox score in last night’s shelling of Ray’s ace, Scott Kazmir (3IP, giving up 9 runs [...]