When I came home from my stepdaughter’s All-Star Game, the score was 5-2, so I went about my evening stuff and when I looked again, the Sox has scored 4 runs in the 8th inning and they were up 6-5. So I sat and watched Jonathan Papelbon get his 27th save of the season–of course, [...]

I know there has been other occasions that Daisuke has pitched deeper into games, but didn’t last night’s game feel like the 1st time in a LONG while? His line: 7.1 Innings, giving up 0 runs on 6 hits while walking 3 and striking out 5. Daisuke threw 108 pitches 71 for strikes… Unfortunately, his [...]

So, after a weekend of ups and downs, and having to look at the ugly-assed Skankees for 4 freaking days, the Sox end up the same distance between the Skanks (4 games) as they had on Friday morning? Great….
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the distance between the Sox and the 1st place team–the [...]

Holy Buckets! Was that a most excellent game or WHAT??? I just KNEW Jon Lester would go the distance–after the bullpen implosions lately, I didn’t think he would want ANYONE messing with his cake and screwing up this masterpiece of a game…
A complete game 5-hit shutout for Lester, who struck out 7 and [...]

Remember how I said yesterday that if things go horribly wrong, that the Sox and the Skanks could be sharing 2nd place behind the Rays? Well, after last night’s debacle, that reality is getting more real by the day…
And it’s not like Dustin Pedroia didn’t try to carry the team on his back, to single-handedly [...]

So, Tim Wakefield, despite turning in a competent 7 inning performance, throwing 115 pitches, 73 for strikes, and giving up 2 runs (1 earned) on 5 hits, while striking out 4 and walking 3, could not overcome the 2 wild pitches, an error by Alex Cora (only his 2nd of the year–better than Lugo’s 15…), [...]

And now, the Sox sit 1.5 games behind Tampa Bay in the AL East Standings. The Sox tried in the late innings after trailing 5-2 for the most of the game, but once again, they fell short with a late inning rally. They are currently 11-13 in 1 run games…seems like a lot worse than [...]

Ya know…it always seems to happen–the Sox let a player go, and it comes back to bite them on the ass…Sometimes its a good thing that they let the player go (Carl Everett, et al) but in others, not so much–like Mark Loretta for example…
And unfortunately, Okajima cannot manage to get his groove back, throwing [...]

What the heck is going on? Colon is on the DL, Daisuke is off the DL, Coco is hurt, Youk is hurt, Manny is still hurt, Schilling has had a setback–I leave the country and THIS happens…CRAP…
Holy Buckets!  JD Drew is a MACHINE! in the 8th 4 hit game in his career, JD Drew hit [...]

Note: I have been traveling to the Phillipines since Sunday morning, which is the reason for the delay on this…
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After the bats took a vacation on Friday night, it was nice to see that Youk, in his 1st hometown start, was able to help the Sox win with a homer in the 10th inning. From [...]