the joy of sox

They have been called round-trippers, taters, jacks, big flies, circuit clouts, quadrangulars and (of course) dongs. Cecil Cooper calls them...

Red Sox - 002 001 210 - 6 9 0 Orioles - 020 010 000 - 3 9 2 Manny Ramirez hit his 500th career home run -- a bomb to right-center off ...

The Red Sox had never stolen six bases in one game before last night . A list of the seven games since 1956 in which Boston stole five base...

Red Sox - 200 000 000 000 3 - 5 10 2 Orioles - 010 100 000 000 0 - 2 8 4 After losing five of six games on the west coast, Boston won ...

Bradford : Daisuke Matsuzaka has been placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 28 with a mild strain of the right rotator cuff ...

Daisuke Matsuzaka's start on Tuesday was cut short because of shoulder fatigue. He will under a precautionary MRI today. As far as the ...

I've blogged about singer/guitarist D. Boon before . The Minutemen are one of my favourite bands and Double Nickles on the Dime , their ...

Red Sox - 000 000 000 - 0 2 1 Mariners - 001 000 00x - 1 5 0 Bedard (7-2-0-3-8, 109) bested Wakefield (8-5-1-0-8, 96) in a quick 2:11 ...

Houston Chronicle , May 27, 2008: Roger Clemens upped the ante of his defamation lawsuit against an ex-trainer by accusing him in court pape...

Seam McAdam reports on Julio Lugo's ejection: Lugo had been shouting "Check! Check!" from his shortstop position, indicating ...

Dausike Matsuzaka quotes, from the Herald , Globe and redsox.com : Even before I went up on the mound, I felt things were a little off in t...

Red Sox - 000 003 000 - 3 7 1 Mariners - 201 000 001 - 4 8 1 Once again, the Red Sox rely on Timlin in a tie game in the ninth inning ...

A week or so ago, I read MR's open letter to Julio Lugo at the Fire Brand of the American League blog: "I have been a Red Sox fan ...

Jeterate .

Red Sox - 000 100 040 - 5 9 1 Mariners - 000 001 002 - 3 8 0 Hell of a pitchers duel for seven innings. Both Colon and Hernandez worke...

Clay Buchholz pitched four innings in a rehab start for Pawtucket today, allowing three hits, two walks and one run. He struck out three and...

Red Sox - 100 020 000 - 3 7 3 Athletics - 101 200 20x - 6 11 0 Johnny Vander Meer's record remains safe. Jack Hannahan singled o...

Red Sox - 000 000 000 - 0 1 0 Athletics - 010 000 11x - 3 9 0 Duchscherer was senational (8-1-0-0-4, 101) ( again ), retiring the fir...

MLB is trying to speed up the time of games. It's an old story. For at least 90 years, baseball executives have complained that the gam...

A few days ago, Julian Tavarez, after clearing waivers, accepted an assignment to Pawtucket. He was supposed to report to the PawSox on Thur...