the joy of sox

Howie Kendrick in the 6th. It was already 3-0 at this point, so it likely had no effect on the final outcome, but you cannot say that about ...

Red Sox - 000 000 000 - 0 4 3 Angels - 000 030 20x - 5 7 1 Torii Hunter's three run home run in the fifth was all Jon Lackey (7.1-...

Paul Byrd will be the 11th man on the Red Sox's pitching staff. Manny Delcarmen posted a 7.27 ERA since the All-Star break and suffered ...

Jessica Camerato, WEEI : [Alex] Gonzalez and his wife [Johanna] welcomed their third son, Johan, on Sept. 26, 2006. But Johan was different ...

The addition of Jed Lowrie (over Nick Green) to the ALDS roster comes as no surprise, but it was a little strange to hear Gil Velazquez was...

Jon Lester will get the ball for Game 1 of the ALDS against the Angels for the second post-season in a row. In last year's ALDS , he al...

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Check out the video and stills in this SoSH thread . Most of the times when he's throwing a fastball, Matsuzaka pulls the baseball out n...

Mark Feinsand, Daily News : It's official: the Yankees will start the playoffs on Wednesday. The team is unlikely to make any formal ann...

Last Wednesday, Theo Epstein was a guest on WBCN, talking with Michael Felger and Tony Massarotti. You can hear the entire show here . What ...

Terry Francona announced his rotation for the ALDS: Wed 1007 or Thu 1008 at LAA - Lester / Lackey Fri 1009 at LAA - Beckett / Weaver Sun ...

Spiders - 105 000 100 - 7 8 0 Red Sox - 310 125 00x - 12 11 0 Boston hit five home runs, including two from J.D. Drew and a grand slam ...

It always comes up during playoffs, so I thought I would go back and find the biggest threads. Top 5 Game Threads of 2009 G108 - 0807: Yanke...

Spiders - 220 000 200 - 6 10 0 Red Sox - 172 000 01x - 11 11 0 Victor Martinez hit his first career grand slam in the second inning. Dus...

Check out Gelf for a lengthy, fantastic Q&A with Joe Posnanski about his book The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-...

Spiders - 000 020 000 - 2 8 3 Red Sox - 103 000 20x - 6 8 1 After giving up a double to start the game, Matsuzaka retired the next 12 C...

Daily News : Workers at an Arizona cryonics facility mutilated the frozen head of baseball legend Ted Williams -- even using it for a bizarr...

I am happy to sponsor Clay Buchholz's page at the amazing Baseball Reference site. I also sponsor Art Merewether , who played one game...

Spiders - 000 000 000 - 0 3 0 Red Sox - 102 000 00x - 3 12 0 Lester (6.1-2-0-1-7, 84) seems fine! Look out, Angels. ...

The Red Sox had never used more than two position players on the mound in a season -- until 2009. Catcher Dusty Brown pitched the ninth inn...