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It was a busy day for the Red Sox on Thursday – not all of it good. The Red Sox welcomed reliever Billy Wagner into the clubhouse just 11 months removed from having Tommy John elbow surgery.  After thinking that he may never pitch again, Wagner finds himself joining the Red Sox and one of [...]

It hasn’t been the best of years for David “Big Papi” Ortiz, but he had reason – 2 in fact – to celebrate in Wednesday night’s 3-2 over the White Sox at Fenway Park.  Big Papi hit 2 solo home runs in the game – the 1st tied the game at 1 in the 2nd [...]

Crazier things have happened, but believe it or not, the 20-11 Yankees win over the Red Sox on Friday night at Fenway Park wasn’t as much of a blow out as one might think.  While the Yankees blasted Brad Penny and 4 Red Sox relievers for 20 runs (19 earned) on 23 hits and 5 [...]

The Red Sox completed a much-needed 3-game sweep of the Blue Jays in Toronto with an 8-1 drubbing on Thursday night.  Jon Lester recovered from a shaky 1st inning – a no-out, bases loaded jam diffused with a run-scoring Rod Barrajas double play – to shut down the Blue Jays over the next 7 innings.  [...]

Just when everyone was getting ready to count out the Red Sox, Clay Buchholz outduels Roy Halladay 6-1, and the Red Sox take back the AL Wild Card lead over the Texas Rangers by a game.  The Red Sox roughed up Halladay for 5 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks in just 5 innings [...]

FINALLY!  The losing streak is over, as the Red Sox defeated the Tigers 6-5 at Fenway Park on Monday night.  WHHEEEWWWWWWW! For a short while there, it looked like Manny Delcarmen was going to be the latest scapegoat for a Red Sox loss.  Delcarmen had replaced starter Brad Penny in the top of the 7th [...]

John Smoltz’s short-lived tenure with the Boston Red Sox is officially over.  Smoltz gave up 8 earned runs on 9 hits and 4 walks (including 2 HR’s) over 3 1/3 innings, as the Red Sox lost the series opener in the Bronx 13-6.  The Red Sox designated Smoltz for assignment today.  Wow what a disaster [...]

The team that gets the big, clutch hits will runners on base, usually wins, and that’s exactly what happened in the Red Sox 6-4 loss to the Rays on Wednesday night.  Brad Penny served up 2-run home runs to Carlos Pena in the 2nd inning and Carl Crawford in the 3rd inning, and a solo [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-2 in 13 innings courtesy of Evan Longoria’s 2nd home run of the game, a 2-run shot off of Takashi Saito.  Longoria had tied the game at 2 when he hit a leadoff home run off of Daniel Bard to start the bottom of the 8th.  [...]

The Red Sox free fall continues, even at Fenway Park, but at least they mustered enough energy to pull off the dramatic 8-5 win on Thursday afternoon at Fenway Park.  David “Big Papi” Ortiz, linked to a positive test in the 2003 MLB testing report just 24 hours earlier, delivered the big blow – a [...]