The Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox; Inter-league Play Begins with the Red Sox heading to Philly to play World Champion Philadelphia Phillies!

With last years champs in town facing what I believe to be this year's champs (the Red Sox) I think we should have a good series and a good game and last night we had a battle. Even though the Sox are 11-2 versus the Philly’s since 2005!

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Lester was awesome and pitched like Beckett the other night, LIGHTS OUT!! Last night it was Texas at Fenway and Lester came out and took out the Rangers, hittless for 7 innings.  I thought he was going to get a no-hitter after the 6th inning--Lester was painting the corners and striking people out left and right, ending with 11 strikeouts. he was on fire!

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Yesterday the Red Sox came out gunning for this win. K. Youkilis hit a round tripper in the top of the 1st inning to get the Sox going. After Toronto was able to sacrifice a run in, in the bottom of the first to tie the game 1-1,  J. Lester went into a zone and just shut them down.

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The Red Sox went into Minnesota and lost the first and third games of the series and won the second; and then we took the fourth, so not bad for playing the Twins at their house. Four game series are

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Lester started out this season 2-0 with under a I.00 ERA. Since then, he is now 3-5 losing his last 4 in a row including last night. I think he is healthy because in these last losses he pitched a great first 4 innings with at least a strikeout an inning. But all four games when it gets to the fifth inning it's like the other team can now read him (or he is not the same pitcher?) and know what's coming and they end up beating the Sox. Last night was the same old thing: the Red Sox ended this game with more hits (9-7) and had a lead for Lester heading into the 5th, 1-0. Then Lester fell apart again allowing 4 hits, 2 walks, a huge homerun for Morneau, and 5 earned runs --all in that 5th inning.  I don't really get it. Lester is a strong pitcher and the other batters must just be getting used to his fastball or something, because that's a deadly inning.Last night the 5 runs would be all the Twins would need.  The Twins win this one 5-2 and you have to give the Twins and pitcher Blackburn credit as he pitched a strong 7 innings, 1 earned run and 7 strikeouts. He did allow 8 hits, but the Sox could only capitalize once (they capitalized big time, though, with the only men they really had on base). The Red Sox also did try a new lineup, which I don't think really worked, but they had Ellsbury then Pedroia as usual, then Drew,Youkilis, Bay, then Big Papi batting in the 6 spot, weird, then Variteck, Bailey (in for Lowell who had the day off), then Lugo. I personally think Bay should be 4 and Drew or Lowell at the five, but just as long as we are hitting we will be OK and in last night's loss, even with the switched lineup, we still out hit them -- just not hits at the right time and that's baseball. So we go again tomorrow against these same Twins and it will be Dice-K (coming off the injury last week and pitched well in comeback vs Yankees but still 0-2) versus Slowey (6-1). This is Dice's second start since DL so this should be a good battle you don't want to miss!! Go Sox; gametime 8:10!!

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Brad Penny came out strong yesterday with his fastball and curve and pitched a solid 5 and 1/2 innings allowing 6 hits and 3 earned runs but 7 strikeouts!!! They took him out when two men were on in the 6th but Ramierez, who has been great out of the bullpen, came out and shut them down for an inning and a half with a strikeout. The Red Sox bats, especially Pedrioa (3-5, 2runs), Bay (2-5,2RBI), and Lowell (4-5, 2RBI), were on point again, and the Sox sat Papi today!!  Everyone else stepped up as they have been all season, then Okajimia came in for an inning of shut-out ball and a K!!  The score was 6-3 and then it was time to head in to the 9th and all the Sox, but Varitek and Lugo who were hitless, combined for 16 hits and with this 3 run lead, the Sox brought in Papelbon who, as we all know, blew his last save opportunity. But he is the man so SoxNation has to believe he is going to come out with those "I'm ending this game" eyes. So then came his first pitch and it was a strike that looked so good that I was sure this was over but then I saw Mauer (who has been on fire since returning from his injury in 81 at bats -- he is hitting .450 and 11 homeruns more than he had last year) in the on deck circle and I started doing the math because now I was worried. The next thing you know: there's 1 out, a man at 1st base and Mauer is up, then he drills it, way gone, but it only made it 6-5!!!! At this point I'm thinking that Papel has to be mad, and he was, and even against Morneau and Cuddyer, game over, Sox win 6-5!!!!! B. Penny gets the win becoming an awesome 5-1 and Papelbon gets his scary 12th save. (He will be fine.)  This also puts the Red Sox in 1st place ahead of the NYY by a full game and Toronto by a game and 1/2 --  Sweet!!!  So tonight we play the 2nd of 4 with Minnesota, then we will head to Toronto. So tune in tonight, Sox, for Lester at Twins and Blackburn at 8:10. Lets Go Sox!!!!!

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Last night the Mets got 1 unearned run in the first inning and the Red Sox came right back in the bottom of the inning scoring 2. So 2-1 Sox and the score would stay like that for the rest of the game, or I had hoped. Beckett pitched amazing going 8 innings, 5 strike outs and allowing only 5 hits, enough for what should have been a win!!! Meanwhile Pelfrey pitched well for the Mets, but the Sox had the lead all game after that 2-1 start and should have won this one.  Papelbon came out in the 9th to close this one out and give Beckett the win he deserved, but not this time. Gary Shefield would lead off the top of the 9th inning by getting walked by Pap, then he struck out the next 2 batters so then there were 2 outs in the 9th and 2 strikes now on the Mets catcher Santos when he hit it. Papelbon left it up in the zone and as it happened, the hit looked deep. I jumped off the couch yelling nooooooo and it just made it over the Green Monster, giving the Mets a 3-2 lead and the win. This game was in our hands but Papel -- who is the man -- is only human.  Everyone is allowed to make a mistake here and there, but hopefully that's his first and last.

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The Red Sox finished their third game sweep of the Blue Jays last night moving us within a 1/2 game of first place. Lester came out and pitched great allowing 8 hits spread throughout 7 inn

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Last night Brad Penny started for the Sox against Toronto looking great, going 6.2 innings, 9 hits allowed, 2 earned runs and 2 strikeouts, getting his 4th win of the season making him 4-1. Sweet!!!  The bats came alive with Varitek hitting 2 home runs, Bay "watch"(continues his MVP season) 2-3 hit another homer, Lowell 2-4 hit a bomb and the biggest hit of the night which Boston has desperately needed and been waiting for was David "Big Papi" Ortiz's first homer of the year!

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With the Boston Celtics' loss in game 7 last night, and the disappointing Bruins' loss, upholding Boston as Titletown is now in the hands of the Red Sox. Right now, with the Sox playing well, all we need to see is continued solid play; should that change, then we call in the miracles.

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Okay, so what do the Boston Red Sox, the LA Dodgers, and the Toronto Blue Jays have in common? Right now these three teams have the biggest leads in the division with the Red Sox trailing Toronto by o

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Somebody answer these two mind-boggling questions for me.  How does Julio Lugo get 36 million dollars over four years from the Boston Red Sox?  And why was Theo always drooling over him?  If he continues to get paid for the current brutal baseball clinic he’s been putting on, then that drool is going to turn into spit. 

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Last night was one of those nights when there just wasn't much on TV. The Boston Red Sox didn't have any spring training games to yawn through. The Celtics had the night off. And the Bruins flat out took the night off.  Just when I thought it looked like the Bruins might have found their identity, they went back to skating on thin ice.  They lowly Maple Leafs drowned the B's 8-2. The Big, Really Bad Bruins seem to be back to their old habits, losing.  But luckily for me, I could care less.  I won a whopping $20 bucks in a poker game.

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