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September Vibe To April Rout
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 year ago on www.bostonherald.com
| | "Earth, Wind & Fire once sang about September. And with a slight numerical alteration, the opening line to their 1978 hit could have served as the soundtrack to last night's horror show: "Do you remember, the 31st night of September?"
The Red Sox have suffered some jaw-dropping defeats this year, but last night's 18-3 loss to the Rangers was the first that actually felt...
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Shields goes 8 1-3 innings, Rays top...
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 year ago on www.boston.com
| | The Tampa Bay Rays needed a strong pitching performance to avoid a four-game sweep by the hot-hitting Boston Red Sox.
They got it from James Shields.
Shields allowed four hits -- all singles -- in 8 1-3 innings, and the Rays beat Boston 1-0 Monday after being outscored 31-11 by the Red Sox in the previous three games.
"It was my job to stop the...
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Youkilis 'confused' by Valentine...
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 year ago on www.boston.com
| | Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis responded this morning to criticism from manager Bobby Valentine on WHDH's Sports Xtra show Sunday night.
Approached in the Red Sox clubhouse Monday morning, Youkilis was asked about his initial reaction to his manager's comments and whether it was upsetting to have his commitment questioned in public.
"I’m more confused than anything...
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Dustin Pedroia steps up to voice...
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 year ago on www.boston.com
| | Although he does not wear the captain's "C" on his jersey, Dustin Pedroia is considered the de facto leader in the Red Sox clubhouse.
So, when manager Bobby Valentine seemed to call into question Kevin Youkilis's commitment Sunday night that the Sox third baseman wasn't "physically or emotionally into the game as he has been in the past for some reason,'' Pedroia...
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Cherington thinks all is well
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 year ago on www.boston.com
| | Is it over?
Ben Cherington, Bobby Valentine, Kevin Youkilis, and Dustin Pedroia think so. At least that's what they all said following a 1-0 loss to Tampa Bay Monday.
The first major firestorm between Valentine and a player came to a head Monday morning when Youkilis responded to criticism from Valentine on WHDH's "Sports Xtra" Sunday night.
The firestorm began when Valentine...
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Bobby V: 'Trying to figure out what...
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 year ago on espn.go.com
| | "Bobby Valentine played roulette with his lineup, and won.
Not sure what you call the game he played with his bullpen -- blind man's bluff, perhaps -- and he lost.
Alfredo Aceves gave up a three-run home run to Miguel Cabrera to tie the score in the ninth, and after the Red Sox scored two in the 11th to take a 12-10 lead, Mark Melancon gave up three runs, the last two on a...
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After Detroit disaster, Daniel Bard...
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 year ago on www.bostonherald.com
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"There were those of us out there on the island who believed Daniel Bard should remain in the Red Sox starting rotation.
We believed the kid had paid his dues doing hard time in the bullpen, and that he now deserved an opportunity to log some big-boy innings as a starter.
We give up. We were wrong. So print up the banners and let's get this done: MAKE DANIEL BARD THE CLOSER....
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Clay Buchholz battered in...
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 year ago on www.bostonherald.com
| | "While the focus this morning will be on the inability of the Red Sox [team stats] bullpen to close out the Detroit Tigers yesterday, the pitcher who started deserves a large share of the blame, too. The Red Sox certainly didn't get what they wanted out of Clay Buchholz, who returned to the mound after 10 months on the sidelines and delivered one of the worst outings of his...
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Vicente Padilla long on value
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 year ago on www.bostonherald.com
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"To fully understand how effectively Vicente Padilla pitched for the Red Sox yesterday, consider the situation into which he was entering.
Before Padilla came out of the bullpen to open the fifth inning of a 7-7 game, the Detroit Tigers had scored 20 runs in the previous 16 innings. But Padilla needed only 51 pitches to set down 12-of-14 batters during four innings, allowing...
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Sox setting new standards in bizarre...
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 year ago on www.bostonherald.com
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"Somebody punch me in the face, because there's no way that just happened.
There's. No. Freaking. Way.
You've got to give the Red Sox this much — they have mastered the art of the grotesque. How many teams in any sport in any country on any planet in any solar system would follow last September with what we just witnessed in the Motor City?
Losing to Justin Verlander is...
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