Tampa Bay Shortstop On Cusp Of Setting Record For Futility
Sunday, April 30th, 2006Tampa Bay shortstop Tomas Perez, who has been filling in for the injured Julio Lugo, is on the verge of setting the MLB record for hitting futility.
He will enter Monday’s game having struck out in eight consecutive at-bats.
No position player has ever struck out more than nine times in a row.
Two of his strikeouts [...]
White Sox Hurler Tested Postive For Marijuana
Sunday, April 30th, 2006The Caracas (Venezuela) daily newspaper, Lider, has reported that Chicago White Sox pitcher Freddy Garcia tested positive for marijuana in a drug test administered during The World Baseball Classic. The paper reported that sources close to the president of the Venezuelan amateur baseball federation have confirmed the test results.
According to the paper, [...]
Sox Lose 5-4 Despite Ortiz’ Record-Setting Day
Sunday, April 30th, 2006The Red Sox dropped the rubber game of their weekend series with the Devil Rays — and finished 3-6 on their just-concluded nine-game road trip — losing to Tampa Bay 5-4. A Red Sox ninth inning rally fell short — in part because a wild pitch from D-Rays reliever Shawn Camp hit JT Snow [...]
Kevin Mench’s Streak: The Story Behind The Story
Sunday, April 30th, 2006From the category of “there is no such thing as a stupid question”.
Texas Rangers outfielder Kevin Mench suffered from a miserable start this year.
Throughout the first ten days of the season, he was hobbled with a sore ‘great toe’ on his right foot as he scuffled at the plate and in the [...]
Big Unit Sounds Off On Synvisc
Sunday, April 30th, 2006Several weeks ago, when Keith Foulke began receiving Synvisc injections to treat his knee problems, SOX1FAN was the first to connect the Red Sox reliever’s course of treatment with the routine NY Yankes pitcher Randy Johnson has been undergoing since 2002 [actually, I reported he had been receiving Synvisc since 'at least' 2002... The Big [...]
Around Baseball: April 29th
Saturday, April 29th, 2006St Louis 1B Albert Pujols set the record for most home runs in the month of April with #14… breaking a tie with Ken Griffey Jr. (1997) and Luis Gonzalez (2001) at thirteen. The eighth inning home run propelled St Louis to a 2-1 win over Washington.
Texas OF Kevin Mench came up one [...]
Sox Snap Skid, Beat Tampa Bay In A TEAM Effort
Saturday, April 29th, 2006This truly was a team effort tonite. For the fourth straight game the Red Sox fell behind in the first inning… and by the end of the third inning they were already looking down the gauntlet of a 4-0 deficit. But on THIS night, undaunted, the Red Sox came back on three [...]
20th Anniversary Of A Striking Night
Saturday, April 29th, 2006On the afternoon of April 29, 1986, my friend Andy called me and asked if I wanted to go to the Red Sox game that night. Inexplicably, I said ‘no’.
I ALWAYS wanted to go to a Red Sox game in those days. In three of the next four years I would have season [...]
This Day in Baseball History: April 29th
Saturday, April 29th, 2006We’ll take one highlight out of order today: In 1986, Roger Clemens broke the major league record by striking out 20 batters as the Red Sox defeat the Mariners, 3-1. Clemens would strike out 2o batters again later in his career — making him the only major league pitcher to ever accomplish the [...]
Red Sox Lose Third Straight To Tampa Bay, 5-2
Saturday, April 29th, 2006For the third consecutive game, the Red Sox fell behind by giving up a crooked number in the bottom of the first inning…
It’s hard to play come-from-behind on the road… especially on the road. The Red Sox, who have been outscored 27-6 in the three losses, fell to 13-10 on the season.
Starter [...]
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