Former Sox Pitcher Charlie Wagner Passes Away
Thursday, August 31st, 2006The Associated Press is reporting that “Broadway” Charlie Wagner, a former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox who worked for the organization 70 years, died either late last night or very early this morning of an apparent heart attack. Wagner was stricken after attending a Reading Phillies-New Britain Rock Cats game in his [...]
Player News: Wells Traded; Lester Being Tested; Ortiz Targeting Saturday For Return
Thursday, August 31st, 2006Just before 8PM this evening, the Red Sox announced that they have traded LHP David Wells to the San Diego Padres.
The Red Sox signed the then-free-agent Wells away from San Diego after the 2004 season. Wells enjoyed success in his one year as a Padre… posting a 12-8 record with a 3.73 ERA. [...]
Red Sox Come Up Short Behind Staff Aces on Back-to-Back Days
Thursday, August 31st, 2006For the second time this month, the Red Sox have put together back-to-back losing streaks of six games… after being swept by Seattle over the weekend they were swept out of Oakland by the Athletics.
Last night and again this afternoon the Sox fell despite the fact that their top two pitchers toed the [...]
Ortiz Checks Into Mass General
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006The heart and soul of the team is back in Boston. Red Sox Nation awakes this morning to learn that David Ortiz has checked into Mass General for a couple of days of testing and observation to determine the cause of an irregular heartbeat.
Big Papi is a man with the heart of a [...]
Crisp Makes Another Spectacular Defensive Play
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006It says here that Coco Crisp will be a VERY suitable replacement for Johnny Damon when all is said and done.
Crisp’s first year in a Red Sox uniform has been undeniably forgetable… but his unexpectedly subpar performance was the result of an injury (and the lngering effects the injury has had upon his [...]
Former Sox Closer Found Not Guilty In Robbery
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006Yesterday, former Red Sox closer Jeff Reardon was found not guilty, by reason of insanity, for robbing a Palm Beach Gardens (FL) jewelry store in December, 2005.
Four psychiatrists — two court-appointed and two defense witnesses — testified that Reardon was under the influence of a dozen prescription medications and that there was no reasonable explanation [...]
Sox Reportedly Shopping David Wells
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006According to a report by Buster Olney, on ESPN.com, the Red Sox are shopping southpaw David Wells… and a source familiar with the conversations has conjectured that the likelihood he will be dealt before the end of the month is at “80-20 or 90-10″.
A team acquiring Wells for the stretch run would have to [...]
Red Sox Roster Continues To Be In Flux
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006The last Red Sox homestand started off promising but went south quickly… after a sweep of the Baltimore Orioles the Red Sox then dropped two-of-three to the Detroit Tigers and were subsequently swept in a five game series by the NY Yankees.
But in the midst of the Yankee debacle, a matter of far [...]
Red Sox Take It On The Chin In Oakland, 9-0
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006Manny Ramirez declared himself unavailable to play last night - again - due to patella tendinitis… the fifth time in seven games he has been unavailable to earn his paycheck on the current road trip.
Then a half-hour before the start of the game, David Ortiz was pulled from the lineup with a recurrence of his [...]
Ortiz Back In Boston
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006David Ortiz was in the Red Sox starting lineup last night. And then he wasn’t.
About a half-hour before game time, Big Papi was scratched from a starting lineup (a lineup that was also missing Manny Ramírez — again). PR representative Peter Chase, who had been briefed on Ortiz’s condition in the dugout, could [...]
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