Sox Will Play Wednesday
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Yesterday, manager Terry Francona announced that Curt Schilling will NOT start today’s season finale against the Minnesota Twins leading to speculation that the big righty will start the second game of the ALDS on Friday instead of Daisuke Matsuzaka — who had been rumored to be starting Game 2. Julian Tavarez will start [...]
Game 161: Drew Leads Sox Past Twins… Sox Lay Claim To League’s Best Record
Sunday, September 30th, 2007J D Drew may be on the verge of pulling a Todd Walker… and if that happens, the Red Sox may very well win their second World Series championship in the last four years.
“Pull a Todd Walker?”, you might ask. Yes… you see, Walker was the Red Sox second baseman in 2003. He [...]
Game 160: Sox Win AL East Championship, Pop The Champagne
Friday, September 28th, 2007As the Red Sox put the finishing touches on their 5-2 win over the Minnesota Twins tonight at Fenway Park, it appeared it would take another twenty-four hours to celebrate their first division championship in twelve years as the NY Yankees were ahead of the Orioles, 7-2, at Camden Yards.
But with the Yankees leading 9-6 [...]
This Day in Baseball History: September 28th (Happy Birthday to Former Sox SS Mario Guerrero)
Friday, September 28th, 2007In 1919, the Giants beat the Phillies, 6-1, in a game that lasted only 51 minutes — making it the shortest nine-inning game in major league history.
In 1920, in the ‘Black Sox Scandal’, eight White Sox players were indicted by a grand jury on charges of fixing the previous season’s World Series.
In 1930, Hack [...]
Epstein: “(Buchholz) Could No Longer Pitch Without Going Into A Real Danger Zone”
Friday, September 28th, 2007During an afternoon press conference, Sox GM Theo Epstein said that ending rookie Clay Buchholz’ season was “obviously not a first choice, obviously not a second choice, but a last choice”. Epstein said the only other option to shutting him down completely was to have Buchholz not throw for 10 days to two weeks, [...]
Buchholz Will NOT Pitch Again In 2007
Friday, September 28th, 2007The Red Sox have announced that rookie sensation Clay Buchholz will not pitch again for the remainder of the season and that he will not be placed on the post-season roster. Manager Terry Francona said the decision was reached in concert with GM Theo Epstein and pitching coach John Farrell. He said [...]
Game 159: Sox Lose To Twins, Yankees Win… Magic Number Remains At Two
Friday, September 28th, 2007The Red Sox have already clinched a playoff berth, but they need two more wins and / or Yankees losses to win the franchise’s first AL Eastern division title since 1995… in their first chance to deliver a win last night, they lost to the Minnesota Twins, 5-4… combined with the Yankees win in Tampa [...]
This Day In Red Sox History: September 27, 1967: Indians Sweep Two Game Series From Sox, Twins Lose… Sox Remain One Game Back
Thursday, September 27th, 2007SOX1FAN.com’s review of the 1967 Impossible Dream continues… celebrating the 40th anniversary of the team that revived baseball in Boston and laid the ground work for Red Sox Nation.
On Wednesday, September 27, 1967, the Red Sox lost to the Cleveland Indians, 6-0, at Fenway Park… meanwhile, in Minneapolis, the California Angels took the rubber game [...]
This Day in Baseball History: September 27th (Happy Birthday, Johnny Pesky!)
Thursday, September 27th, 2007In 1905, Boston Pilgrim hurler Bill Dinneen pitched the season’s fourth no-hitter, beating the White Sox, 2-0.
In 1914, Cleveland’s Napoleon Lajoie got his 3000th career hit to become the second modern major leaguer to reach the milestone.
In 1920, 33-year old “Shoeless Joe” Jackson doubled in the sixth inning to break a scoreless tie… the game-winning [...]
Game 158: The Magic Number Is Now TWO As Lowell Leads Sox Past A’s, 11-6
Thursday, September 27th, 2007And so the magic number has been reduced to two… and I predict that Red Sox Nation will be celebrating on Yawkey Way this evening — as I expect Josh Beckett to win at Fenway Park and Scott Kazmir to prevail in Tampa against the Yankees. For once, it will have to be The [...]
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