Red Sox Blog | Providence Journal By Tim Britton Elise Amendola/AP Photo THE CONTENTS: The Red Sox return home from their nine-game road trip to host the surging Indians for four games at Fenway Park. THE EPIGRAPH: "Three years of changes, moves, uncertainties, upheavals; the war, the revolution; scenes of destruction, scenes of death, shelling, blown-up bridges, fires, ruins--all this turned suddenly into a huge, empty, meaningless space. The first real event since the long interruption was this trip in the fast-moving train, the fact that he was approaching his home, which was intact, which still existed, and in which eve...
7 hours agoRed Sox Blog | Providence Journal By Kevin McNamaraBOSTON - As he milled around in front of the Indians' dugout two hours before game time, David Ortiz took care of some media obligations but also had his eye trained on an old friend. When an opening arose, the Red Sox designated hitter darted into the dugout and gave a hearty hug to his old manager, Terry Francona. Ortiz then went about trying to ruin Francona's return to Fenway. Ortiz was in the lineup for the 10th straight game, just the way he like sit. Despite fears that his sore Achilles might prevent him from playing every day, he's missed only four games since return...
7 hours agoRed Sox Blog | Providence Journal By Kevin McNamaraBOSTON - John Farrell and Terry Francona are close friends dating to their days as teammates with the Indians in the late 1980's and from Farrell's four years as pitching coach for the Red Sox while Francona was the manager. Farrell saw first-hand the demands of what managing in Boston can bring and was asked if Francona's oft-repeated remarks about the stress of leading the Red Sox ring true now that he's in the big chair. "I only have one other managing job to compare it to," he said, "and there are some things that are unique to this market and to this city. But those are...
7 hours agoExtra Bases | Boston Globe Thursday: RHP Zach McAllister (3-3, 2.65) vs. RHP Ryan Dempster (2-4, 4.27), 7:10 p.m., NESN, MLB Network Friday: RHP Justin Masterson (7-2, 2.83) vs. RHP John Lackey (2-4, 3.31), 7:10 p.m., NESN. Saturday: LHP Scott Kazmir (2-2, 6.35) vs. LHP...
9 hours agoExtra Bases | Boston Globe David Ross caught five innings and was 1 for 3 with an RBI double for Double A Portland today in an 8-4 victory against New Hampshire at Hadlock Field.
9 hours agoExtra Bases | Boston Globe Good afternoon. Here are the lineups. RED SOX (28-19) Ellsbury CF Nava RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Saltalamacchia C Middlebrooks 3B Drew SS Carp LF Pitching: RHP Ryan Dempster (2-4, 4.27) INDIANS (26-19) TBA Pitching: RHP Zach McAllister...
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The Republican Included in today's Red Sox Roundup: Taking another look at the careers of Derek Lowe and Terry Francona, Jacoby Ellsbury shows some positive signs and Clay Buchholz cruises.
14 hours agoFull Count | WEEI Red Sox GM Ben Cherington, in an appearance on the Dennis & Callahan show, said that the Red Sox have talked at various points with outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury about the possibility of something other than a one-year deal. However, each time, the team and player elected to agree to a one-year contract that avoided an [...]
14 hours agoRed Sox Baseball Coverage | WEEI Ben joined the program to discuss the return of Terry Francona and said that he always had a good relationship with the former manager. Ben added that he thinks Ellsbury is in a slump due in part to the amount of left handed pitchers the team has faced.
15 hours agoExtra Bases | Boston Globe Clay Buchholz was in the groove as the Red Sox finished their road trip with a 6-2 victory against the White Sox. Nick Cafardo writes that the Red Sox should do everything they can to retain Jacoby Ellsbury. The notebook...
17 hours agoExtra Bases | Boston Globe It has become a tradition in baseball that the starting pitcher gets to choose the music playing in the clubhouse before the game on the day he pitches. Red Sox righthander Clay Buchholz puts some thought into what is usually an eclectic playlist.
17 hours agoBoston Red Sox Blog | ESPN Boston BOSTON -- The Cleveland Indians’ charter flight from Detroit landed in Boston at 5 a.m. After a few hours of sleep, Terry Francona woke up at 8 a.m. and began his day. Of course, it wasn’t just another game day for the former Red Sox manager, who was about to face his former club for the first time in Boston. Despite being bleary-eyed and worn down by travel, muscle memory took over for Francona when stepping into Fenway Park. His manner of arrival at the ballpark was slightly off, piling into the back of a taxi cab instead of driving in, but once there, it was all too familiar.
7 hours agoBoston Globe Good afternoon. Here are the lineups. RED SOX (28-19) Ellsbury CF Nava RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Saltalamacchia C Middlebrooks 3B Drew SS Carp LF Pitching: RHP Ryan Dempster (2-4, 4.27) INDIANS (26-19) TBA Pitching: RHP Zach McAllister...
8 hours agoBoston Globe David Ross caught five innings and was 1 for 3 with an RBI double for Double A Portland today in an 8-4 victory against New Hampshire at Hadlock Field.
8 hours agoBoston Globe Thursday: RHP Zach McAllister (3-3, 2.65) vs. RHP Ryan Dempster (2-4, 4.27), 7:10 p.m., NESN, MLB Network Friday: RHP Justin Masterson (7-2, 2.83) vs. RHP John Lackey (2-4, 3.31), 7:10 p.m., NESN. Saturday: LHP Scott Kazmir (2-2, 6.35) vs. LHP...
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