Gordon Edes is reporting that the Red Sox intend to interview Curt Young as a candidate to replace John Farrell as pitching coach. Young earlier cut ties with the Oakland A’s. Farrell was named as the new manager for the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Buster Olney, Curt Young, Gordon Edes
There may not be any on the field news about the Red Sox, but there is plenty going on to the field. Read the rest of this entry >>
Although nothing is official as yet, it looks like Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell is going to be the next manager of the Toronto Blue Jays. According to the Boston Globe contractual conditions are likely being worked out. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: John Farrell
The Boston Red Sox have agreed to terms with C Jarrod Saltalamacchia on a one-year non-guaranteed contract for 2011. The terms of the contract were not disclosed. The announcement was made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein. Read the rest of this entry >>
The Red Sox have made three moves in recent days. They out righted RHP Robert Manuel and C Kevin Cash and Dusty Brown to AAA Pawtucket. In other news, there was a Red Sox scout on hand in Arizona, when Brandon Webb threw an instructional league game in Phoenix. Webb is a free agent, coming off surgery. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Brandon Webb, Dusty Brown, Kevin Cash, Robert Manuel
It’s tough watching the post season games without the Red Sox being a part of it. There is little doubt that the Red Sox will return to their winning ways next season. Every Red Sox fan is well aware of the injuries that derailed their 2010 season. Even with those injuries, the strength and depth of their system showed. Darnell McDonald, Ryan Kalish, Daniel Bard, Daniel Nava, and Felix Doubront came through, when the injuries began to pile up. Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia, and Jacoby Ellsbury are not easy to replace. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Daniel Bard, Daniel Nava, Darnell McDonald, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis, Ryan Kalish, Theo Epstein
The Boston Red Sox ended their 2010 season on a high note, beating the New York Yankees 8-4 on Sunday afternoon. Although not making the playoffs, they finished strong, winning two out of three games from New York in their final series. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Bill Hall, Daniel Bard, Daniel Nava, Darnell McDonald, David Ortiz, Dustin Moseley, Eric Patterswon, Felipe Lopez, Jed Lowrie, John Lackey, Jonathan Papelbon, Mariano Rivera, Phil Hughes, Robert Manuel, Robinson Cano, Ryan Kalish, Terry Francona
Thursday night’s power outage in the 6th inning of Boston game with Chicago, came two innings too late for Boston. 1B Paul Konerko’s grand slam in the bottom of the 4th ended SP Jon Lester’s bid to become the first Boston left hander to win 20 games since Mel Parnell in 1953. With the score tied 2-2, Konerko hit a 3-2 two out drive over the wall in left, for a grand slam. Lester simply did not have his usual great stuff, he gave up eight runs, on nine hits, while walking five, in five plus innings. Chicago SP John Danks on the other hand, limited the Red Sox to just two runs, on five hits over six innings, to gain his 15th win of the season. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Andruw Jones, Dayan Viciedo, John Danks, Jon Lester, Juan Pierre, Marco Scutaro, Paul Konerko, Ramon Castro, Victor Martinez
Freddy Garcia 4-hit the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, to pick up his 12th victory of the season. Garcia pitched seven innings allowing only four hits, making pretty easy work of the Red Sox hitters. He kept them off stride pretty much the entire night. Relievers J.J. Putz and Matt Thornton held Boston hitless for the final two frames, as Chicago won game three of their four game series 5-3. The final line for Garcia was 7IP/4H/2R/0BB/1K. The Red Sox got hits in only two innings of the game, the 4th, and the 8th, the rest of the night they were stymied. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: A.J. Pierzynski, Alejandro DeAza, Alexei Ramirez, Brent Lillibridge, Brent Morel, David Ortiz, Freddy Garcia, Hideki Okijima, J.J. Putz, Josh Beckett, Juan Pierre, Manny Ramirez, Marco Scutaro, Mark Kotsay, Matt Thornton, Mike Lowell, Omar Vizquel, Tim Wakefield, Victor Martinez
The Red Sox hopes were dashed on Tuesday night, long before pinch hitter Dayan Viciedo’s two-out single sailed into left field, scoring Juan Pierre with the winning run, in Chicago’s 5-4 victory. Both New York and Tampa Bay won their games earlier, eliminating the Red Sox from any chance for a post season berth. It is now time to rest the vets, finish out the season, and look forward to 2011. The BoSox played admirably this season amid the rash of injuries to their key players. But, as Tom Hanks so aptly put it, ‘there is no crying in baseball.’ Kudos to the Yanks and Rays for their fine seasons. Kudos to Terry Francona and the young players in the Red Sox farm system for their great contributions. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Adrian Beltre, Carlos Quentin, Chris Sale, David Ortiz, Dayan Viciedo, Edwin Jackson, J.D. Drew, Jed Lowrie, John Lackey, Josh Bard, Juan Pierre, Michael Bowden, Scott Atchison
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Hello gang my name is Brian Benson. I often write under the pen name Knight Time. I grew up in Massachusetts, just 38 miles from Fenway Park. I watched Ted Williams, Yaz, Jim Rice, and a host of other stars for the Red Sox for over 50 years. I am retired now and living in Alexandria, VA. I write about fantasy baseball, and have the time to manage 8 fantasy baseball teams in a variety of formats this season. I look forward to sharing all things Red Sox with you for the rest of this season, and am very happy to be part of the FanBall experience.
