Empyreal Environs

Re-sign

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:34:43 -0500

Game 83: July 7, 2009 Athletics2L: Dana Eveland (1-3)35-47, 1 game losing streak Red Sox5W: Josh Beckett (10-3)H: Hideki Okajima (15)H: Justin Masterson (6)S: Jonathan Papelbon (21)50-33, 1 game winning streak Highlights: On July 18, 2006 Beckett signed a 3-year, $30M extension, a personnel move that has paid huge dividends.

High-Five

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:50:07 -0500

Game 82: July 6, 2009 Athletics6W: Brett Anderson (5-7)35-46, 2 game winning streak Red Sox0L: John Smoltz (0-2)49-33, 1 game losing streak Highlights: Rookie Anderson went the distance against makeshift lineup, allowing just two singles and two bases on balls while striking out nine. The Athletics’ premier southpaw prospect called

Invitation

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:26:24 -0500

Game 81: July 5, 2009 Mariners4BS, L: Miguel Batista (2, 5-3)42-39, 1 game losing streak Red Sox8W: Justin Masterson (3-2)49-32, 1 game winning streak Highlights: David Ortiz gave Tim Wakefield a huge hug right in the middle of the pitcher’s in-game interview. Wakefield became the second-oldest player to make an

Mayoral

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:19:47 -0500

Game 80: July 4, 2009 Mariners3W: Roy Corcoran (2-0)S: David Aardsma (17)42-38, 3 game winning streak Red Sox2L: Takashi Saito (2-2)48-32, 2 game losing streak Highlights: Jason Varitek hit a right-handed homer in the second inning with Rocco Baldelli on base. It was the only bright spot for Boston’s offense

Enduring

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:06:28 -0500

Game 79: July 3, 2009 ∙ 11 innings Mariners7H: Sean White (9)BS: Shawn Kelley (2)W: Chris Jakubauskas (5-5)S: Mark Lowe (1)41-38, 2 game winning streak Red Sox6L: Ramon Ramirez (5-3)48-31, 1 game losing streak Highlights: The Red Sox almost mounted an extra innings comeback but fell one run short. Seattle

Absolution

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:18:52 -0500

Game 78: July 1, 2009 ∙ 11 innings Red Sox6W: Ramon Ramirez (5-2)S: Jonathan Papelbon (20)48-30, 1 game winning streak Orioles5BS: George Sherrill (3)L: Danys Baez (4-2)35-43, 1 game losing streak Highlights: Joe Castiglione summed it up best: snoozer early, grinder late. Josh Beckett gave up runs in four of

Reversal

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:27:09 -0500

Game 77: June 30, 2009 Red Sox10L: Takashi Saito (2-1)BS: Jonathan Papelbon (2)47-30, 1 game losing streak Orioles11W: Mark Hendrickson (3-4)S: George Sherrill (17)35-42, 1 game winning streak Highlights: John Smoltz started the game but did not factor into the decision because a 1 hour, 11-minute rain delay forced him

Plucky

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:17:47 -0500

Game 76: June 29, 2009 Red Sox4W: Jon Lester (7-6)S: Jonathan Papelbon (19)47-29, 1 game winning streak Orioles0L: Jason Berken (1-5)34-42, 2 game losing streak Highlights: Ramon Ramirez started off the bottom of the ninth sharply with two quick outs but then surrendered a single and a walk. Terry Francona

Sick

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:36:58 -0500

Game 75: June 28, 2009 Red Sox1L: Brad Penny (6-3)46-29, 1 game losing streak Braves2W: Tommy Hanson (4-0)H: Eric O’Flaherty (7)H: Peter Moylan (11)H: Rafael Soriano (6)S: Mike Gonzalez (9)35-40, 1 game winning streak Highlights: Mmmbop, ba duba dop. Please tell me this is Hanson’s mound music. He was 10

Statesman

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:46:24 -0500

Game 74: June 27, 2009 Red Sox1W: Tim Wakefield (10-3)46-28, 2 game winning streak Braves0L: Javier Vazquez (5-7)34-40, 4 game losing streak Highlights: In the aftermath of the 2004 ALCS, the Yankees sought to prune away those players who failed them so miserably. Amongst the casualties was Vazquez, who has

Bostonians

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:31:52 -0500

Game 73: June 26, 2009 Red Sox4W: Josh Beckett (9-3)45-28, 1 game winning streak Braves1L: Jair Jurrjens (5-6)34-39, 3 game losing streak Highlights: Every series against Braves brings announcers the opportunity to speak of the Atlanta dynasty of the 90s to the early aughts. In that same period the Florida

Recur

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:54:18 -0500

Game 72: June 25, 2009 Red Sox3L: John Smoltz (0-1)44-28, 1 game losing streak Nationals9W: Jordan Zimmermann (3-3)21-49, 1 game winning streak Highlights: The Zimmermen(n) had me confused last night, particularly with this pitcher hitting situation. I wish the National League fuddy-duddies would adopt the designated hitter already. The success

Repast

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:57:52 -0500

Game 71: June 24, 2009 Red Sox6W: Jon Lester (6-6)H: Justin Masterson (4)H: Hideki Okajima (14)S: Jonathan Papelbon (17)44-27, 4 game winning streak Nationals4L: Craig Stammen (1-3)20-49, 2 game losing streak Highlights: Home plate umpire Bob Davidson ran Dave Magadan in the fourth inning after the hitting coach joined Kevin

Capitalize

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:38:49 -0500

Game 70: June 23, 2009 Red Sox11W: Manny Delcarmen (2-1)H: Hideki Okajima (13)43-27, 3 game winning streak Nationals3L: Julian Tavarez (3-5)20-48, 1 game losing streak Highlights: Tuesday evening featured the first visit to the nation’s capital by the Red Sox since 1971. Nationals Park, which debuted last season, is not

Requite

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:05:41 -0500

Game 69: June 21, 2009 Braves5L: Jeff Bennett (2-4)32-36, 2 game losing streak Red Sox6BS: Ramon Ramirez (2)BS: Hideki Okajima (2)W: Jonathan Papelbon (1-1)42-27, 2 game winning streak Highlights: You could only tell it was the official first day of summer by looking at a calendar. The gusts in the