September 2011
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Game 162
The wild card in the American League all comes down to the last day. With odds stacked against the Red Sox with the Yankees most likely resting their starters against Tampa Bay the Sox post season hope rest on Jon Lester’s shoulders. He will be pitching on 3 days rest tonight against the Oriole’s Alfredo Simon. Luckily in Lester’s last outing he only threw 55 pitches so he should...
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Other Sox Blogs
Of course with Red Sox fans dominating most of New England sports culture as well as legions of fans spread out through out most of country it was not too hard to find other blogs on this topic. With such a vast fan base of course the other post are going to differ in style. From rantings to praise about the Red Sox as well as in-depth analysis and updates.
My personal favorite blog about the...
200th for Wakefield
At the ripe age of 45 years old Tim Wakefield recorded his 200th win. He is the second oldest pitcher in Major League history to get his 200th W. It is an incredible feat to be able to continue pitching at the highest level of baseball into your forties. The rule of thumb has always been that pitchers arms slowed down as they got older. Normally only pitchers that have pin-point accuracy and can...
Panic time in Beantown?
I know that most Red Sox fans overreacted when the Sox came out of the gate 2-10. But the next few months changed the Red Sox loyal to believe again. Now many of the faithful are starting worry again now that the red sox are in the midst of a 5-game losing streak. I personally believe that its not time to panic. With Josh Beckett and Kevin Youkilis on the DL this skid is somewhat understandable....
Intro
My name is Matt King and I am from Seaford, DE. I have been an avid Red Sox fan as long as I can remember. That is why I have decided to write my blog about the team I know the most about. I have suffered with the rest of the Red Sox nation through the curse and the “1918” chants. I rooted for for the “Idiots” as the went on to win the ‘04 Series to finally bring the...