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Red Sox game eight: More offense

Over the last two games the Red Sox have scored 25 runs off the Tampa Bay Rays.  When Tampa came to Boston on Friday they were in first place in the AL East with a 4-2 record and now they…

Mike Cameron retires as a Seattle Mariner

One of the more popular and personable players in MLB history, centerfielder Mike Cameron retired yesterday after he threw out the ceremonial first pitch in Seattle. Officially retiring from baseball in February of this year, this week he decided he…

Red Sox game seven: Beckett gets the win

Maybe the five home run game in Detroit was just Beckett getting the dust off his arm?  Maybe the boos that rained down on him from some parts of Fenway today inspired him to succeed (something I find doubtful) but…

Red Sox game six: Lester couldn’t win it on his own

Jon Lester pitched well through eight but it wasn’t enough for the Red Sox who lost the game, and the series, to the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-1. The loss puts the Red Sox at 1-5 on the season so far…