List/Grid Tag Archives: Jacoby Ellsbury
History made for Red Sox in walk off win over Yankees
A couple of Red Sox added to the history of the ball club in last night’s win over the New York Yankees. Jacoby Ellsbury became the first member of the…
The Red Sox have a heartbeat
A few weeks back, after a disappointing loss to the Yankees at home heading into the All-Star break, I wrote about how the team showed no fire, or fight,…
3 simple reasons why the Sox are better off than you think
1. Yeah, they are a .500 team at the All-Star break (43-43). But guess what, the Orioles are currently holding down the final playoff spot at just 45-40. So A:…
Biggest busts of the Red Sox first half
The Sox are 43-43 at the All-Star break after dropping 3 of 4 to the Yankees in mostly disgraceful and far-too-familiar fashion, which I foreshadowed last week. David Ortiz and…
Fearing a repeat of the late-August massacre of 2006
In mid August of 2006 I spent a long weekend at an old farmhouse in Sweden, Maine, not far from the New Hampshire border. I was there with a…
Ellsbury’s heir apparent?
If you want to look forward to a brighter, more-youthful future at Fenway, read Alex Speier on the up-and-comer named Jackie Bradley (great baseball name), who is probably going to…
Sooner or later, the Sox will be loaded
We’re a third of the way into the season, and after another rough start the Boston Red Sox have clawed their way past the .500 mark into this dogfight of…
Red Sox outfielders dropping like flies
With word coming down from Ben Cherington that Cody Ross has a broken foot and will miss 6-8 weeks, we’ve learned of yet another Red Sox outfielder who will make…
What good pitching hath wrought
The streaky Red Sox have won four straight, by scores of 7-5, 4-1, 12-1, and 6-1. How did this happen? Well, here are the starters of those games, with their…
Last night’s loss at KC epitomized what’s wrong with Sox
I caught just a few innings of last night’s Sox-Royals game because “Idol” was on and my wife can’t miss it. (Okay, so I watch it too. Every year I…
Can The Red Sox Rise From The Ashes?
Just a week ago I was actually feeling pretty good about this thing. The Red Sox were starting to string together some wins. The bats were there, the pitching was…
Carl Crawford, here’s a new narrative
Before today’s impressive spanking of the Tampa Bay Rays, Rob Bradford tweeted that Jacoby Ellsbury’s shoulder injury (out 6-8 weeks with subluxation) ” ‘intensifies’ Carl Crawford’s desire to come back.”…
Top five moments in Boston sports for 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, and we prepare ourselves for yet another year, I would like to take the time to reflect on an amazing calendar year in Boston…
Lets Play GM
What fan doesn’t think they are smarter than their teams GM? Well I don’t claim to be, after all I would be at Yale, Williams, Amherst etc. pursuing the job…
Sox Barely Escape With Win Against O’s, Rays Keep Pace
In what was essentially a must-win game for the Red Sox, your hometown team came through (surprising, eh?), despite another poor outing by a Sox starter, this time in Erik…
