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Monday, Apr 28, 2008 8:16 am EDT
A week that made the Red Sox sick
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Perhaps this is the end. With the news that Jon Lester will be flip-flopping with Daisuke Matsuzaka this week, Lester taking the start Tuesday, Matsuzaka Wednesday, that might just be the final bit of fallout from an epic week of flu medicine and roster moves and pregame scratches of starting pitchers according to the Boston Globe.
Or that fallout could be the five-game losing streak the Boston Red Sox take into their three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays. Between the illness that affected the team, especially the starters, and the injuries to David Ortiz (bruised right knee) and Sean Casey (right hip flexor), the roster has been decimated, leading to 10 moves since last Tuesday.
"The crazy part is everyone's been on flu medication, so I've been Nurse Ratched all week," head trainer Paul Lessard said. "Medication time . . . "
It all started last Sunday when Jason Varitek started feeling ill. He didn't miss a start that day, since knuckleballer Tim Wakefield was on the mound, but the catcher wouldn't appear in another game until late in Friday night's matchup with the Rays. Josh Beckett caught the illness, perhaps leading to the stiff neck that ended his chances of starting Tuesday. Then it hit Manny Delcarmen and Matsuzaka, not to mention a host of staff and coaches.
Source: Boston Globe
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Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 7:14 am EDT
Burried BoSox jersey turns into $90K for cancer charity
A Boston Red Sox jersey planted at the new Yankee Stadium to curse the Bombers has turned into a blessing for a cancer charity — with bidding on eBay for the hexed shirt nearly $90,000 so far according to the New York Post.
Bidders from at least 19 states were competing in the eBay auction, which ends at 12:30 p.m. today. The winner gets a David Ortiz replica jersey that a Sox-loving construction worker buried in cement at the Stadium. The Yankees extracted the jersey — thereby canceling the curse — after The Post exposed the stunt.
The Yankees donated the shirt to the Jimmy Fund, which supports cancer care and research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. As of last night, there were more than 240 bids, with the high one at $87,500. The winning bidder also will attend a 2008 Red Sox home game and get a new David Ortiz road jersey and a New York Yankees Universe T-shirt
Source: New York Post
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Sunday, Apr 20, 2008 9:54 am EDT
Red Sox pitchers winning the plunking war against Yanks
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There is a a perception that New York Yankee pitchers have been remiss in protecting Yankee hitters when it comes to the periodic hostilities with their ancient rival the Boston Red Sox. Not that we're advocating any headhunting (nobody ever said Kyle Farnsworth — who was hit with a three-game suspension for the buzzing of Manny Ramirez — was either a control artist or the brightest bulb in the room), but in terms of inflicting black-and-blue battle welts, the Red Sox pitchers are winning that one by an almost 2-1 margin in recent years the New York Daily News reported.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, since 2002 Yankee batters have been hit 69 times by Red Sox pitchers as opposed to 48 Red Sox hit by Yankee hurlers. But the figures are even more dramatic when you narrow it down to just the primary combatants, Jeter, Rodriguez, Ramirez and David Ortiz.
Over that same six-year span, including postseason, Jeter has been plunked 12 times by Red Sox pitchers and A-Rod 10 times. By contrast, Yankee pitchers have hit Manny only three times (not including Farnsworth's near-miss Thursday night) and "Big Papi"? Never. Interestingly, for all his considerable bulk, Ortiz has managed to enjoy a relatively pain-free existence while causing so much pain to opposing pitchers. Ortiz has only been struck by pitches just 23 times in 1,208 at-bats from 1997 through last year.
Source: New York Daily News
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