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2009 World Series and ALCS Earlier Start Times

By Chris ⋅ May 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

If you actually have to get up for work early in the morning (who doesn’t?), you know the difficulty with trying to stay up to watch playoff baseball in October. Finally, it looks like we may get some solice, at least to last until the 7th inning, as the start times for weeknight ALCS and [...]

What Can We Do Now?

By Chris ⋅ May 18, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

So we’ve lost our two playoff teams in the same week. How are we going to recover? I guess for most of us, the Bruins Game 7 against the ‘Canes will be the last hockey game we will see until next April, just enough time to rebuild our faith in them. It was a painful [...]

Justin Masterson Bullpen Bound

By Chris ⋅ May 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

According to a Boston.com story, Justin Masterson looks to be headed to the bullpen with the impending return of Daisuke Matsuzaka this week. After his outing against the Mariners, Fracona said: “He was good,” manager Terry Francona said. “He made some pitches. He kept his pitch count down where we could manage the bullpen. I [...]

Dice-K Ready to Return This Week

By Chris ⋅ May 18, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Daisuke Matsuzaka is set to return this week according to the Herald: “I think it’s a pretty good possibility,” manager Terry Francona said. “We’ll take advantage of the off day (tomorrow) when we get back. He’ll meet us in Boston. We want to talk to John (Farrell, pitching coach) and Theo (Epstein, general manager), because [...]

Scott Walker’s Wife Diagnosed With Cancer

By Chris ⋅ May 18, 2009 ⋅ One comment

While we may no have been the biggest fans of Scott Walker, it looks like he learned of some difficult news during the Bruins series: his wife, Julie, was diagnosed with cervical cancer. The good news is she is expected to make a full recovery. Walker held back from discussing the hard news at all [...]

Kevin Youkilis Goes on 15-day DL

By Chris ⋅ May 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

After some BP today, Kevin Youkilis and the Red Sox realized that it will take some additional time for his strained oblique to recover and have placed him on the 15-day DL. Infielder Gil Velazquez has been called up. Jeff Bailey will take over first base duties for Youkilis during his DL stint. Boston.com has [...]

Dwight Howard Calls Out Stan Van Gundy

By Chris ⋅ May 13, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Uh oh…trouble in paradise. It looks like Dwight Howard agrees with me here, and rightfully so I say. The play calling for the Orlando Magic in Game 5 was atrocious. You’ve got a foul-prone Perkins (not to say he hasn’t defended Howard well) and a Celtics team that can’t shoot the ball into the ocean [...]

Celtics Squeak Out Game 5 Win

By Chris ⋅ May 12, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

In a game largely controlled by the Orlando Magic, the Celtics came through when it counted, and delivered a 92-88 win. Ray Allen drilled a three-pointer with 1:20 left in the fourth quarter to give the Celtics their first lead since the opening minutes. Big Baby finished strong, playing 42 minutes and pouring in 22 [...]

Bruins Game 7 Tickets Against Carolina Hurricanes

By Chris ⋅ May 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

If you don’t have tickets, and can manage an 8PM start this Thursday, May 14, this game is going to be one to see. Tickets go on sale at 11AM tomorrow (May 13th). Details will be on Ticketmaster.com and bostonbruins.com in the morning. Bring your voice!

Bruins Win! Force Game 7

By Chris ⋅ May 12, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

The Bruins exploded out of the gate in Game 6, fended off some awesome play by the Hurricanes, and had just enough to come out with the 4-2 win. The Bruins scored two goals early, but ran into penalty trouble late in the first and throughout the third period, allowing the ‘Canes to come back [...]

Perkins Will Play with Sore Shoulder in Game 5

By Chris ⋅ May 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

After suffering a shoulder injury late in the fourth quarter of Game 4, Kendrick Perkins returned to the game after a few minutes of work from the team’s trainer. Today, Perkins says he’s ready to play in Game 5: “I’m playing,” he said. “Straight up like that, I’m hoping, and that’s the end of that. [...]

David Ortiz – A Power Outage

By Chris ⋅ May 11, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Update (7/30/09): David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez tested positive for PEDs in 2003. With the news of Manny using steroids, it’s reached a point where the common baseball fan no longer has much faith in the players we’ve cheered for in the past. Most notably on the Red Sox, if you take a look at [...]

Video: Big Baby’s Game Winner and More Whining from Orlando

By Chris ⋅ May 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

First, let’s watch Big Baby’s awesome game-winning shot again: Now to the latest plaintiff: according to the Orlando Sentinel, the Magic have reached a new low. First we had Rashard Lewis complaining about post-game celebrations, now we have a Magic fan and his dad complaining about Big Baby bumping into him after the game-winning shot: [...]

Orlando Magic Whining about Celtics’ Celebration

By Chris ⋅ May 11, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

According to a statement from Rashard Lewis about Celtics post-game celebration: “We don’t like that type of stuff. You have to be professional about the game of basketball. We’re a professional team and we expect them to be the same way.” “Those guys were jumping up and down, waving their hands at us, saying bye, [...]

Aaron Ward Injured, Walker Suspension, Maurice Potential 10K Fine

By Chris ⋅ May 11, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

Update: Walker has had his automatic suspension rescinded after pleading his “case” to the league. Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford told The Associated Press on Monday that the automatic suspension given to Walker was rescinded during a hearing with league disciplinarian Colin Campbell. It was determined that the hit was not a “sucker punch.” Way [...]

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