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Three Off-Season MLB Moves That Affect the Red Sox

By ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Plenty of action has already taken place during the off-season. The Red Sox have made their share of moves (John Lackey) and also made intentions known (Adrian Gonzalez). This could force other players out to get rid of the surplus (Clay Buccholz). But, it’s not just the Red Sox that have been moving and shaking. [...]

Halladay Traded to Phillies in 3-Team Deal

By ⋅ December 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

When the Hot Stove is burning, it’s really an inferno. In the same day John Lackey signed a five-year contract with the Red Sox (pending a physical), the Blue Jays have traded Sox nemesis Roy Halladay (a nemesis because he’s so good, not hated) out of the American League and to the Philadelphia Phillies, who [...]

Blue Jays Blow Out Sox AAA Club 12-0

By ⋅ October 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

In a game barely worth recapping, the Blue Jays ripped through the Red Sox, winning 12-0 behind ace Roy Halladay. Perhaps making a last pitch (get it?) for the Cy Young Award, Halladay tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout. While incredible, the start wasn’t very impressive, considering the Red Sox threw out a lineup that included [...]

Red Sox Clinch Playoff Berth Despite Fifth Straight Loss

By ⋅ September 30, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The Blue Jays launched six home runs and held on for an 8-7 win over the Red Sox Tuesday night. Adam Lind hit three of the home runs, becoming the first player since Frank Thomas in 1996 to hit three home runs as an opponent in Fenway Park. In fact, the Blue Jays could’ve hit 15 HRs to win 30-7, but it [...]

Blue Jays Blast Bowden, Red Sox

By ⋅ September 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Red Sox will need to wait at least one more night to clinch a playoff berth. Entering the night needing a win and Rangers loss to clinch, the Red Sox lost to the Blue Jays 11-5 after Josh Beckett was scratched from his start for back spasms. Meanwhile, the Rangers lost to the Angels, who clinched the AL West, and [...]

Red Sox Looking Wild Against Blue Jays

By ⋅ September 28, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Boston’s chances of winning the division title were small heading into New York and dropping the opener all but forced them to focus on the Wild Card. The Red Sox downshifted into a resting for the playoffs mode and will stay in that frame of mind as they should continue to play more of the backups [...]

Blue Jays Bomb the Bronx Bombers

By ⋅ September 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

JERRY!! JERRY!! JERRY!! They Yankees and Blue Jays threw down twice in the 8th inning of Tuesday’s game in New York of a 10-4 Blue Jays win. Things started in the 6th when Jays’ batter Edwin Encarnacion was hit in the shoulder and earlier in the 8th when another Jays’ batter Aaron Hill was hit [...]

Byrd Batters Birds

By ⋅ August 30, 2009 ⋅ One comment

It was a sensational re-debut for Paul Byrd, returning from pseudo-retirement, as he pitched six scoreless innings en route to a 7-0 destruction of the Toronto Blue Jays. Byrd gave up only three hits while throwing 83 pitches, 53 of which were strikes. Also debuting for the Red Sox was reliever Billy Wagner, who handled [...]

Buchholz Dazzles Blue Jays in 3-2 Win

By ⋅ August 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Earlier Saturday, it was announced that Tim Wakefield would be scratched from his next start due to a back injury. Without Wake for an undetermined amount of time, the Red Sox now must turn to Clay Buchholz, with the hopes he can fill the spot as the team’s No. 3 starter. With the way Clay [...]

Sox Outlast Blue Jays 6-5

By ⋅ August 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

As readers of this blog know, I have questioned Josh Beckett’s ace-worthiness before, and Friday night’s game did nothing to ease my mind. Coming off a terrible start against the Yankees, Beckett managed to make it all the way to the second inning before giving up his first home run of the night, a three-run [...]

Resurgent Red Sox Face Fading Blue Jays

By ⋅ August 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Red Sox took three of four against the White Sox to boost their lead to 1.5 games over the Rangers in the Wild Card race. Toronto comes to town for a three-game series and they have really hit the skids since the non-trade of Roy Halladay at the deadline, going 17-29 in July and August. Halladay, [...]

What, Me Worry? Sox Sweep to 8-1 Victory Over Jays

By ⋅ August 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

At the outset, it looked to be another example of the maddening inconsistency plaguing Boston baseball. The Red Sox went quietly in the top of the first, and the Jays drew first blood, against no less a personage than lefty assassin Jon Lester. “Oh god,” I thought after three innings, “we may have tied the [...]

Red Sox Try to Retake Wild Card Lead Against Blue Jays

By ⋅ August 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

For the first time in months, the Red Sox do not control their destiny in the playoff race. They lost the division lead to the Yankees and with the series loss to the Rangers, have ceded the Wild Card lead to them. The Red Sox continue their road trip north of the border to Toronto, [...]

The Roy Halladay Trade Sweepstakes

By ⋅ July 20, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Quite possibly the most season-altering move a team could make would be trading for an ace before the deadline to fulfill a hole in the starting rotation. We saw the benefits of that for Milwaukee last year when they acquired C.C. Sabathia and rode his arm into the playoffs. Well, fortunately for us rumor mill [...]

Halladay Dominates Red Sox in 3-1 Win

By ⋅ July 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Sunday afternoon against the Red Sox, Roy Halladay might have made his final start with the Blue Jays, and he made it a good one. The subject of some big trade rumors, Halladay played very well on a big stage, giving up just six hits and one run with seven strikeouts in a complete game [...]

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