Baseball Beat: Red Sox just played much better
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Bee Staff Writer. hanks to all the emotion expended and frustration released by Boston finally shedding &quot;The Curse of the Bambino&quot; and winning a World Series, the dubious quality in baseball&#39;s
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WAIT a minute! Just because the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees does not mean the &quot;Curse of the Bambino&quot; has ended.
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Scouting: This was supposed to be Boston&#39;s most grueling stretch of their playoff drive. Instead, the Red Sox had won 16 of 17 going into yesterday, had cut eight games
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The Tampa Bay Devil Rays damaged Boston's slim chances of winning the AL East, beating Pedro Martinez and the Red Sox 9-4 Wednesday night.
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NEW YORK -- He has risen from the ashes, much like his baseball team, from the depths of a seemingly lost and bitterly disappointing season to the indescribable elation of an improbable, yet brilliant comeback. The Boston Red Sox, once down, 3-0, in the American League Championship Series, orchestrated the biggest turnaround in baseball history by beating the New York ...
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David Ortiz hit his 31st homer, Josh Beckett got his 11th win despite giving up three homers and the Boston Red Sox used timely two-out hitting Saturday to beat the Chicago White Sox 9-6.
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Mike Lowell had four hits and Kevin Youkilis hit a bases-loaded triple during a six-run sixth inning Tuesday night as the Boston Red Sox came back from a seven-run deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 16-10.
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Dustin Pedroia drove in five runs to help the Red Sox advance to their second World Series in four years.
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The Boston Red Sox blew out the Yankees and made sure New York can't clinch the AL East in Fenway Park. Manny Ramirez doubled in the tiebreaking run during a seven-run eighth on Saturday night and the Red Sox beat New York 12-5 to preserve their chances of an AL East title. Jason Varitek and Doug Mirabelli each doubled in two runs in the inning.
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Johnny Damon had two home runs including a grand slam to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 10-3 win over the New York Yankees Wednesday night in the deciding game for the American League pennant. The Red Sox became the first team to lose the first three games of a seven game series and then win the next four.
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What a difference a week makes. Two debates. Two games. Two wins. The Yankees sure are looking tough. A week ago the Boston Red Sox looked like world beaters, or at least Yankee-beaters.
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This time, the Red Sox really had them worried. The Sox and their fans were certain of it. They finally had the Yankees on the run. The Sox were better. Even thewiseguys in Las Vegas made Boston a favorite in the American League Championship Series.
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It's a relatively recent story, and a familiar one. The Red Sox had two big sluggers in the middle of their lineup -- one a lefthanded hitter, the other a righty, both .300 hitters, one a former MVP, one who would soon be named one. They were the linchpins of a Sox team that had high hopes of playing deep ...
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After discovering that the magic number formula had played tricks on them, the Red Sox [stats, schedule] went out last night and defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays [stats
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Manny Ramirez had four hits and keyed a five-run sixth inning with an RBI triple to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 7-4 Saturday night. The Red Sox fell behind 4-2 in the fifth before they rallied for a big inning against the team with the worst record in the American League.
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The Red Sox have the best record in baseball and a commanding 6 1/2-game lead in the AL East. But don't think for a moment they're going to get complacent. On the contrary &#151; they're showing plenty of fight.
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Not since Babe Ruth was pitching for Boston had the Red Sox won a pair of games like this. Josh Beckett held the punchless Kansas City Royals to four hits over eight innings and Manny Ramirez homered Wednesday, leading Boston to its second consecutive 1-0 victory.