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Within, oh, MINUTES of the end of tonight's travesty of a game, Clay Buchholz was optioned back down to the minor leagues. More specifically, he's going down to AA-Portland.
Correcting the "drift" doesn't help very much, Clay, if you've got zero command.
Eck mused on the situation after the game, and reckons we won't see Clay pitching as a starter in Boston any time soon. I'm inclined ...
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vs. Baltimore Orioles
7:05 pm
Camden Yards - Baltimore, MD
tv/radio: NESN - MLB.TV - WRKO
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Rob Bradford is doing a fantastic job running
the show over at the all-new WEEI.com (he brought
Deadspin pal Will Leitch on board - and the awesome Alex Speier). And he's reporting that Clay Buchholz and pitching coach John Farrell may have unlocked ...
vs. Baltimore Orioles
7:05 pm
Camden Yards - Baltimore, MD
SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka vs. Daniel Cabrera
tv/radio: NESN - MLB.TV - WRKO
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Mike Timlin : keeping Fenway safe from... ticket scalpers? killer hawks? Curly-Haired Boyfriend? beer guys with flat Bud Light? Julio Lugo?
It's not every day a relief pitcher finds a way to shoot at objects on a baseball field with a giant crossbow. Thankfully, with Mike "Never Met A Hunting Apparatus He Didn't Like" Timlin around, I'm guessing there are lots of lazy crossbow afternoons ...
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I really enjoy days like today - when there were so many great performances during last night's game, that it makes it difficult to pick a favorite. It was hard to even narrow it down to three. For the first time in the history of Center Field, I'm awarding three-way tie honors for Baseball Boyfriend of the Day to Jason Bay , Jon Lester and Jason Varitek .
It's just too tough to decide ...
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vs. Baltimore Orioles
7:05 pm
Camden Yards - Baltimore, MD
SP: Jon Lester vs. Jeremy Guthrie
tv/radio: NESN - MLB.TV - WRKO
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It has nothing to do with the Red Sox (my favorite subject), or Josh Beckett or Sean Casey or Jason Bay (my favorite sub-subjects) -- but it's my birthday, and so I shall post on it anyway.
Today, of all days, FJM posting something about Vince Young and my beloved Texas Longhorns leaves me no choice but to deduce that it is a personal birthday shout-out.
Thank you, FJM. That is the Most ...
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Josh Beckett - I think it's time we had a talk.
No, not "the talk" -- I think you're probably covered on that front. I mean that we need to talk about what's going on with you lately. Eight earned runs in 2 and 1/3 innings, Josh? That's just not you. That's the most runs you've served up to an opponent on a platter in a long while, and in the shortest inning span by far.
Even more ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
vs. Toronto Blue Jays
7:05 pm
Fenway Park - Boston, MA
SP: Paul Byrd vs. Roy Halladay
tv/radio: NESN - MLB.TV - WRKO
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Over/under on how many "bird" puns appear as headlines after the game?
I'm setting the line at 20.
Welcome to Boston, Paul. Now don't fuck it up.
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vs. Texas Rangers
7:05 pm
Fenway Park - Boston, MA
tv/radio: NESN - MLB.TV - WRKO
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1. The wave.
2. Act unaffected by the news that Kyle Jackson was released . He was my own personal minor league baseball boyfriend -- not that it worked out particularly well for either of us.
3. Wear pink hats.
4. Post about players' divorces. Engagements and babies are one thing, talking about divorce or infidelity feels a little too Page Six/TMZ icky for me.*
5. Boo my team's players ...
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Today and tomorrow mark the return of the annual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Telethon to benefit the Jimmy Fund and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Last year, they raised $3.74 million- and the Telethon has raised nearly $12 million since it started back in 2002.
I'm not one to push charitable causes on anyone - charity is meaningless if it's forced, it has to come from the heart. But I'm more ...
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Everyone assumed Mike Lowell strained his right oblique
muscle during an at-bat against the Rangers in the
seventh inning on Tuesday- landing him on the 15-day DL. But Center Field can exclusively reveal* that Mikey LoLo actually injured himself ...
vs. Texas Rangers
7:05 pm
Fenway Park - Boston, MA
SP: Jon Lester vs. Luis Mendoza
tv/radio: NESN - MLB.TV - WRKO
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vs. Texas Rangers
7:05 pm
Fenway Park - Boston, MA
SP: Charlie Zink vs. Scott Feldman
tv/radio: NESN - MLB.TV - WRKO
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Paul "Frasier" Byrd - he of the HGH-tainted
past and the victory over the Sox in last
year's ALCS, traded in his Indians cap for a Sox cap today. This gave me the perfect opportunity to use that "Byrdie Putt" pun I've been holding onto for so ...
In which I highlight noteworthy blogs for you to gather reconnaissance on the Red Sox upcoming opponent. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Lone Star Ball : SBN site that's updated daily with all the latest news & happenings
Girls Don't Know Anything About Baseball : the Rangers from a female perspective, and loaded with humor
A Lonestar In California : fantastic, ...
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Charlie Zink is a lot more than just
the "Hey! How hilarious! Another knuckleballer to replace knuckleballer
Tim Wakefield while he's on the DL!" headlines he's getting lately. The 28 year-old (almost 29- his birthday is in a couple of weeks) will be ...
Unlocking Clay Buchholz