Francona to miss Baltimore series

Ah, The Cultural Rewards Of Major League Baseball [Reliable And Floating Crap Games]

FanHouse found this 5/13/2008 on deadspin.com

The life of a Japanese player, when assimilated into a Major League Baseball clubhouse, can be difficult. You have to learn parts of other languages, deal with cultural differences you hadn't anticipated and, mostly, deal with the odd duck that is ...

Francona To Miss Baltimore Series

beisbolct posted 5/13/2008 from soxanddawgs.com

The Boston Red Sox just announced that manager Terry Francona will miss the series in Baltimore due to the death of his wife Jacque’s mother, Mary Ann Lang. He has already left for Tucson with his family.

Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 5/13

beisbolct posted 5/13/2008 from soxanddawgs.com

Clay Buchholz’s up-and-down season continued last night as he struggled with his command for the second outing in-a-row. With Bartolo Colon looming on the horizon for the Boston Red Sox, it’s clear that it could be Buchholz who loses his spot in the rotation when the Sox bring up Colon. The only pitch that was really working for him was his curveball last night. He had trouble .

Francona to miss O's series

The Bottom Line found this 5/13/2008 on www.boston.com

The Red Sox sent the following email announcing that manager Terry Francona will miss Boston's short series with the Orioles due to a death in his family: Boston Red Sox Manager Terry Francona will miss Boston's 2-game series on Tuesday and ...

Red Sox Rally Falls Short In 5-4 Loss To Orioles

beisbolct posted 5/14/2008 from soxanddawgs.com

After spotting the Boston Red Sox 3 runs in the 1st inning, the Baltimore Orioles battled back to take a 5-3 lead and held on to win 5-4 in front of 38,768 at Camden Yards. The loss for the Red Sox was their third straight and they fell out of first place with the loss as the Rays beat the Yankees tonight.