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Boston Herald sports writer Rob Bradford runs up the Rocky steps in Philly
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Yo Adrian, I did it
Brownie Points —
What do you during the day-time hours of a night game between the Red Sox and Phillies? Perhaps you take a mile and a half walk to the historic art museum in downtown Philly and pay your respects to the epic Rocky statue. And after you're done checking out the statue, the thing to do is to climb the Rocky steps. Yes, it can be done. I first did it last year with my three sons. I believe my oldest son Tyler sprinted the whole way with me to the top, while Ryan and Casey stopped for air in the middle. But on that day, it was about 100 degrees. Today was a perfect for such a trek. It was in the mid 70s with no ...
Lester Shuts Down Phillies
Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog —
Jon Lester pitched a gem tonight in the city of brotherly love going seven shutout innings before turning it over to the pen. Okajima '08 looked like Okajima '07 and Papelbon shut the door to preserve the shutout. The speedy Sox stole 6 bases including one by Sean Casey! J.D. Drew came back to earth and went 0-4 but Coco is suddenly the new Big Papi. The Celtics crushed the Lakers for their 17th Championship, too bad Red couldn't be there to see it. All in all a good night...except for my softball team getting our first loss in a game where the other teams batter and our pitcher had words and both teams met in the middle for some pushing ...
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thefightins.com 6/17/2008 —
The Fightins’ drew first blood against Boston in front of a raucous, sold-out crowd in South Philadelphia last night. A fired-up Phillies team practically put the game away after the 2nd pitch in the bottom of the 1st when defending NL MVP ...
Short Stops Around the Majors for June 16, 2008
blog.baseballdigestdaily.com 6/17/2008 — - Ryan Howard tripled, hit 2 home runs, scored twice and drove in 4, and Jimmy Rollins went 3-for-5 with a homer and 3 RBI as the Phillies knocked around the Red Sox, 8-2. Pat Burrell was on base 4 times, and Cole Hamels gave up just 2 runs over 7 innings for Philadelphia. Dustin Pedroia singled, doubled, and homered for Boston. - Jair Jurrjens pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings, Kelly Johnson ...
Manny & Charlie: A match made in baseball heaven
thefightins.com 6/17/2008 — I have no idea how I missed this yesterday (perhaps it was my 12-hour workday with no lunch), but Jim Salisbury of the Inquirer had what might be the best article ever written.
He chats it up with Phils skip Charlie Manuel about his relationship ...
Just One Of Those Days
outincenterfield.com 6/17/2008 — When your opponent smashes two taters against you in the first inning, you get an inkling it's going to be a tough game. When their two slowest, lumbering players each leg out a triple, you know it's gonna be a long night. But when your starting ...
Lester delivers gem as Sox blank Phils —
Major League Baseball News 6/18/2008
These days, Jon Lester is a picture of pitching precision -- one who puts the Red Sox in position to win basically every time he takes the ball. Lester came through with another big performance on Tuesday night, lifting Boston to a 3-0 victory over ...
