http://www.bostonprosports.com Commentary on Pro Sports in Boston, by The Average Fan Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:38:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I haven’t posted in a while because I have been speechless. Speechless because I injured myself. The bile from vomiting continuously the last two weeks temporarily scalded my means of verbal communication. Granted I still could type. But I was just too upset. Its almost ... http://www.bostonprosports.com/2006-08-28-this-is-a-disaster.html And thats why you cannot walk David Ortiz in extra innings at Fenway folks. In today’s game versus the Orioles, Baltimore “unintentionally” walked David Ortiz in the bottom of the 10th inning to put two men on with the score tied 7-7. It was Manny Ramirez who delivered ... http://www.bostonprosports.com/2006-08-12-walk-papi-manny-wins-it.html So tonight’s 9-2 drubbing of the Orioles alleviates some of the pain from the past roadtrip. The 5 game losing streak is over at least. The bats came alive tonight knocking in 9 runs without one home run. Wells pitched solidly(surprisingly?) and even left to a standing ... http://www.bostonprosports.com/2006-08-11-its-a-start.html ‘Oh man. This Kansas City series was nothing short of a disaster. We got swept by the perennial basement dwelling Kansas City Royals and finish our roadtrip with a 1-5 record and a 5 game lossing streak. Sweet. All this in the middle of a Yankee coup into first place ... http://www.bostonprosports.com/2006-08-11-awful-roadtrip.html The Red Sox announced today that starting catcher and team captain Jason Varitek will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery this week and will be out for about a month. This is a detrimental blow to a team already battling a sleu of other injuries. Just a few days ago ... http://www.bostonprosports.com/2006-08-02-injuries-might-cause-some-problems.html Big Papi has done it again. This time with a walk-off three run dinger in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Red Sox over the Cleveland Indians 9-8. If you weren’t paying attention this weekend, this is Ortiz’s second walk-off hit in three days, as his ... http://www.bostonprosports.com/2006-08-01-this-guy-is-unreal.html Major League Baseball’s trade dedline is approaching with all non-waiver deals having to be finalized by July 31st(this Monday). Obviously that results in more rumors than a high school hallway, with few of them having any legitimacy. I would imagine the Red Sox will probably attempt to make some minor ... http://www.bostonprosports.com/2006-07-28-trade-dedline-approaching.html Well everything in Oakland went just about as well as expected. Vegas probably didn’t make much. Schilling and Beckett both pitched very well and combined with the Sox bats for back to back wins against the AL West leading A’s. The Kyle Snyder start didn’t go so ... http://www.bostonprosports.com/2006-07-28-2-of-3-in-oakland-brings-west-coast-road-trip-to-500.html After blowing out the Mariners in the first game of a three game series 9-4 in a game that included 5 Sox home runs off Seattle starting pitcher Jamie Moyer, the Sox went on to lose the next two games by scores of 5-2 and 9-8. Although both losses ... http://www.bostonprosports.com/2006-07-28-sox-drop-2-of-3-in-seattle.html Wow. Jon Lester just pitched an aboslute GEM for the Sox tonight. An eight inning, one hit shut-out that baffled the Royals and led the Sox to their second straight win. Lester needed only 100 pitches to record his fifth win of the season and lower his ... http://www.bostonprosports.com/2006-07-18-sox-future-studs-combine-for-9.html