"I did some good things today, I've been working on a few things the last couple weeks. I did some good things tonight. That's probably about as high praise as I'll give myself." -- 5.8.08, Josh Beckett postgame analysis
Someone Needs to Explain to Julio How It Works in Boston: “I don’t care, but sometimes it would be nice to say something positive,” he said. “But all the time it’s negative things, you know? Sometimes, you know, people should say something that’s positive. But every time it’s something negative . . . bring it up, bring it up, bring it up. Why? I understand you (the media) are going to write whatever you want . . . but I come here every day and bust my ass . . . if things don’t work out sometimes, that’s the way it’s going to be. You understand? But sometimes you bring up the same things . . . You get tired of that." -- 5.7.08, Julio Lugo to Steve Buckley, Boston Herald
Box: Tigers 10, Sox 9 Globe: Fumble Leads to Sox Loss Error No. 10: The Defensively-Challenged Shortstop Finally Costs Sox a Win 'Dustin the Win' Should Have Been the Headline Youkilis Continues to Earn His All-Star Spot Is Red-Hot Mike Lowell Writing a New Chapter on Hitting? Did Julian Tavarez Know He Might Be Working Tonight? Forgotten Play of the Day: The Strike-'Em-Throw-'Em-Out Was Outstanding Buchh Slips Up
"We fought back and we did a great job to do that. .. they put the bat on the ball, sometimes you get rewarded for that." -- 5.7.08, Terry Francona, postgame chat with Heidi Watney
"This was two heavyweights, just body punching. You know, there wasn't no finesse, no jabs, just all body punches, just all-out beat-down defensive fight." -- 5.7.08, KG on Game 1
The Only Thing Missing in Boston During Times Like These ...
Box: Red Sox 5, Tigers Zippo Globe: Wakefield's Turn to Pitch In Not Seen Since 1900: Wakefield and Timlin Get the Over-40-Only Shutout It's Been a While Boys: Dominican Dynamite Explodes Back-to-Back Scrape No. 496 Off the Fenway Banner, Manny Finally Crunches No. 497 David Ortiz Is Finally Coming Around, Maybe He Deserves An All-Star Nod Now Cash is Money, Again: .361 Hitting Catcher Hits in Clutch, Catches Tim Note to Tito the Cooler: Don't Give Manny a Day Off Now, Please Breaking News: 2 Errorless Games in a Row for Lugo
"And he threw more fastballs and curveballs than he has all season. Maybe 20-25, more fastballs than curveballs. And look at how many fastballs they swung at, maybe two or three? The rest they took for strikes. But the biggest thing, of course, was his knuckleball. Everything that came out of his hand was great." -- 5.6.08, Catcher Kevin Cash ... should he be (gulp) catching every day?
Yesterday in Detroit: Schill Plays Catch (And Somewhere in Delaware, Dr. Craig Morgan Is Curled Up in a Ball Weeping to a Sports Talk Radio Call-In Show)
Fumble leads to Sox' loss > Fielding woes mounting for Lugo > Tough to stop Sox' rotation > Rain drops pitchers from their routines > Lee bests Wang in pitchers' duel
Red Sox comeback wasted > Julio Lugo lets it go > Jed Lowrie stays put, for now > Trade talk doesn’t bother Julian Tavarez > Jacoby Ellsbury still perfect > Nady, Bucs spoil restart for Zito
Blog: Cora finishes first rehab game > Red Sox waste three rallies in loss to Tigers > Buchholz breaks string of strong Sox starts > Gutsy pitch call helped Okajima get out of eighth > Need a big hit? Pedroia's your man > Beef with ump mars otherwise great night for Youkilis > Lowrie starts at second, giving Pedroia a rare brearther > Wakefield, Timlin set new standard for 40-somethings
Lee Outduels Yankees' Wang > NL: Three Homers For Reds' Votto > Team USA Doesn't Want Clemens > Royals Rout Angels > Mets Rout Dodgers > Some Confusion Over A-Rod's Return
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