"I just can't imagine anyone [in Boston] wanting to boo Johnny Damon... all he did was hustle here for four years." -- 4.30.06, Peter Gammons
"The right thing to do is a raucous standing ovation... show some class. Show some common sense." -- 4.30.06, The Boston Globe's Bob Ryan
"First time up, standing ovation." -- 4.30.06, The RemDawg
"The ideas emanating from the lunatic fringe of Red Sox Nation — that Damon is a 'traitor,' that he has gone from 'Jesus to Judas,' that he should be called 'Demon' instead of 'Damon' — are not worthy of serious discussion." -- 4.30.06, Ken Rosenthal
(Oct. 20, 2004: Boston Globe Staff Photo / Stan Grossfeld)
For Friday Night's Homecoming, We Won't Forget
(JOct. 20, 2004: Boston Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Damon Gave His All to Boston... All the Time
(Oct. 6, 2003: Boston Globe Staff Photo / Barry Chin)
Boston 4, Anaheim 2 | Stellar Return Lackey Looking Like an Ace, Gets Into the 8th, Win No. 10 7th Heavenly: A Man Named Jed Comes Through in the Clutch Umm John Lackey Should Have Been Cheered Wildly. Sincerely, Johnny Damon Hey Hermida, We'll Throw Daniel Nava Right Back on the Bus Flying Under the Radar: Scutaro Looking Good at Leadoff Calling All GMs: Lowell Hit Three Homers for PawSox Just a Great Decision by Tim Bogar to Send Big David Take a Breather J.D., We've Got Run DMc Adrian Just Keeps on Beltin' Bard-to-Pap, No Problem
"Nobody wants to get booed like that. The scoreboard talks the loudest. ... That won't be forgotten, for sure." -- John Lackey ... needs to lighten up, and understand how the world works ...
Boston 6, Orange County 3 | Sox Regain Punch Old Buch Gets Back on Track: 7 Ks, 7 Inn., 1 Run David's Swinging Like It's a Home Run Derby Show Youk Sends the Injury Bug Haren's Way, the Hard Way Heart of the Order Does All the Damage Papelbon ERA Now Under 3.00 Welcome Back Victor
"In the third inning, I just thought it was going to be another long day for the bullpen. Fortunately, I was able to throw a couple of changeups, and sort of caught the feel for it." -- Buchholz hung tough when the early going got rough
And It's on to Anaheim, and Let's Lose More Ground There!
Sun: Seattle 4, Boston 2 | Okajima's Indecision Does Sox In Monday Morning QB: How About Leaving Dice-K in for 7 When He's Not Killing You? Taking Out Daniel Bard Is Never a Good Idea Tito The World's Most Exposed Offense Goes Down with a Whimper Again See What Happens When You Trade Casey Kotchman? Michael Saunders, Red Sox Killer Sat.: Seattle 5, Boston 1 | Sox Fall Apart Bright Spots: Lester's Early Effort, Ortiz Gets Back in HR Derby Eric Patterson's Not Perfect At Least There Was a Club Soccer Game at the Fenway Amusement Park
“We don’t match up with Bard. We brought [Bard] in in the seventh just because who’s coming up. There’s a couple of reasons. One is if he has a real quick inning, we’re going to send him right back out. Then the other one was to help Oki, rather than flip-flop then. Both were going to have to probably pitch, unless Bard has a real good inning." -- Tito trying to spin the botched move of putting Bard in early and taking him out after 18 pitches
"...
[crickets] .... " -- Hideki Okajima's comments and explanations to Red Sox stockholders during the 2010 season
Playoffs? Playoffs?!?
(BDD Photo Illustration)
It Appears That Shipped Has Sailed
"...can't believe the front office just fiddled this summer while Rome burned and we flushed an entire season and $150M down the toilet by thinking we could tread water with Bill Hall playing second and Kevin Cash catching and David Ortiz batting third against lefties and J.D. Drew playing every day against lefties and Eric Patterson and Daniel Nava and Dusty Brown, et al. It was so [expletive] obvious when the Laser Show and V-Mart got hurt that we had to go get a real bat, Jason Werth level, who would still start when we got healthy, but instead we did [expletive] nothing and buried ourselves. It was like we had no front office, the Jack Hannahan blockbuster notwithstanding." -- An understandably apoplectic Kevin H. on the lost season
5 2/3, 5 Hits, 1 Run, 3 BB, 5 K's... We'll Take It
"The first inning I was a little methodical with things... I sped things up a little bit and it turned around pretty good." -- Josh Beckett on his not-bad return
Chafee questions bloody sock in Schilling deal > Ortiz homers twice to lift Red Sox, Buchholz to victory in Anaheim > Victor Martinez returns and makes an impact on first pitch he sees > Bard has quickly become one of game’s top relievers > Lackey unsure about reception
Who needs 'em: Alex stuck at 599, Joba jilted, but Yankees prevail > Yankees, Red Sox eye Jays lefty > Royal pain for A-Rod despite Yankees' victory > Granderson's 2-run HR helps Yanks top Indians, 3-2
The "Curt’s Pitch
for ALS" program is a joint effort by Curt and Shonda Schilling and The
ALS Association Mass Chapter to strike out Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
