Sox Burnt to a Crisp

Slowco Stops to Jog While 'Running' Home with Tying Run And Slides a Mile Short of the Plate. Why Ever Slow Down in a 0-1 Game? Why Ever Slow Down When Trying to Score?

“Now for some reason, Coco Crisp is going hard until he comes to within 10 feet then he slows up, now where’s the on deck batter [Manny]?, he’s nowhere to be found… The way Barfield comes up with that, it’s almost like he didn’t expect Crisp to go, and it seemed to take him a while to get rid of that baseball, and Coco would have been safe had he been running hard. … and one more look at Crisp as he’s running hard, now he slows up, and that costs him at home plate, but again there’s nobody there to tell him, well, to run hard and slide.” -- 7.25.07, Jerry Remy, NESN analyst on Coco’s play in the 6th inning

Tito Missed the Boat on the Play of the Game
Manager Doesn't Mention Coco's Run, or Missing Manny

“David hit the ball with the shift, and they’re so deep, and it took that extra hop, and Coco had a chance, if it goes to either side of the plate he’s safe. Victor [Martinez] did a good job blocking the plate, in a game like that you have to take that chance to go ahead see if we can get a run, to tie that game. It just didn’t work. With Jason on first, that’s my fault, I didn’t communicate that very well, I’m gonna have to take that one.” -- 7.25.07, Terry Francona, or is was it really Francoma tonight

Thanks for the Help, Manny

While Coco Stops and Goes Coming Home
On-Deck Manny is Hanging Back By the Dugout

From Bad to Worse: 'Tek Gets Hung Up in No Man's Land
When Cora Takes on the Hit-and-Run in Disastrous 8th
Lugo Gets Thrown Out at Second to End the Inning
Cleveland, Carmona Shut Down Sloppy Sox, 1-0
One Bad Ball from Josh Bleeped-on-NESN-Again Beckett

Red Sox Connecting with Their Cut-off Man
Meet the Simpsonized Sox

El Guapo Shows His Pride

Rich Garces Opens Up On His Time with the Sox, Weighs In On Food and Playing in Nashua, Reveals His Sadness During the '04 Series, and Talks About What It Takes to Make a Comeback in the Can-Am League

The Dirt Dogs El Guapo Chat Transcript

Hi Rich! I was wondering if you paid attention to the Red Sox during the World Series run. You played with a lot of those guys and were only a few years removed from Boston. Did you watch at all, and what were your thoughts?

El Guapo: "I was a little sad because I was there for seven years because I worked hard all those seven years I was there. I deserved something like that. I went through injuries, pulled muscles, hamstring, groin, tendinitis in my arm... I went out there and pitched a couple of times like that... I wanted to be there. I was watching from home and it was so sad because I was not there when it happened."

The Dice is Right

Matsuzaka Gets His Game On, Puts on a Show
Indians Come on Down, But Don't Get a Prize

High Five: Matsuzaka Outduels Sabathia, 1-0
Lowell and Behold: Mike Big Swing Scores Big Run
Getting Defensive: Youk and (gulp) Wily Mo Flash the Leather
Hitting Machine: 14 in a Row for Lugo
It's a Wrap: Oki in the 8th, Cinco Ocho in the 9th

"I'm grateful for the one run that my teammates were able to score against him [C.C. Sabathia]." -- 7.24.07, Daisuke Matsuzaka on his run support

The Real McCoy
Schill Still Won't Play for Yanks
And Can't See A-Rod Coming to Boston