Major League Baseball ToDay

The Boston Red Soxs have been in the spotlight alot lately. With the contract extension of of Francona, a trip to DC to be honored by President Bush,  a visit to Walter Reed Medical Center and Thursdays doubleheader game with Boston College and Northeastern University the Soxs have been busy to say the least.

According to Ian Browne (MLB.com), “A day after their whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C., the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox had a mixture of awe, perspective, laughter and indelible memories to put in their mental scrapbooks.”

It must have been an incredible experience to visit the White House, personally meet the President of the United States and visit with some truly great military heroes at the Walter Reed Medical Center.

Here is what Curt Shilling had to say about the visit, “For me, it’s a chance to truly acknowledge them and tell them, ‘I’m not just telling you it’s an honor to meet you, it really is an honor to meet you.’ These guys, a lot of them are Red Sox fans. When they’re sitting there and they’re missing both legs and they’re in a wheelchair and they’re trying to get something signed for the buddy that saved their life that is still over in Iraq, it’s like, ‘OK, how bad are my problems?’”

I was so impressed with the patriotism and humility of what Curt said I just had to repeat the above quote he gave in an interview with WEEI-850 AM radio. 

The Boston Red Sox get it done one more time in game 2 of the 2007 World Series. Even though it was nearly the blow out of game one. The series started out with 2 games in Boston and then will go to Colorado for 3 games if needed then back to Boston for the final 2 again if it is needed. Curt Schillings was the starting picture and he did a tremendous job considering his age. He may have lost some speed but his intelligence as a picture is hard to match. Anyway the Red Sox take their club full of whoop a__ on the road to Denver. There will have to be adjustments to the cold and the thin air. Dice K is schedule to be the starting picture in game 3.

The Boston Red SoxSox dominated the use to be on a roll Colorado Rockies Wednesday night in Boston. A 13 - 1 whooping is about the best way to describe it.

Around 10 pm central time, the Rockies roll was over. Even though the game was in the fifth inning at that time. The whooping had begun . Kenny Rogers was singing to Colorado about knowing when to fold them. The first four innings were not great for the Rockies but the fifth may have been the inning that shut the door on any hope of ever coming back. The RSoxSox rocked Jeff Francis for six runs on ten hits. Francis pitched 103 pitches . They brought in Franklin Morales to back up Francis and it did not get much better.

The Rockihollardhollardor tonight’s game. Good luck to you Colorado it can’t get any worst.

Matsuzaka and Okajima stood on the mound posing for pictures with Boston general manager Theo Epstein, a Japanese flag and the American League championship trophy. These two Red Sox rookies came from Japan just for the World Series. Just 3 years after ending its 86 year title drought, Boston completed another October comeback by beating the Cleveland Indians 11-2 in game 7 of the ALCS. They will now face the Colorado Rockies in the World Series that will start this Wednesday night in Boston. Most of the Red Sox this time were not around for the win in 2004. Expect an exciting World Series this year.

The Boston Red Sox are based in Boston, Massachusetts.  The team is often referred to it as “The Bosox” or the “Old Town Team”. The Red Sox compete in the American League East division. Their fans are loading up on Boston Red Sox Merchandise because of their love for this team.
The Boston Red Sox play at Fenway Park, one of the oldest ballparks around.  The park broke ground on September 25, 1911 and opened it to their fans in April of 1912. Fenway Park has been home to several sports teams.  The Boston Redskins were a NFL team that played there from 1933 to 1936, the Boston Yanks were a NFL team that played there from 1944 to 1948, a Boston Patriots was an American Football League team that played there from 1963 to 1967, and the Boston Braves were a Major League Baseball team that played their from 1914 to 1950.  The park in Boston started with a 35,000 capacity in 1912 and currently holds 38,805 fans.
In 1934 construction was done on the left field wall and eventually became known as the Green Monster. The Green Monster is a 37 feet, 2 inches high wall that is 240 feet long, and has a 22 foot deep foundation.  The wall was built from 30,000 pounds of Yoncan Iron.  The Green Wall is currently the highest wall in professional baseball and is notorious for rejecting home runs on hits that would have cleared any other ballpark.  The green wall does have a history of allowing a lot more extra-base hits.
The Boston Red Sox have won six World Series Titles. They won the World Series in 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, and in 2004.  The Red Sox have won 11 American League Pennants. They won them in 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, and in 2004.  The team has also won five Eastern Division titles and five wild-card berths.
The Boston Red Sox broke the Curse of the Bambino when they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 World Series. The Boston Red Sox play at Fenway Park located in Boston, Massachusetts. Fenway Park is home to many famous legends like Babe Ruth, Cy Young, Jim Rice, Ted Williams, and Jimmie Foxx.