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he did a great job, making up for giving 5 runs on saturday night against the twins

speaking of bradford, guess who is coming to close out the 9th ---haha what is it about commentators for rangers, white sox, yankees, etc?... guess nothing else better to do since rangers have been held homerless thus far

bradford has done well very much so, i think his ERA along with Myers, both under 2.50--damn yankees beat white sox 3-2, mussina, who could be the last of the original rotation was a given it was gonna be a win for them----ok cool just 3 more outs, and remain with 3 1/2 game lead

oh yeah including chad bradford deal, jose cruz jr was just an unfortunate mishap tho

god damn i tell you Tony G is the star of the game for the Red Sox, 3 for 3 raising his average to 306, scoring 3 runs, 4 RBIs including the bomb that got Sox the lead, an intentional walk, and a stolen base

true but that happens on sept 1, and bellhorn has a mex of 20 games he can stay with the minor league team, playing or not those games

not all new Manny's fault, cora helped with his throwing error to first base

sorry dude, for the Baltimore Orioles its better luck next year

yes it was very clutch but without his big hit, score wouldve been 8-7 and more tense than ever

Mound of hurt There are 52 games (just about one-third of the season) left on that free Red Sox pocket schedule that has been burning a hole in your wallet ever since you grabbed it off your local pizzeria counter way back in March. And while it is just 3 1/2 games separating the Yankees and Red Sox in the standings, in reality it might as well be Quechee Gorge. That’s not burying the Yankees by any stretch, as we’re sure that they’ll enjoy trying to fend off the A’s and Angels for the wild card. But good luck. The A’s remain the hottest team in baseball, have pulled into a first-place tie with Los Angeles in the AL West, and all of a sudden are tied for the second-best mark in the league. Remarkable. In the AL East, the Red Sox are by no means Team Perfect, but for all their many problems, just be glad they aren’t those of the Yankees. If the Red Sox don’t get an effective Keith Foulke back into the closer’s role, the longer they have to wait to get Curt Schilling back in the rotation. And sorry, if you’re the Red Sox and have David Wells and Matt Clement opening the playoffs against Barry Zito and Rich Harden, most everyone without the rosy shades is going to favor the latter. For all the mixed feelings surrounding the cantankerous closer this season, Foulke remains Boston's X factor, and so far this season there has been nothing to suggest that he can effectively repeat what he did last fall. Foulke will throw this week, and then decide whether he will break down and demean himself with a rehab assignment. Boston can win through September with Curt Schilling closing games. But I doubt they can win in October without him starting games. But while that is Worry No. 1 in New England, 200 miles south they’ve got continuing problems with their Cyclone starting rotation. Carl Pavano, who was supposed to make a rehab start tonight in Trenton, is heading to Alabama, presumably for some good ol’ fashioned BBQ (and James Andrews), and the Yankees do not expect to see him for the rest of this season. According to the New York Daily News, “Team officials are ‘exasperated’ over Pavano's condition, according to one source, since the Yanks have given him a battery of tests and found nothing substantially wrong with his shoulder.” Pavano has been on the disabled list with shoulder tendonitis and has not pitched since June 27. And once again, if you’re still keeping score, mark one off in the Matt Clement column. Meanwhile, Randy Johnson, who pitched just four innings Saturday in Toronto, admitted yesterday that his back hurt and is questionable for his next start Saturday. If that’s not bad enough for Yankees fans, Hideo Nomo is lined up to start Thursday, and Jaret Wright, making a rehab start tomorrow, will soon enter the starting rotation mix again. Yikes. By all accounts it has been a disaster for New York pitching this year. But it inconceivably keeps getting worse. In July you can deal with an aching Johnson, and a hurt Pavano. Chien Ming Wang and Kevin Brown are already gone, and then you learn your top pitching free agent signee is also gone for the year. Now you’re counting on the likes of Hideo Nomo, released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for God’s sake, to be a savior. Fans have to throwing their arms in the air and asking how in the world it came to this. Meanwhile, the Red Sox have built their lead on the Yankees, Blue Jays (seven games) and the now-defunct Orioles (10 1/2 games) by virtue of their eight-game winning streak, two snapped in Minnesota. But they return to Fenway Park beginning tonight to kick off another six-game homestand against the Rangers and White Sox, the AL team with the best mark (72-38), who begin the week in the Bronx before heading north. You’ve heard it before, but the Red Sox play 30 of those final 52 games at home, including 21 of their final 33 at a place where they are playing .647 ball in 2005. It’s going to be odd for sure. The first baseball postseason without the Yankees since 1993, when Robinson Cano was just 10 years old. If the Red Sox do win the East, it will be the first October they have played in without their ancient rivals since Roger Clemens smeared the eye black and swore at Terry Cooney with his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle laces. Fifteen years later that same guy is 11-4 with a 1.39 (1.39, your eyes are fine) ERA for the wild card-leading Astros, after beating the Giants yesterday, 8-1. It was Clemens’ fourth straight win. Teammate Andy Pettitte is 9-8 with a 2.64 ERA, better than any other Yankees starter with more than two outings (unless you think Shawn Chacon will keep that 1.50 ERA) Meanwhile, David Wells is 9-5 for Boston. All three will likely be in the postseason in 2005, two years after they together patted down the Babe with bubbly, courtesy Aaron Boone. The guys who took their uniforms, Johnson, Pavano, and Brown, in the end, are no comparison. And if you need one singular reason why New York will be sitting at home, it does not get any more elementary than that.

lets see how their pitching staff deals with the team that has the best record in baseball, White Sox starting tonight

I agree, I see the Angels or A's taking the Wild Card, with Yanks being 1st season in awhile with their season ending at the regular season mark i cant wait me and my friends are gettin tickets for the Oct 2 finale game of sox vs yanks, chant yankees suck! and all that jazz

did have a better day yesterday as DH this time, going 1-4, with 2 RBIs, 1 Run scored, and no Ks

Jacoby Ellsbury named Red Sox Minor Leagues Base Stealer of the Month: Ellsbury, whom the Sox selected 23rd overall in this year's draft, got his career off to a impressively swift start when he swiped nine bases in as many attempts for Lowell. Ellsbury hit .278 in 36 at-bats for the Spinners with one home run, seven RBI and 10 runs scored. He also drew eight walks while striking out just five times. Ellsbury's July totals are especially impressive considering he has not played since July 23 due to a sore left hamstring. Ellsbury, a 21-year-old out of Oregon State, is expected to return to the Spinners lineup this week.

sox should try putting him in more, like the 7th inning and on to the last out, help stretch him out some back to long starts theyre hoping from him

this is just for one game, true steve but tony and alex would have been starting either way tonight, and best bet is have cora at 2nd. and tony g at 3rd, in 150 games played I think he understands more how to deal with the line drives and range to throw to first and second base from there--and Sox wouldnt have lost any edge at 2nd as cora has proven to play great defesne

exactly really Tony G was the best bet for 3rd base, having 15 errors in 150 games played at third. Alex Cora now in 1 game with 2 errors, besides does give more defense at 2nd, NESN post game reports and WEEI were talking about this flub on the defensive alignment because if not for cora's throwing error, the game wouldnt have needed a save situation

well that was a little off subject since everybody here was talking about the sox and twins, but... ok :thumbsup:

Johnson's next start in doubt August 7, 2005 TORONTO (AP) -- Randy Johnson's next start with the New York Yankees is in doubt because of a bad back. "He's really uncomfortable,'' manager Joe Torre said. ``If it was like this yesterday, he wouldn't have pitched.'' Johnson lasted just four innings in Saturday's 8-5 loss, allowing six runs for the second straight start. The 41-year-old left-hander started having back spasms while covering first base in the fourth inning. He didn't come out for the fifth. "It's real tight right now. It's hard to move,'' Johnson said. ``I'm going to continue to get treatment. Hopefully, it will be day to day.'' Johnson will be examined by team doctors when the Yankees return to New York on Monday. Torre said they should know by Tuesday if he will be able to make his next start. Torre didn't sound optimistic. "We'll have to wait and see,'' Torre said. "If he feels the way he does today, he can't pitch.'' The Big Unit isn't happy with his first season in the Bronx. The five-time Cy Young Award winner is 11-7 with a 4.29 ERA. The back has been bothering him for some time, but he's yet to miss a start because of it. The Yankees are already missing injured starters Kevin Brown, Carl Pavano, Chien-Ming Wang and Jaret Wright. Pavano and Wright, however, could be back soon as both are making minor league rehab starts this week.

Cora should have played at 2nd base, i dont understand how they had him at 3rd base when Tony G has had a number of games playing that position. but oh well its the past now and Sox remain with the lead 3 1/2 game lead over the yanks

Wade Miller- 4.78 Matt Clement- 4.67 David Wells- 4.45 Bronson Arroyo- 4.24 Tim Wakefield- 4.13

anyways Wakefield was the f***in man today!!! with a career high 11 strikeouts in the 8 innings of work, giving him his 11th win and lowering his ERA to the starting rotation's lowest at 4.13

??? cmon dude , thats not a logical complaint at all? tru Tony G at 1-5 with run scored---ok how about how doug mirabelli at 1-4, Petagine at 1-4, and Alex Cora being 0-4

ah im jealous very much so---sox players will be glad to get out of minnesota and back into fenway park, god 6 errors in the 3 game series thus far

its the mlb supporting cures for a disease NESN had said