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Red Sox Drank Beer, Played Video Games During Games

Kevin Spak — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:17:05 CDT

The Boston Red Sox’s three highest-paid pitchers—Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, and John Lackey—were in the habit of drinking beer, playing video games, and eating fast-food fried chicken in the clubhouse during games instead of supporting their teammates in the dugout, according to a scathing Boston Globe piece examining...

Angels Finally Avert Sweep, Stay Alive in 12

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:15:20 CDT

Francisco Rodriguez's biggest save of a record-breaking season came in a tie game. Rodriguez wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the 10th inning, Mike Napoli hit two early homers before scoring the go-ahead run in the 12th and the Los Angeles Angels avoided another playoff sweep by beating the...

How TV, Money Robbed Sports Fans—and Journos

Will McCahill — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:05:46 CDT

The days when journalists could get to know professional athletes well enough to write the kinds of profiles that would give fans true insight are long gone, Pat Jordan laments on Slate, with television and the accompanying big money the main culprits. Where Jordan once spent days with Catfish Hunter,...

O's Rough Up Beckett, Beat Red Sox 5-4

Doug Sweeney — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:25:30 CDT

Luke Scott homered and had three of Baltimore's 11 hits off Josh Beckett, and the Orioles received a fine pitching performance from Jeremy Guthrie in a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Scott was mired in a 7-for-55 skid before going 3-for-3 against Beckett, who came...

Beckett, Youkilis Lead Boston Over Tigers

Jesse Andrews — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:35:10 CDT

Josh Beckett got eight strikeouts, including the 1,000th of his career and Kevin Youkilis hit another home run at spacious Comerica Park to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. Beckett gave up six hits and a run in seven innings and Youkilis...

Ramirez's Bat and Arm Lead Red Sox

Mitch Pritchard — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:34:21 CDT

Manny Ramirez singled in two runs in the first inning to end his longest RBI drought with Boston and Josh Beckett pitched eight innings to help the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 12-4 last night. Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz each had three hits and Jason Varitek drove...

Shields Tosses Shutout as Rays Beat Red Sox

Mike Buss — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:42:42 CDT

James Shields threw a two-hitter for his first career shutout, Evan Longoria homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Josh Beckett and Boston 3-0 to complete their first three-game sweep of the Red Sox. Shields (3-1) struck out seven and walked one while Beckett (2-2) struck out a career-high 13...

Ramirez, Beckett Help Sox Top Yankees

Jesse Andrews — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:44:28 CDT

Manny Ramirez hit two more homers off an ineffective Mike Mussina, leading Josh Beckett and the Boston Red Sox past the perturbed New York Yankees, 7-5 in a game that nearly got testy Thursday night. With Ramirez enjoying his latest outburst against his favorite foe, Yankees reliever Kyle Farnsworth threw...

Manny, Red Sox Outlast Rain and Yankees

Mitch Pritchard — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:06:23 CDT

Manny Ramirez homered and added a two-run double to give the Red Sox the lead, and Josh Beckett rebounded from a bad season debut to lead Boston to a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees yesterday. A day after Chien-Ming Wang pitched a two-hitter to beat Boston in the...