Terry Francona

Instant Replay Reveals Need for Greater Oversight of Umpires

I should offer a disclaimer before I even get deep into this article. I’m a fan of instant replay in baseball and am happy that MLB decided to bring it’s decision making into the 20th century. I also think MLB should’ve waited until next season so that every team would’ve had an equal number of [...]

Josh Beckett Should Start Friday

Ace Throws Successful Bullpen Session
Red Sox starter Josh Beckett is slated to start this Friday against the Texas Rangers after a successful bullpen session Tuesday afternoon, according to the Boston Globe. The righty has not pitched in a live game since Aug. 17 due to inflammation in his right arm.
Beckett threw 58 pitches in the [...]

Josh Beckett Scratched from Start Friday

Righty to Visit with Andrews; Sox fail to slam door on Yanks
As if the Red Sox losing 3-2 to the Yankees Thursday afternoon wasn’t bad enough, there’s new information about the right elbow of Josh Beckett…and if it involves Dr. James Andrews, we know it’s not good.
Beckett will miss his next scheduled start (Friday), which [...]

Beckett to Miss Start with Injury

Righty Out with Elbow Inflammation
Red Sox ace Josh Beckett will miss his next scheduled start against the New York Yankees on Tuesday, giving him more time to rest after Terry Francona dubbed Beckett’s injury “inflammation in his right elbow.” According to The Globe’s Nick Cafardo, it was the first time that the word “inflammation” had [...]

Red Sox to Send Seven to the All-Star Game

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Hey, maybe Alex Rodriguez isn’t the most hated man in Major League Baseball. A-Rod officially won the popular vote for the All-Star Game for the second-straight season, and will start for the American League.
Joining him will be seven members of the Red Sox: OF Manny Ramirez (elected), DH David Ortiz [...]

Dice-K Injured, Manny Hits No. 499 in Sox Loss

The Red Sox-Mariners game Tuesday night was a wild one with many storylines playing out. It’s rare that a random regular season game would have so many twists, but this one certainly did. The Mariners won 4-3 in walkoff fashion, but that’s not even half the story.
Starter Daisuke Matsuzaka left the game with apparent “shoulder [...]

Red Sox Bot Notes

Schilling Beginning to Throw
Boston Red Sox starter Curt Schilling played long toss before Thursday’s game against the Detroit Tigers, continuing his rehabilitation from a shoulder injury.
Schilling also tested that shoulder by playing catch on flat ground Tuesday but wasn’t ready to begin throwing off a mound. “He did good. He looked good,” manager Terry Francona [...]

Dice-K to Start Season Opener in Japan

For a while, it seemed he would never make it, but Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka will be making the trip to Japan after the birth of his son. Now, Terry Francona has named Dice-K as the Opening Day starter when the A’s and Sox square off March 25 in Japan.
Jon Lester is slated to [...]

Francona Signs on for Three More Seasons

The Red Sox and manager Terry Francona have finally agreed on a contract extension which will keep Tito as the Sox manager until 2011. The deal also has two options for 2012 and 2013.
From this morning’s press release:
“On behalf of John Henry, Tom Werner, Larry Lucchino, and the Red Sox organization, I am very [...]

Spring Training Water Cooler Talk

Coco Crisp or Jacoby Ellsbury

Terry Francona has said Coco Crisp is the incumbent, meaning Jacoby Ellsbury still needs to win the job. You’d think the interview for the spot would have been the World Series, Ellsbury was kind of great there. Apparently, Ellsbury is behind Coco. At least CF is a great place to have [...]

Red Sox Preview: Manny Ramirez

Manny Ramirez

Pos
LF

Age
35

Bats
R

Throws
R

Experience
14 years

2008 Salary
20 Million

2007 Stats:

G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SB
CS
AVG
OBP
SLG

133
483
84
143
33
1
20
88
71
0
0
.296
.388
.493

Current Affairs: Manny showed up on time to spring training. Yay. And if you have been reading the Globe, Manny has been getting ripped! Manny has always worked hard at becoming a better hitter so maybe after a disappointing 2007 where he broke his streak of 9 consecutive years of [...]

MLB Passes the ‘Francona Rule’

The new rule: A manager can only wear their teams uniform top or jacket. A mangager can’t wear pullover jackets or anything of the like. A manger can wear it before games, or after games, but not during games. The uniform must be worn at all times.
This rule can be called simply, The Francona Rule.

Wakefield Out for ALDS

According to a Yahoo news report, Tim Wakefield is not on the Red Sox playoff roster (at least for this series).
Red Sox manager Terry Francona said Tuesday the goal was to get Wakefield healthy enough for later in the playoffs, should the Red Sox advance. The knuckleballer threw Tuesday, but not well enough to [...]

Sweep at the Fens? Schilling vs Marcum

Tonight the Red Sox are going for their second three game sweep this year of Toronto. The Sox have won four in a row and are seven games up on the Yankee’s.
Jacoby Ellsbury is in the lineup again tonight. In Jacoby Ellsbury’s four games of starting in September he is 8-12 with 1 2B, 1 [...]

Lester vs Cabrera Post Game

Sometimes with the Sox a win is just a win. Not that the Sox were bad. But they could have done a lot better and could have done a lot worse. Cabrera looked bad most of the time with a lot of hard hit balls but the Sox could only manage three runs. Lester allowed [...]