justin masterson Stories - Over the Monster
Game 48: Sox love the WPs
FINAL SCORE: Twins 4, Red Sox 2PLAYER OF THE GAME: Jason Bay (1 for 4, HR) Wild pitches are reason No. 381 that I love baseball. But there's no reason to love them after last night. The Red Sox had six wild pitches last night, four from Daisuke Matsuzaka and one each from Manny Delcarmen and...
Sox need to do something big. Like nothing
After an ugly West Coast trip where the Red Sox went 2-4, some people might be searching for that little red panic button. Thankfully, Theo Epstein is not. Where are the Red Sox's problem spots? They're pretty easy to spot. The biggest problems are: Bad starting pitching. Josh Beckett, Jon...
Game 38: Error leads to late Sox loss
FINAL SCORE: Mariners 3, Red Sox 2 The Red Sox made the Mariners look like the 2001 versions of themselves this weekend. 116 wins for this team? Sure! I mean, they just seemed to handle the Sox pretty well these last three dyas. The Red Sox capped by the roadtrip by losing 3-2 to the Mariners on...
Game 33: Varitek -- The Dude -- is the new king of clutch
This was a game the Red Sox probably should not have won. Why? Because Justin Masterson was ugly, Jered Weaver was solid and the Red Sox just couldn't string together any hits. In baseball, though, sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you get lucky enough to earn the win and that's exactly what the...
Game 1: How good is Josh Beckett?
For a photo gallery of today's game, click here. Hello, Rays. Meet Josh Beckett. The new and improved version. Yeah, he was pretty good last year, but as you saw today, he's gotten even better. Beckett went seven innings in the Sox opener, allowed just two hits, one run, walked three and struck...
Cancel the season: the Red Sox are struggling
If you don't know that headline is sarcasm, I am sorry for you. The Boston Red Sox are 2-6 early in Spring Training, only if you count games against Boston College, Northeastern and yesterday's 9-5 loss to Puerto Rico (and speaking of that game, Daniel Bard pitched two great innings and Chris...
Masterson: Sell High?
Salesman extraordinaire Justin Masterson makes his pitch. via multimedia.heraldinteractive.com The baseball player market is a tricky economy, but you can still apply some simple financial concepts to it, like the axiom "Buy Low, Sell High." In baseball, this means you trade players at the peak...
Comparing Masterson and Bowden
Given that the Rangers and BoSox are apparently talking a catching for pitching trade, and given that the most likely candidates for Boston to part with among its young pitchers are Justin Masterson and Michael Bowden, I thought it would be worthwhile to link this Prospect Smackdown from April of...
Random Red Sox (and other) thoughts before Game 3
What you got to say, Randy? I'm listenin'. (via d.yimg.com) With three hours until game time, I don't have one cohesive thing to say -- just a lot of little random things. Stick with me for a moment: Thank god the series has shifted to Boston. Not just because Fenway Park is the greatest...
Drew's HR beats K-Rod, Angels, 7-5
K-Rod after JD Drew's home run in the ninth inning. (via d.yimg.com) Youk reacts after his great ninth inning catch. (via d.yimg.com) Paps being Paps. (via d.yimg.com) Games like this seperate the champions from everyone else. After the Red Sox took a 4-0 lead in the first inning, the Angels...
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