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5/9: We can’t lose to a guy named Boof can we?

Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (23-14) @ Minnesota Twins (17-16) Jon Lester (2-2, 3.94) @ Boof Bonser (2-4, 4.29) 8:10…

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Links of the Day 5/9/08

I’m of the opinion that baseball fights are awesome. Two things: the announcers AND Eduardo Perez said that the pitch…

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Casey and Cora Feed The Paw Sox

Sean Casey and Alex Cora have honored the tradition of feeding the team during their rehab assignments in Pawtucket. Cora…

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Hoiberg to represent Wolves at lottery

From Charley Walters/Pioneer Press: Timberwolves assistant GM Fred Hoiberg will represent the team at the NBA draft lottery on May…

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Wolves Updates 5/9 Part 2

Mike Trudell/Timberwolves site chats with Ryan Gomes about the offseason, his teammates, and the upcoming birth of his daughter (audio)….

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Classic Mini Pony of the Day 5-9-08

(originally published on 5-9-07) I understand that MPotD stands for mini pon-y of the day. Singular. Yet there are times…

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If You Can’t Win, Fight

When you score 1 run in your last 32 innings(!), you are bound to be frustrated. So what the hell?…

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Back-to-back sweeps and a sleep strike

Well with that 7-2 debacle in Miami last night, the Brewers finished up their road trip 2-7 including six straight…

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TRIVIA: Yay for bad OBP

First, the previous trivia: Tom A was right with his answer of Williamsburg to the question of: “The bullpens at…

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In Praise of the best New York Giants Defensive End of All Time- Michael Strahan

I started to comment to Cody in the previous post and it quickly became obvious that this two sentence reply…

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Marlins finish sweep of Brewers, 7-2

The Brewers lost the series finale to the Marlins Thursday night, 7-2.  The loss marks six straight defeats for the…

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3 Point Shooting Spurs San Antonio to Victory

San Antonio was facing down a tough challenge in game 3, and as it turns out, they really are up…

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Sox Start A New Win Streak

Josh Beckett quickly made everyone forget about yesterday’s loss with a dominating performance. He went 7 innings striking out 8…

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KG Cast – Episode 8

Tonight:  College Wolf Game:  Celtics over Cavs 89-73, Game 2.         Celtics take 2-0 series lead. College Wolf is again soloing…

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Quickie Thursday Night Links

I’m going to try to give you some links in between segments of Lost. Here we go. Ted Hearn of…

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Don’t Change A Thing

Boston fans are great.  LeBron has a bad night?  No problem… have a seat in our front row and we'll…

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All NBA Team

KG is a first teamer… Pierce is 3rd team: 2007-08 ALL-NBA FIRST TEAM Position Player, Team (1st Team Votes) Points…

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LeBron’s Our Bitch

The Celtics defense against LeBron James is downright Belichick-ian. Simply put: They are in this guy's head. The King followed…

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We’ve Broken Their Spirit

We've had some fun with the other bloggers out there covering the Cavs.  We'll continue to do that… but I…

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Crazy Lakers Fan Takes On KG

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxIVGddRDlg] You remember this whack-job… he did the "Prince" Kobe song.  Its a take-off on those Volkswagen ads.  If you…

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Prospect Update

The Red Sox are positioning themselves to be the favorite in the American League once again. The Sox have been…

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Beckett the Show Stopper

There is a reason you are called an ace, a number one starter, a show stopper, the make it stop…

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Charles Barkley says “I’m a Dumbass” on National TV

One of the funniest pieces of video circulating the internet today is the clip of Charles Barkley getting tricked by…

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Some Thursday Afternoon Links

I’ll give you some additional links on this late Thursday afternoon here on the East Coast. First, Newsday’s Neil Best…

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Honest to blog

If you haven’t seen the now week-old freakout by Buzz Bissinger on Deadspin blogger Will Leitch, do yourself a favor…

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New Shirts

A few new shirts are available now at the merchandise link on the right…

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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

MLBRed Sox at Detroit – NESN/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Toronto – FSN Florida/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Milwaukee at Florida…

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Lineup for 5/8 at Detroit

Manny gets a night off, Jacoby will play left. Jacoby Ellsubry, LF Dustin Pedroia, 2B David Ortiz, DH Kevin Youkilis,…

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5/8: I’ll see your Verlander and raise you a Beckett…

Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (22-14) @ Detroit Tigers (15-20) Josh Beckett (3-2, 4.19) @ Justin Verlander (1-5, 6.28) 7:05…

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