Month: August 2008
BOS 6, BAL 3: Bay delivers, Lester stays hot
It might be safe to say that Jon Lester is the new ace of the staff. Earning his 12th victory…
Read more »Wolves Updates 8/19
Click here for photos of different angles of the new uniform. From The Bleacher Bums: As for…
Read more »Practice With Blanton
Robert Blanton at practice. Robert Hughes means business. Sam Yong and the gang are getting serious.
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Battle at RB for fourth spot. Sanya Richards runs for Gold tomorrow night (later in the morning here). She qualified…
Read more »Baseball should not be played in Florida in September
We’re watching Tropical Storm Fay move into southern Florida today, and evacuations are presently underway for non residents. Fortunately, the…
Read more »Red Sox Injury Update
J.D. Drew: He is sitting tonight with the back issue but it is only precautionary, at the most he will…
Read more »Backup QB Rumors Persist
You can now add Dolphins’ QB John Beck to the list of QBs the Cowboys may be interested in acquiring….
Read more »Links of the Day 8/18/08
Why, this isn’t 5 parts at all. In fact, it’s just 5 different plans! Someday, this will be me. Good…
Read more »Tonight’s Red Sox Lineup 8/18 in Baltimore
Jacoby Ellsbury, RF Dustin Pedroia, 2B David Ortiz, DH Kevin Youkilis, 3B Jason Bay, LF Jed Lowrie, SS Sean Casey,…
Read more »Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
MLBRed Sox at Baltimore – NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.Anaheim Angels at Tampa Bay Rays – KCOP/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.Seattle at Chicago…
Read more »Olympic Viewing Guide for Tuesday, 8/19
With Michael Phelps gone, NBC latches onto gymnastics for one more night. And one of the extreme sports, BMX makes…
Read more »8/18: The Real Stopper
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (70-53) @ Baltimore Orioles (60-63) Jon Lester 11-4, 3.25) @ Jeremy Guthrie (10-8, 3.18) 7:05…
Read more »Monday Early Afternoon Links
Updated:I’m doing some work, but also keep checking the internet for more linkage for you and I’ve found enough to…
Read more »What Is a Real Fan?
By David Saltzer – Angelswin.com Columnist You can hear it on the sports-talk radio. You can read it on the…
Read more »A Visit to Lucas Oil Stadium
Updated:(NOTE: This post will have a permanent home on 18to88.com) 18to88 reader Paul sends us this thorough review of the…
Read more »Series Preview: Astros (63-61) @ Brewers (71-54)
Pitching Probables: Monday, August 18, 7:05 p.m. CT: LHP Randy Wolf (8-10, 4.56) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (13-8, 3.04) Tuesday,…
Read more »Rankings Are Stupid
Updated:To make this perfectly clear…I hate rankings. Sure, when I was younger, I’d check out Power Rankings throughout the NFL…
Read more »A Monday Morning Link Thing
Updated:Back to the work grind, but for me, I felt I was at work all weekend long. No fun. But…
Read more »Clay Needs A Reality Check
Clay Buchholz was happy with yesterday’s outing, “It was definitely a confidence booster, my arm felt good, and it feels…
Read more »Down goes USC’s Trammell
Via TheState.com – Univ of South Carolina Alum and reigning 110-meter hurdle silver medalist Terrence Trammell hurt his leg in…
Read more »A Take on the New Jerseys from New Jersey
My first thought after gazing upon the now-infamous leaked photo of Kevin Love was that the Wolves brass were either PR…
Read more »Holy Buckeye! Only 12 days until kickoff
You can watch hours of highlights from Ohio State games of the past, and you will never find a moment…
Read more »This Day in Red Sox History
August 18 1907: Rube Kroh beats the St. Louis Browns 2-1 in a complete game. This will be Kroh’s only…
Read more »Mini Pony of the Day 8-18-08
Updated:I’m not touching this one. Thanks to my sister Kate for finding this abomination. This weekend was exhausting, to say…
Read more »Wolves Updates 8/18 Part 3
Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune on the new uniforms: The pine trees have been de-emphasized on the neckline and removed from the…
Read more »TRIVIA: Bill Buckner’s ball
The last trivia question had the names of the two knuckleball duos previous to Charlie Zink and Tim Wakefield: Andy…
Read more »Be careful what you wish for…
you just might get it. The picture above is Carr running for his life in preseason G1 because TE blocking…
Read more »Bagpipe Monday… Piper4Life
The results are in from this weeks poll. “What do you think of the changes at Subway Domer?” 67% Doesn’t…
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