Carlos Beltran's two-run home run off John Lackey got the Yankees off and running Saturday as the Red Sox allowed five home runs in all and lost another game to the Bombers in the Bronx. By Michael Parente This is probably going to be a hockey town for a few more weeks, or at least until it’s safe to break out the floaties and sunscreen.
On the same day in which the Boston Bruins wrapped up the President’s Trophy with the NHL’s best record for the first time in 25 years, the Red Sox slipped two games below .500 following a 7-4 loss to the New York Yankees in the Bronx. The Boston Bruins have been the Stanley Cup Finals twice in three seasons and are the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and they prepare for their seventh consecutive playoff appearance beginning next week, yet some fans (namely Travis Barrett) are still a nervous wreck with postseason hockey looming on the horizon. By Travis Barrett This is what happens. This is how it is for hockey fans.
Cruise through a memorable regular season, carry a bunch of 20-goal scorers in your lineup night after night, lock up the best record in the conference weeks before the schedule ends, backstop your season with one of the best individual goaltending performances in team history, even punctuate the whole thing with an virtually invincible 17-game stretch over an incredible 31-day span. And then it all ends and the playoffs beckon — and you’re as worried as an eight-year-old boy whose mother is two hours late getting home from work. Lowell, Mass., light heavyweight "Irish" Joey McCreedy will have the legendary Micky Ward in his corner tonight as he tries to do what Ward did nearly two decades in Vegas as he faces unbeaten WBC Continental Americas champion Sean Monaghan at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. By Michael Parente LAS VEGAS (April 12th, 2014) – With the city of Lowell on his back and millions watching on Pay Per View, Joey McCreedy will do his best to channel his inner Micky Ward on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The Lowell, Mass., light heavyweight will face reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas champion Sean Monaghan (20-0, 13 KOs) in a 10-round bout on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley rematch, promoted by Top Rank Boxing and available on HBO Pay Per View. For all your PawSox needs... Ryan FOx (@Spider_Fox87) Duuuuun Dun. Duuuuuun Dun. Dunna Dunna Dunna Dunna….SURPRISE! It’s that time of the year folks. The boys are back in Pawtucket, the season is in full bloom, and that means one thing and one thing only: The 990WBOB Weekly PawSox Update. If you are a fan of the PawSox and want to keep track of them then look no further. Here’s what you missed this past week.
Yankees' pitcher Michael Pineda broke a rule Thursday that clearly states you cannot rub a foreign substance on a baseball, but no one in Major League Baseball, or in Boston's dugout, seemed to care. By Michael Parente In the classic film Blue Chips, Nick Nolte’s character, fictional college basketball coach Pete Bell, tells his team, “Boys, the rules don’t make sense, but I believe in the rules.”
Then he goes on to explain how and why he broke them anyway, which is somewhat of a microcosm of professional sports in the 21st century. In Game 6 of the 1985 World Series, umpire Don Denkinger's controversial call in the bottom of the ninth sparked the game-winning rally for the Royals, went on to win the series in seven games. If baseball's new replay rules were around back then, memorable moments like this would've never happened. By Michael Parente In the third inning of Friday’s game in Toronto between the Yankees and Blue Jays, Yankees manager Joe Girardi utilized Major League Baseball’s new replay challenge rule to overturn a close call at first base that extended the inning and ultimately led to two runs for New York.
Ichiro Suzuki was initially called out at first base on a bang-bang play that would’ve ended the inning, but Girardi challenged the call, the umpires then overturned it and, with runners now on first and third, Yangervis Solarte laced a two-out, two-run double to give New York a 4-3 lead. The shift in momentum loomed large as the Yankees held on for a 7-3 win. PawSox Manager Kevin Boles sits down to talk with Media after game Ryan Fox (@Spider_Fox87) PawSox Manager Kevin Boles takes some time after tonight's 4-0 loss against the Iron Pigs to sit down with the media about the game, how his team performed, and a variety of other topics.
Ladies and gentlemen, the 2014 MiLB season has officially begun at McCoy Ryan Fox (@Scoop_Fox87) On a brisk evening in April the lights and sounds of McCoy Stadium were seen and heard throughout the town of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Baseball had finally arrived and that means another full-filled, heart-pounding, exciting season with the Pawtucket Red Sox.
Yankees' ace CC Sabathia struggled again last night in New York's season-opening loss to Houston, continuing an alarming trend of diminished fastball velocity and poor starts dating back to last season. By Michael Parente Joe Girardi can bark all he wants about velocity being overrated, but when your washed-up ace is bragging about his newfound changeup reversing the course of history, it’d help if the aforementioned pitch were more than just a few ticks slower than his actual fastball.
In just a couple of days, this will be a common sight at McCoy but a sight that everybody will be welcoming Ryan Fox (@Scoop_Fox87) It's that time of the year for all Rhode Islanders. In just a few days, the doors of McCoy will be open to the public and everybody will be watching their beloved PawSox take the diamond. But for now, it was Media Day at McCoy Stadium. Various media outlets (ESPN, PROJO, WEEI, COX) were at McCoy to get the scoop on the 2014 PawSox. And when there's a scoop to be had, you can bet WBOB's PawSox beat writer will be there.
During Media Day, yours truly was able to get interviews with various players and coaches on the team. The following interviews are live and 100 % truth. So get your popcorn ready and tune in. |
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