http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/ Readin'. Writin'. Red Sox. en Copyright 2009 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:06:28 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/eelogo.jpg Game 79: July 3, 2009 ∙ 11 innings Mariners7H: Sean White (9)BS: Shawn Kelley (2)W: Chris Jakubauskas (5-5)S: Mark Lowe (1)41-38, 2 game winning streak Red Sox6L: Ramon Ramirez (5-3)48-31, 1 game losing streak Highlights: The Red Sox almost mounted an extra innings comeback but fell one run short. Seattle http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/07/enduring/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/07/enduring/ July 2009 Game Comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:06:28 -0500 Game 78: July 1, 2009 ∙ 11 innings Red Sox6W: Ramon Ramirez (5-2)S: Jonathan Papelbon (20)48-30, 1 game winning streak Orioles5BS: George Sherrill (3)L: Danys Baez (4-2)35-43, 1 game losing streak Highlights: Joe Castiglione summed it up best: snoozer early, grinder late. Josh Beckett gave up runs in four of http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/07/absolution/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/07/absolution/ July 2009 Game Comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:18:52 -0500 Game 77: June 30, 2009 Red Sox10L: Takashi Saito (2-1)BS: Jonathan Papelbon (2)47-30, 1 game losing streak Orioles11W: Mark Hendrickson (3-4)S: George Sherrill (17)35-42, 1 game winning streak Highlights: John Smoltz started the game but did not factor into the decision because a 1 hour, 11-minute rain delay forced him http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/07/reversal/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/07/reversal/ June 2009 Game Comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:27:09 -0500 Game 76: June 29, 2009 Red Sox4W: Jon Lester (7-6)S: Jonathan Papelbon (19)47-29, 1 game winning streak Orioles0L: Jason Berken (1-5)34-42, 2 game losing streak Highlights: Ramon Ramirez started off the bottom of the ninth sharply with two quick outs but then surrendered a single and a walk. Terry Francona http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/plucky/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/plucky/ June 2009 Game Comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:17:47 -0500 Game 75: June 28, 2009 Red Sox1L: Brad Penny (6-3)46-29, 1 game losing streak Braves2W: Tommy Hanson (4-0)H: Eric O’Flaherty (7)H: Peter Moylan (11)H: Rafael Soriano (6)S: Mike Gonzalez (9)35-40, 1 game winning streak Highlights: Mmmbop, ba duba dop. Please tell me this is Hanson’s mound music. He was 10 http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/sick/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/sick/ June 2009 Game Comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:36:58 -0500 Game 74: June 27, 2009 Red Sox1W: Tim Wakefield (10-3)46-28, 2 game winning streak Braves0L: Javier Vazquez (5-7)34-40, 4 game losing streak Highlights: In the aftermath of the 2004 ALCS, the Yankees sought to prune away those players who failed them so miserably. Amongst the casualties was Vazquez, who has http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/statesman/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/statesman/ June 2009 Game Comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:46:24 -0500 Game 73: June 26, 2009 Red Sox4W: Josh Beckett (9-3)45-28, 1 game winning streak Braves1L: Jair Jurrjens (5-6)34-39, 3 game losing streak Highlights: Every series against Braves brings announcers the opportunity to speak of the Atlanta dynasty of the 90s to the early aughts. In that same period the Florida http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/bostonians/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/bostonians/ June 2009 Game Comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:31:52 -0500 Game 72: June 25, 2009 Red Sox3L: John Smoltz (0-1)44-28, 1 game losing streak Nationals9W: Jordan Zimmermann (3-3)21-49, 1 game winning streak Highlights: The Zimmermen(n) had me confused last night, particularly with this pitcher hitting situation. I wish the National League fuddy-duddies would adopt the designated hitter already. The success http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/recur/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/recur/ June 2009 Game Comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:54:18 -0500 Game 71: June 24, 2009 Red Sox6W: Jon Lester (6-6)H: Justin Masterson (4)H: Hideki Okajima (14)S: Jonathan Papelbon (17)44-27, 4 game winning streak Nationals4L: Craig Stammen (1-3)20-49, 2 game losing streak Highlights: Home plate umpire Bob Davidson ran Dave Magadan in the fourth inning after the hitting coach joined Kevin http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/repast/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/repast/ June 2009 Game Comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:57:52 -0500 Game 70: June 23, 2009 Red Sox11W: Manny Delcarmen (2-1)H: Hideki Okajima (13)43-27, 3 game winning streak Nationals3L: Julian Tavarez (3-5)20-48, 1 game losing streak Highlights: Tuesday evening featured the first visit to the nation’s capital by the Red Sox since 1971. Nationals Park, which debuted last season, is not http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/capitalize/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/capitalize/ June 2009 Game Comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:38:49 -0500 Game 69: June 21, 2009 Braves5L: Jeff Bennett (2-4)32-36, 2 game losing streak Red Sox6BS: Ramon Ramirez (2)BS: Hideki Okajima (2)W: Jonathan Papelbon (1-1)42-27, 2 game winning streak Highlights: You could only tell it was the official first day of summer by looking at a calendar. The gusts in the http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/requite/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/requite/ June 2009 Game Comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:05:41 -0500 Game 68: June 20, 2009 Braves0L: Derek Lowe (7-5)32-35, 1 game losing streak Red Sox3W: Josh Beckett (8-3)41-27, 1 game winning streak Highlights: Lowe, ensconced in the shroud of invulnerability for being on the 2004 roster, got standing ovations walking from the bullpen to the dugout before pitching and when http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/zeroed/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/zeroed/ June 2009 Game Comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:51:30 -0500 Game 67: June 19, 2009 Braves8W: Kenshin Kawakami (4-6)32-34, 1 game winning streak Red Sox2L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-5)40-27, 1 game losing streak Highlights: It was Bermuda Night at Fenway and in honor of the event Red Sox fans lost their affection for Matsuzaka in the Bermuda Triangle. My friends were http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/yaji/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/yaji/ June 2009 Game Comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:59:42 -0500 Game 66: June 18, 2009 ∙ 6 innings Marlins2W: Ricky Nolasco (3-6)33-35, 1 game winning streak Red Sox1L: Jon Lester (5-6)40-26, 1 game losing streak Highlights: On a wet and messy night the only error wasn’t a flubbed grounder or an errant throw but a fifth-inning collision between Emilio Bonifacio http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/abbreviated/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/abbreviated/ June 2009 Game Comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:40:36 -0500 Game 65: June 17, 2009 Marlins1L: Andrew Miller (2-3)32-35, 2 game losing streak Red Sox6W: Brad Penny (6-2)H: Justin Masterson (3)H: Hideki Okajima (12)40-25, 2 game winning streak Highlights: The 38,196 fans at Fenway were feted by the Boston Red Sox for 500 straight sold out games. The streak started http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/sellout/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/06/sellout/ June 2009 Game Comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:10:23 -0500