The Boston Red Six? The Pitching Rotation in The Second Half

by Sara Hannon

On Friday, the Boston Red Sox take on the Toronto Blue Jays to kick off the second half of the season. On the hill for the Red Sox will be Clay Buchholz.

Many will remember Buchholz from his no-hitter in September 2007. Others remember how bad his 2008 season was, as he was shipped off to the minors.

In 2009, Buchholz has been dominating while playing for Triple-A Pawtucket. But with Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Tim Wakefield, Brad Penny, and Dice-K, there was no room on the rotation.

When Dice-K went down, John Smoltz stepped up. So what do you do with the sixth man on the pitching roster?

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Boston Red Sox - Six Players Selected!

by MusketFire

The Boston Red Sox who just happen to be the best team in the American League, had a total of six players selected for this year’s All-Star Game in St. Louis. As Dustin Pedroia and Jason Bay were both selected by the fans to start for the AL side, in this year’s classic. Then it was time for the reserves to be named. Which fell to this year’s manager Joe Maddon, from the Tampa Bay Rays as he rewarded the AL East leading Red Sox by naming four more Sox players to the team.

Maddon selected pitchers Tim Wakefield, Josh Beckett and Jonathan Papelbon along with Kevin Youkilis to represent the AL side. They all deserved to be on the team as they’ve produced all season for the Sox and their fans.

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Red Sox Show Interest in Scott Rolen

by Anthony Emerson

According to multiple sources, the Boston Red Sox seem to be interested in the Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Scott Rolen.

Rolen was a member of the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals before joining the Blue Jays. He was traded from the Cardinals to the Jays for power hitting first baseman Troy Glaus.

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Boston Red Sox Have Quiet Night at 2009 All-Star Game Despite Big Numbers

by Josh Nason

Despite having six players in the 2009 All-Star Game, the Boston Red Sox contingent was mainly quiet Tuesday night—save for AL East rival Carl Crawford robbing a would-be home run given up by eventual winning pitcher Jonathan Papelbon.

Papelbon (W) came in for the seventh inning and threw 10 pitches to three batters, but the one that stood out was a deep fly-out by Colorado's Brad Hawpe to lead off the inning.

Crawford—named the game's MVP—made a leaping catch up the eight-foot wall and snared the shot, preserving a 3-3 tie.

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Trade Deadline: What Should The Red Sox Do?

by Matt St. Jean

The trade deadline is arriving at the end of the month and baseball has yet to see any really significant moves from the big players in the game, notably the Yankees, Dodgers, Mets and Red Sox.

There are plenty of rumors flying around the Boston Red Sox and it has the Fenway Faithful constantly speculating on who the Red Sox could acquire. Recently it has been Roy Halladay, and how dominating Red Sox pitching would be with Halladay, Beckett, and Lester as a three-headed demon devouring batters at will.

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Playing in Boston hasn't changed Bay

By Ian Browne

Once a well-kept secret in Pittsburgh, Jason Bay's hitting heroics are now a regular staple of national highlight programs. This is his third All-Star Game, but first with the high profile that comes when you are a standout performer for the Boston Red Sox.

So instead of his past All-Star experiences, when Bay would sit at his table during media availability and visit with maybe three or four writers, he drew a steady crowd throughout Monday's hour-long availability session.

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Boston Red Sox Mike Lowell Headed to DL..

According to the Boston Globe, the Boston Red Sox have put third baseman Mike Lowell on the 15-Day DL with a right hip strain. The trip to the DL is retroactive to June 28.

Lowell was hitting .282 with 10 HR’s, 41 RBI, and was playing his usual stellar defense for the Red Sox, so this will hurt the first-place Red Sox.

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Red Sox place Lowell on disabled list

By Jeff Seidel

The Red Sox placed third baseman Mike Lowell on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday, hoping to give his troublesome right hip some more time to heal.

Lowell underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in the hip during the offseason, and he had 15 CCs of fluid removed on Monday. He also received an injection of Synvisc, a lubricant that helps alleviate pain in joints.

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Red Sox route through June leads directly to October

by Steve Weissman

The Boston Red Sox entered this month with a record of 29-22, stood a game behind the NY Yankees, they prepare to leave it behind with a record of 47-29 and a 3.5-game lead over their archrivals. For those of you without a calculator, this means the club went 18-7 over the past 29 days and gained 4.5 games in the standings. Not a bad piece of work, to say the least, especially considering David Ortiz was struggling when the period began, and Daisuke Matsuzaka was so ineffective throughout he finally was removed from active duty.

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Sox's lineup swap pays off against O's

By Lisa Winston

Red Sox manager Terry Francona made a slight adjustment to his lineup Monday night, with big results.

Francona flip-flopped second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who had been batting leadoff for the past month, and right fielder J.D. Drew, who had been hitting in the No. 2 spot.

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Red Sox duo locked in close All-Star votes

By Doug Miller

On his march to the Major Leagues, the little guy who plays second base for the Boston Red Sox has heard over and over again that he can't, but then he laces up his spikes, throws on his glove and proves everyone wrong.

Now Dustin Pedroia is trying to do it again.

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Not Such Sweet Sorrow: Time For Red Sox to Part Ways With Julio Lugo

by Keith Testa

Superior depth and versatility have allowed the Boston Red Sox to camouflage a number of blemishes in the early going this season, including the near-death experience of David Ortiz and the train wreck that has been Daisuke Matsuzaka.

And the ongoing saga of Julio Lugo.

The shortstop problem itself has certainly not been hidden; just the opposite actually. Until Nick Green went into the phone booth and emerged a serviceable Major League middle infielder, it was the most glaring hole on the roster.

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Red Sox taking patient approach, but Lowrie is eager to get back to Boston

By ROBERT LEE

Jed Lowrie is on a mission to become the Red Sox starting shortstop for the rest of the year.

It’s a mission that he hopes to accomplish as early as next month.

He believes that he earned the starting job during spring training. He fought so hard to keep it back in April that he didn’t tell anyone that his left wrist had been bothering him for weeks.

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