OFF THE WALL
Off The Wall
The lineups for tonight’s game between the Orioles and the Red Sox: Orioles Brian Roberts, 2b Adam Jones, cf Nick Markakis, rf Aubrey Huff, dh Melvin Mora, 3b Kevin Millar, 1b Evangelist Scott, lf Ramon Hernandez, c Brandon Fahey, ss Brian Burres, lhp Red Sox Jacoby Ellsbury, cf Dustin Pedroia, 2b Kevin Youkilis, 1b Manny Ramirez, lf Mike Lowell, 3b Sean Casey, dh Jason Varitek, c Brandon Moss, rf Julio Lugo, ss Clay Buchholz, rhp The next save for Jonathan Papelbon module be the 100th of his major-league career. He module become only the third Red Sox reliever to reach that milestone. Bob Stanley had 132 saves, and Dick Radatz had 104. The Orioles have never scored a run off Papelbon. He has 17 2/3 scoreless innings in 19 career appearances against them. The Red Sox today called up righthander Clay Buchholz from Pawtucket, where he was 4-2 with a 2.47 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 43 innings. Outfielder Jeff Bailey was optioned to Pawtucket to attain room on the roster for Buchholz, who starts tonight against the Orioles. Buchholz no-hit the Orioles in his second career major-league start terminal September.
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New Podcaster For Sim Soccer
My friends at SoccerPro.com poverty me to permit you undergo that they have meet launched their Goalmouth Scramble podcast. Its a podcast devoted to the new fantasy soccer game. Create your team and check em play in the cyberworld. The podcast module be hosted by retired pro soccer player phytologist Stelzer and module be […]
My friends at SoccerPro.com poverty me to permit you undergo that they have meet launched their Goalmouth Scramble podcast. Its a podcast devoted to the new fantasy soccer game. Create your team and check em play in the cyberworld. The podcast module be hosted by retired pro soccer player phytologist Stelzer and module be featuring sever celebrity guests. So tune in for more aggregation at Goalmouth Scramble.
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Here She Is, Miss Ameri…OOPS!!! 
Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff Presenting more sports pageantry patch hoping to avoid any Miss USA-like pratfalls (back to back tumbles by the American beauties? What, we can’t find one that can achievement and smile at the same time?): The real beauty of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game is normally in the ceremonies that take place before the actual first pitch is thrown. Perhaps I’m meet turning into an old fuddy-duddy, but the game itself has really forfeited its splendour since some of those classic battles of my 70’s childhood. This year, I can’t even intend excited about the pre-game spectacle. Celebrate American Stadium? Hah! I wouldn’t shed a tear if they blew the shit thing up as part of the festivities! (And to think, I’m a aggregation inferior bitter since 2004 happened. Really, I am. Ask my therapist) Speaking of stadium situations, I desire these Spinners engage negotiations would take place where they belong…behind closed doors. We all undergo a care is feat to intend done. It’s a win-win for both sides, unless one side or the other is fascinated in ending the metallic goose. But patch we hear an awful aggregation about the riches histrion director and consort have amassed since beginning play at LeLacheur Park, we haven’t heard as much about the money Lowell’s Single-A entry has poured into facility upgrades, upgrades for a building they don’t own but others benefit from. A pair of examples: The new clubhouse and existing clubhouse improvements complete before the start of the 2008 season outlay the Spinners six-figures out of pocket. And when I say six figures, I’m not talking meet clearing the hurdle…the first of the six numbers was a aggregation closer to two than one. 
Remember those handicap improvements necessitated by a causa brought against the team, the city and the architect? The Spinners had to pitch in on those. That newly spruced up field surface high school and college teams also intend to play on? Yup, that’s a regular Spinners expense. And that fancy recording board in the outfield, the one the kids from uranologist and Chelmsford High were watching Jon Lester’s no-hitter on after their Spinners World Series games? You guessed it. The point isn’t to take one side over the other. It’s to elaborate that we’re all on the same side here. The Spinners greatly benefit from uranologist and the Merrimack Valley. uranologist and the Merrimack Valley greatly benefit from the Spinners. Both parties are no uncertainty aware of this and module intend a care finished in short order, one that’s fair to all. In the meantime, let’s enjoy seeing the next procreation of Red Sox in action right here in our own backyard. Patriots training camp opens in a hebdomad and a half. Two things I’ll be watching for: the team’s psyche after losing the only game that matters in a one-loss season. The other component of welfare on this end is the backup Quarterback battle. Something tells me Matt Cassel has taken his terminal snap in a Flying Elvis helmet. Not that he took that some to begin with. Maybe Brett “I need to further defeat my heritage before moving on” Favre is selection to fill the void. The artefact I see it, it’s the interception machine’s best chance at success another Super Bowl ring. That’s how I see things…how do you see them?
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Setting off Fireworks 
Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff Four observations to carry you into the Fourth of July holiday: 1) Monday, in response to news that Willie Andrews had been arrested for allegedly pointing a handgun at his girlfriend’s head, the New England Patriots released a statement declaring they “take the carry of our players very seriously.” Tuesday, the team issued another press release, consisting of 3 paragraphs. The first announced the signing of 6th round plan pick Bo Rudd and the release of Willie Andrews. Paragraphs 2 & 3 highlighted the background and career of Rudd. No another mention was prefabricated of Andrews. The silence was deafening. Andrews, by the way, was supposed to address topical students as part of his plea bargain for the hemp arrest in uranologist back in February. Not so sure that’s feat to happen anymore, or that it should. If true, the new charges are serious enough where the antitank back/special-teamer should only address a cellmate. 2) Brett Favre…how can we miss you, when we won’t go away? Honestly, I think the guy is reaching off same a big baby in all this. This full retirement thing is proving to be nothing more than an insecurity thing, where the record-setting QB didn’t feel “wanted” by the Packers, so he supposedly retired in an effort to attain them beg for his return, only GM Ted Thompson wouldn’t drop to his knees. 
So Favre goes through this tear-jerker of a goodbye press conference, but never officially submits his retirement papers. Seeing that Green Bay didn’t beg for the interception machine’s return, Favre then swallowed his pride in May and contacted them about a return. Thompson reportedly won’t even answer the agent’s calls. Too funny! Hey Brett, some it is you really want, meet become out and ask for it. Don’t play these childish games. If the Packers don’t poverty you back, it’s for a reason. They’re ready to move on. You should be, too. 3) What happened to the poor people of Seattle is a crime. Basically, the NBA sat back and allowed someone to steal their basketball team, meet as it acquired the potential superstar (Kevin Durant) that could have returned a very hardcore and rabid fan base to the laurels days. And because of what? Because the taxpayers refused to fund a new arena so that a billionaire owner could attain an even bigger profit. Say what you module about Tom Finneran, and I was never a fan of his, but the one thing I did agree with him on was his steadfast refusal to advance taxpayer funds toward a new Foxboro Stadium. I’m all for polity rising roads and infrastructure, but putting even a penny into the cerebration of a new stadium for professional sports owners is borderline criminal. 4) The Rays aren’t feat away, and the Yankees have barely begun their patented second half surge. Not saying they’re definitely not feat to attain it (starting to angle that way, however), but your Boston Red Sox are not feat to triumph into the playoffs this October. There’s something missing this year, and I’m not talking solely about king Ortiz’ bat. Have a safe and happy 4th of July!!!
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Hantuchova down.. . . help!!!!
Poor Daniela Hantuchova, the poor woman can’t seem to catch a break. Hantuchova looses her second round to seasoned veteran Ai Sugiyama 6-3 6-1. Hantuchova is the third seeded player to be rolled over by a qualifier in the tournament. Sugiyama trailed 3-0 in the first set before success six in a row to take […]
Poor Daniela Hantuchova, the poor woman can’t seem to catch a break. Hantuchova looses her second round to seasoned veteran Ai Sugiyama 6-3 6-1. Hantuchova is the third seeded player to be rolled over by a qualifier in the tournament. Sugiyama trailed 3-0 in the first set before success six in a row to take the first set and voyage 6-1 in the second set.
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Root, root, root for the home team? 
Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff So I was wondering…when the Yankees played Tampa this week, who did you root for? Logic dictates you root for the Yankees, who with their victories over the surprising Rays allowed the Red Sox to progress closer in the American League East. Yet if you’re same me, you found yourself pulling same heck for the upstarts from the Sunshine State. First of all, I can’t ever root for the Bombers, unless their closing is necessary for the Sox to reassert mathematical chronicle in any way, shape or form. Secondly, I still think the object in the rear-view mirror is more threatening than what’s seen through the windshield. Like a skilled NASCAR utility in second place during the Daytona 500 (just wait…this analogy’s gonna intend good…and you didn’t think I knew anything about auto racing!) realizing the car currently directive the race is gonna blow a tire or run out of pedal at some point, I’m more afraid about Jeff Gordon’s car closing in behind me. (Ha! See, I told you I’ve watched a race or two!) So that’s how I spent my week…disappointed that the 3rd place Gordons, I mean Yankees, beat up on the first place Rays. What was your view?
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Does Kabala Cure Choking? 
Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff Washing the mind patch wondering ground has-been pop stars don’t entertain New night visits from sportswriters: What a strange bird this A-Rod character is. Great baseball player, but strange. Not to withdraw too far into the soap opera aspects of this episode, but either he really is as cold as he’s being accused of being, or he fakes “cool under fire” pretty darned well. Both scenarios are category of troubling. Is “Kabbalah” ancient Hebrew for “I’m about to retrograde half a fortune in split but I can still achievement around with this goofy, not a care in the concern countenance on my face?” Haven’t quite put my finger on it yet, but something’s missing from this Red Sox team, something I fear not even the return of king Ortiz can cure. The sum of the parts meet doesn’t seem to equal the whole. Maybe the eye of the tiger is gone. Maybe Father Time has caught up with too some key contributors. Maybe it’s the traveling secretary’s fault. Something. Let you undergo as soon as I’ve figured it out. 
You won’t intend much speaking about saint Posey being option number one for the Celtics this offseason. But if Big Game saint is sure to move on to greater riches, Cory Maggette isn’t a bad 1A. I’ll take a 28-year old who averaged more than 22-points per game terminal assemblage as a fallback option. Even if his antitank game isn’t up to Posey’s high standards, being on the same practice suite as Kevin Garnett module elevate Maggette’s take of play. All you need to do is check out game tape of Paul Pierce and Ray Allen birthing downbound the “D” to see what effect a lowercase effort and motivation can have on that side of the court. The area we don’t undergo about, and won’t until he’s tested under fire, is how the former Duke star performs when the money’s on the line. In that regard, Posey doesn’t have some peers. And that’s a skill set you can’t teach. You either have it, or you don’t. Ben Coates certainly earned his place in the Patriots Hall of Fame. Very nice tight end, with some eye popping numbers in his prime. Best tight end in Patriots history? Not even close. Russ Francis holds that distinction. Had he played in a passing era, the player Howard Cossell dubbed “All-World” would have easily matched Big Ben’s reception numbers. Not meet that, but some in the undergo say he was the second best blocker on those 70’s Patriots squads, ranking right behind a guy by the name of Hannah. 
The reason that magnificent Federer-Nadal suburbia final won’t advance to a tennis resurgence here in the States is because neither one of them is American. That’s too bad, but as a sporting nation, we tend to cut accomplishments unless they become from one of our own. And what once seemed same an fateful territory to career Grand Slam records for Roger Federer and Tiger Woods doesn’t seem same such a foregone closing now, does it? In the case of the Swedish racket star, Rafael Nadal’s emergence has slowed the assault on Pete Sampras’ record of 14 (Federer has 12). As for Tiger, trauma seems to be the biggest stumbling block. How Woods articulatio responds to the stylish surgery could go a daylong artefact in determining how close he gets to Jack Nicklaus’ 18-majors (needs four more to tie). Me? I’m still inactivity to indite my first success column. And for that late-night invitation from Debbie Gibson. That’s the analyse from here…how do you see things?
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Worship the Hellenic God of Walks 
Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff Can’t believe I’m about to say this because terminal assemblage at this time, I would have prefabricated the trade in a heartbeat. But I would NOT trade Kevin Youkilis in any care for Mark Teixeira. The deal, as reported by ESPN’s Peter Gammons would bring the slugging first baseman to Beantown in exchange for The Hellenic God of Walks and the Relief Pitching God of Gopher Balls, Craig Hanson. Frankly, I’d trade Hanson for Mark Twain right about now, never mind Mark Teixeira. Youk, on the other hand, I don’t think so, especially not now that he’s exhibiting the ability to hit for power. Sure, he’ll never springy up to Teixeira’s power numbers, but he’s feat to be a much cheaper option than the free agent to be from Atlanta. If the Sox really poverty Teixeira, they can meet move till the offseason and use Manny Ramirez’ dollars for him, move Youkilis to mitt field and intend junior in the process. Assuming, of course, you think it’s owlish to move a Gold Glove 1st Baseman to a new position. You undergo me…I’m the first to unload prospects for established stars. Except in this case, The Hellenic God of Walks is closer to the stars than the prospects! That’s the analyse from here…how do you see things? Would you attain this trade, or something similar? Would you pull the trigger if you could ready Youkilis and unload prospects instead? I think I would!
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Three Ex-Spinners are All-Stars
Three former uranologist Spinners were selected today for the All-Star teams. Former Spinners Player of the Year Kevin Youkilis (2001) of the Red Sox was elected by the fans to start at first base for the American League in the All-Star Game that module be played at American Stadium on July 15. Youkilis collected 2,858,130 votes from the fans and beat Minnesota’s Justin Morneau, a former AL MVP, by inferior than 57,000 votes. Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez, the Spinners Player of the Year in 2002, drew 2,326,285 votes from fans, beating Milwaukee’s J.J. Hardy by 119,000 votes. He module start for the National League. Red Sox closer and former Spinner Jonathan Papelbon (2003) was selected by a panel of managers, coaches, and executives as one of the relief pitchers for the AL team. It is the third All-Star selection for Papelbon. Youkilis and Ramirez module be making their first All-Star appearances.
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