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#1
04-21-2010
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Sometimes all a slumping baseball team needs is a little spark, and it can come from the most unlikely place. Will that be the case for Boston going forward? It certainly happened last night against the Texas Rangers.
The Red Sox had no choice but to put two outfielders, Jacoby Ellsbury and Mike Cameron, on the Disabled List. Usually, Ellsbury is the team spark. He leads off, steals lots of bases, goes from 1st to 3rd routinely on steals, and goes 1st to home on singles. But he's out after a collision with Adrian Beltre last week. So, the Red Sox, needing and outfielders, called up Josh Reddick from Pawtucket. At the end of 5 innings, the Rangers were ahead 6-2. Tim Wakefield had been shaky. In the bottom of the 6th, though, Reddick hit a two-run double that put the team back in the game. It was in the bottom of the 8th, though, that the spark became a fire. Darnell McDonald had also been called up from Pawtucket, though in a bit less definite way than Reddick (see below). An unlikely hero, and pinch-hitting for Reddick, he launched a homer into the Green Monster seats in the bottom of the 8th to tie the game. The Fenway Faithful, who have had little to cheer about of late, erupted! McDonald stayed in the game, and he wasn't finished. Jonathan Papelbon, who has also been shaky, came in to pitch the 9th, and held the Rangers. And then, in the bottom of the 9th, who would come to bat with men on base but Darnell McDonald. He nearly hit another homer, but instead his towering show fell short and scraped the left-field wall just out of reach of Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton. It was all that was needed, and the winning run came home. The Red Sox have their first walkoff victory of the year, and Darnell McDonald's name is being celebrated throughout Red Sox Nation. He's no spring chicken; he's been a minor leaguer for 12+ years, coming up to "the show" for 17 games in 2004 with Baltimore, 4 with the Twins in 2007, and 47 with Cincinnati last year. But for the Red Sox, he had only been asked to get to town, wait in a hotel, and see whether Jacoby Ellsbury was okay after batting practice. The answer was Jacoby on the DL and McDonald to the ballpark, "just in case." The rest is history. Perhaps the spark will stay? 
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#2
04-21-2010
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It's a good night to be a Boston sports fan! First, the Bruins win in the 2nd overtime, and just now, the Red Sox just won their second walk-off in a row. Tonight, it took 12 innings, and the hero was Kevin Youkilis. But we'll take wins however they come!
Oh, and by the way, Darnell McDonald (see post just above) started for the Sox in center field, and hit another homer.
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#3
04-22-2010
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 I wish the Jays had taken some of that remedy! They actually came back to tie the game at 3 but Downs left a pitch right down the middle in the top of the 10th and the Jays ended up losing 4-3 in 10 innings. Dang. I really wish the Yankees would stop winning. At least Tampa Bay is giving them a run for their money(1/2 game back of first). I really miss Halladay and his 4-0 record and 0.82 ERA. 
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#4
04-22-2010
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#6
04-24-2010
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Woohoo! The Jays beat Tampa Bay 6-5! I was a little worried there near the end, but the Jays prevailed!
They beat a very tough team(the Rays are now 12-5)! I hope they can at least win one more in the series. The Red Sox are playing the best possible team to face at the moment, the Baltimore Orioles. It isn't a stretch to think that Boston can sweep the series, as Baltimore is the worst team right now in all of MLB! Baltimore is 2-15 for the season. That is putrid! David Ortiz got a dinger, but that was his only hit on the evening. It helped them to win, which is the main thing.  The Yankees lost their second game in a row. Niiiiice! 
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#7
04-24-2010
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I have just heard that Fenway Park may host a pre-season football friendly on 21st July 2010 between Scotland's Old Firm rivals Glasgow Rangers and Celtic.
It'll be war and Boston needs to be prepared for the fans' post-match fighting. 
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#8
05-19-2010
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Thank you Jonathan Papelbon for not allowing the Yankees to win for the second night in a row(you had me worried for a moment there!)! You allowed the Jays to finally gain a game in the Wild Card standings(they are only 2 games behind the Yankees now) as Tampa Bay won....again!
Toronto beat Minnesota 11-2(clubbing 4 home runs)! With those 4 homeruns, Toronto now has 65 for the season so far, by far the most in the Majors! Even if they don't continue to play good baseball, I am impressed with the way the Jays are playing this year. They have had 13 come-from-behind victories so far this season(something they could rarely do in the past few seasons) and are an entertaining team to watch. The players actually look like they want to play! Ortiz had another couple of hits in the Red Sox victory. It looks like he has found his swing again.
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#9
05-19-2010
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#10
05-20-2010
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Besides, the way Tampa Bay is playing right now, there is no point in hoping for a AL East victory for the Jays. Toronto beat Seattle 3-2 and are only 1 game behind the dreaded Yankees, who lost 10-6 to the Rays. Boston beat Minnesota 3-2.
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