Jake Peavy, who has faced the Rays twice this year, is set to pitch tonight in Game 4 of the American League Division Series.
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas does not always write about baseball. It just seems that way, starting with his early days covering spring training for the St. Petersburg Times, to his current role of bi-locating at both Hadlock Field and Fenway Park, reporting on the Portland Sea Dogs and Boston Red Sox. In the off-season, he still writes about baseball, while venturing to hockey rinks and basketball arenas, especially when it comes to the University of Maine and local colleges. Thomas has received awards for his work, but his greatest prize is home, which includes one patient wife, nine children and an aging chocolate Labrador.
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Red Sox Notebook: Boston facing a rested Hellickson
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Rays will hand the ball to Jeremy Hellickson in Game 4 of the American League division series. That used to give the Rays confidence, but Hellickson has faded in the second half of the year. He was 10-3 at one point but finished the season 12-10 with a […]
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Rays walk-off homer forces Game 4
The Red Sox still have a 2-1 series advantage, but failed to close out Tampa on Monday night.
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Buchholz and Cobb have had their share of pain
The two will face off Monday evening, with Tampa’s season on the line and the Red Sox hoping to advance.
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Rays look for an upside in being down
Tampa Bay knows Boston can clinch on Monday, but say they are ‘battle-tested’ in elimination games.
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Red Sox Notebook: It’s no, no Nava vs. lefties, but that’s OK
BOSTON – He batted .303 for the whole season. His on-base percentage of .383 was second only to David Ortiz on the team. Yet Daniel Nava was benched for a second straight game. And he understands completely. “No point in changing things now,” Nava said. While Nava is a switch hitter, he is much better […]
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On Baseball: Like the Rays, but with money
BOSTON – Billy Beane and his Moneyball approach to the game ignited a new trend in baseball thinking, complete with a bestseller and Brad Pitt movie. Now that Ben Cherington has produced a worst-to-first winner in Boston, his blueprint is being analyzed, over and over. But that blueprint is not complete, nor is it original. […]
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Red Sox beat Rays 7-4 in Game 2
Boston follows its first-game rout with another display of offense – David Ortiz hits two homers as Boston takes a 2-0 lead.
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Fun way at Fenway: Lester, hustle lead to rout
The Red Sox turn a Rays misplay into five runs in the fourth, and more followed for a 12-2 win.
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On Baseball: It’s the look, that title look
BOSTON – This Boston Red Sox team may be built to go all the way. And that has nothing to do with beating a team by 10 runs. A romp means nothing in the playoffs unless it’s in the deciding game. Ask the 2004 Yankees, who beat Boston 19-8 in Game 3 of the ALCS. […]