There’s a reason why the name given to sports fans is the abbreviated version of “fanatic”: they are fanatical.
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“As a manager, you try not to have bad thoughts, but we were up 7-0 and we had opportunities to add on and didn’t”, McClendon said.
This fanaticism is heightened for Boston fanbases – constant media coverage on a television network, dueling radio stations, and newspapers across every New England state.
“We were just talking”. But that had to be a bit of secondary interest for Tribe manager Terry Francona.
Rookie Travis Shaw hit his fifth home run, which gives us a reason to invoke the name of Sam Horn, always a worthy occasion.
“He(Farrell) mentioned that he was going to start (chemo) Tuesday, I said, I’ll meet you there”. Coincidentally, the man taking Farrell’s place on an interim basis is Red Sox third base coach Torey Lovullo.
For now, the angry choruses that have flooded WEEI this season and demanded for Farrell to be fired have become echoes of well wishes.
In the end – 12 innings to be exact – Seattle’s offense was able to overcome the blemishes of its bullpen.
Dreams are dashed, tears flow, causes such as The Jimmy Fund are embraced and occasionally non-baseball injuries to the likes of Jon Lester, Ryan Westmoreland, the 4-year-old daughter of Cleveland and former Red Sox infielder Mike Aviles and now Farrell seize the spotlight.
The Red Sox chipped away by scoring four times over the next three innings. Barnes will get his first Major League Baseball start Monday night, replacing Steven Wright in the rotation.
Hanley Ramirez couldn’t make the catch in front of the Green Monster in the top of the fourth inning on Monday. On that day, the Red Sox and Indians kicked off their three-game set.
The Red Sox are encouraged by the signs of maturity for Bradley at the plate (“perhaps the best development of a lost season for the Red Sox“, a scout said) and signs of refinement in Castillo’s unpolished game.
The winning run was scored in unusual fashion as first baseman Mark Reynolds reached safely on a fielder’s choice in the eighth when shortstop Brandon Crawford threw wide of first while attempting to complete a double play. Hembree will take a spot in the Sox bullpen, which was vacated by Ryan Cook.
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While cancer is a fearsome foe- even such a curable form as Farrell’s Stage I Lymphoma – Francona said he’s confident his friend will win his fight.
