“No”, said Farrell. “Jeff never shut up”. “This just cropped up after this last start”.
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Hamels went 7-2/3 innings, giving up eight hits and five runs in his 97-pitch effort.
Fortunately for Boston, they will not need to search far for a replacement.
Shaw hit his first two major league homers and went 4-for-4 with five runs scored and four RBIs to lead the Boston Red Sox past the Tampa Bay Rays 11-7 on Saturday. “I’m grateful to Larry for his mentorship and John and Tom for their confidence in me”, Kennedy said via The Boston Herald. Boston activated RHP Ryan Cook, acquired Friday from the Athletics….
Lucchino’s contract with the team was set to expire at season’s end, and given the recent refocusing of his attention to the Pawtucket Red Sox’s sale and move to Providence, as well as the now defunct Boston 2024 Olympic bid, it is not shocking that Lucchino saw this as good timing for his departure.
-Shaw started the game at third again and picked up two more hits after having a historic game on Saturday.
Duda clubbed two solo home runs and drove in the deciding run with a double that scored Curtis Granderson, who had led off the eighth inning with a double to give the Mets a 3-2 lead.
Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy writes that Lucchino was key as Epstein’s boss in leading the Red Sox resurgence during the first 15 years of the 21st century.
While this wasn’t a surprise to many in the organization, it presented a chance to reflect back on what he’s meant to the organization as president and CEO for three World Series titles. He batted. 254 from 2010-14 with the White Sox. Crawford’s deal was for seven years and $142 million.
It’s not that the Red Sox are doing this to get him out of the rotation. The extension is worth $110 million.
Coming from behind with a two-run rally in the eighth and hanging on to beat the rival Red Sox, improving to 52-54 and hoping better times are again ahead, was about as good as it could get. When the team picked up a one-year, $17.5 million option for 2004, it brought the total to $90 million.
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Although news of Lucchino’s decision surfaced the day after the trade deadline, at which the Red Sox did little to improve a ballclub headed toward its third last-place finish in four years, sources insisted the timing was coincidental and Lucchino was not being forced out. Porcello has never been this type of pitcher and the Red Sox are making it really tough for him to not become the villain.
