Uh oh, the yanks are now only 10 games back. AND rocket got a win a 7k's. Do we think they can get by 4 teams and 5 games to win the Wild Card? The wild card race begins on June 9.

In a series Wang, Pettite and Clemens may put up a good fightl. Even against Beckett, Schilling and Dice-K. Yeah Right!! I could not stop laughing while I was typing that shit.

Soooo. When IS the next Yankee Elimination Party? Tune in later to find out and help us celebrate.

Recap (4-2)

Sat. 26     at Texas     W 7-4      33-15    
Wakefield (5-5)
Papelbon (12)
Manny Ramirez hit his first triple since April 29, 2006, went 4-for-4 and flirted with hitting for the cycle in Boston's win.

Pitchers    IP     H     R    ER    BB    SO    HR    PC-ST    ERA
T Wakefield (W, 5-5)    7.0    5    4    4    1    4    0    91-57    3.36
J Lopez    0.0    0    0    0    1    0    0    6-2    3.72
B Donnelly (H, 5)    1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    15-10    3.94
J Papelbon (S, 12)    1.0    1    0    0    0    0    0    15-13    1.47
Totals    9.0    6    4    4    2    5    0    127-82   
 
Sun. 27     at Texas     W 6-5      34-15    
Pineiro (1-0)
Okajima (3)
J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell had crucial RBIs in the eighth inning as the Red Sox rallied to beat the Rangers for a sweep of the three-game series.
HR: J Varitek (4, 4th inning off K Loe 2 on, 0 Out); D Pedroia (2, 9th inning off E Gagne 0 on, 0 Out)

Pitchers    IP     H     R    ER    BB    SO    HR    PC-ST    ERA
J Tavarez    5.2    6    4    4    1    6    1    89-65    5.40
J Romero    0.2    1    0    0    1    0    0    22-12    2.35
J Pineiro (W, 1-0)    1.2    0    0    0    0    3    0    20-15    5.40
H Okajima (S, 3)    1.0    2    1    1    0    0    0    19-14    1.09


Mon. 28     Cleveland     W 5-3      35-15    
Schilling (5-2)
Papelbon (13)
Curt Schilling whiffed a season-high 10 to lead the Red Sox past the Indians.
HR: M Ramirez (8, 5th inning off C Lee 0 on, 2 Out); K Youkilis (7, 7th inning off R Hernandez 0 on, 1 Out)
Pitchers    IP     H     R    ER    BB    SO    HR    PC-ST    ERA
C Schilling (W, 5-2)    7.0    6    1    1    0    10    0    114-77    3.68
J Romero    0.0    0    1    1    2    0    0    10-2    2.93
J Lopez (H, 6)    0.2    1    0    0    0    1    0    9-6    3.48
B Donnelly (H, 6)    0.1    0    0    0    0    0    0    3-2    3.86
J Papelbon (S, 13)    1.0    2    1    1    1    2    0    23-15    1.86

Tue. 29     Cleveland     W 4-2      36-15    
Beckett (8-0)
Okajima (4) 
Josh Beckett made his return from the DL in a big way, allowing just three hits and striking out seven in seven innings to win his eighth decision.
HR: J Varitek (5, 5th inning off J Sowers 0 on, 0 Out); K Youkilis (8, 6th inning off J Sowers 0 on, 0 Out)
Pitchers    IP     H     R    ER    BB    SO    HR    PC-ST    ERA
J Beckett (W, 8-0)    7.0    3    2    2    1    7    0    91-58    2.65
B Donnelly (H, 7)    0.2    1    0    0    0    0    0    11-6    3.71
J Lopez (H, 7)    0.1    0    0    0    0    0    0    2-1    3.37
H Okajima (S, 4)    1.0    0    0    0    1    2    0    23-13    1.05

Wed. 30     Cleveland     L 8-4      36-16    
Matsuzaka (7-3)
HR: M Lowell (10, 8th inning off R Hernandez 1 on, 1 Out)
Pitchers    IP     H     R    ER    BB    SO    HR    PC-ST    ERA
D Matsuzaka (L, 7-3)    5.2    12    6    6    0    4    1    106-73    4.83
K Snyder    1.1    2    0    0    1    2    0    25-16    1.53
J Romero    1.0    2    2    2    1    1    1    17-9    3.86
J Pineiro    1.0    2    0    0    0    0    0    18-14    5.14
       
Fri. 1     NY Yankees     L 9-5      36-17    
Wakefield (5-6)
Manager Joe Torre and mop-up man Scott Procter got ejected in separate incidents, and the Yankees held on to beat the Red Sox 9-5 in a testy game.

Pitchers    IP     H     R    ER    BB    SO    HR    PC-ST    ERA
T Wakefield (L, 5-6)    3.2    5    8    8    6    2    1    81-38    4.24
K Snyder    1.0    3    1    1    2    0    0    35-19    1.93
J Romero    2.1    2    0    0    0    1    0    30-20    3.37
J Pineiro    1.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    17-12    4.91
J Lopez    1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    17-10    3.09

News

Youk 24 game streak?
Beckett Came back in great shape
Ortiz rested his Hammys 3 days off
Lester continued his 30-day rehab assignment Tuesday night by blanking the Columbus Clippers on four hits over five innings. But relievers Craig Hansen, Craig Breslow, Mike Timlin, Manny Delcarmen and Travis Hughes combined to squander a four-run lead as Columbus rallied for a 5-4 victory and deprived Lester of his first win.
TIMLIN If all goes well for the right-hander over the next few days, he'll be activated during the Red Sox-Diamondbacks series, which starts on June 8 in Phoenix.
Rather than hobble himself right onto the disabled list, Red Sox right fielder J.D. Drew is hoping that a little bit of rest will cool off his ailing right hamstring.

Looking forward
Sat. 2     NY Yankees     3:55 PM     Fenway Park     Schilling (5-2)     Mussina (2-3)
Sun. 3     NY Yankees     8:05 PM     Fenway Park     Beckett (8-0)     Pettitte (3-4)
Mon. 4     at Oakland     10:05 PM    McAfee Coliseum     Tavarez (3-4)     Haren (6-2)
Tue. 5     at Oakland     10:05 PM     McAfee Coliseum     Matsuzaka (7-3)     DiNardo (1-2)
Wed. 6     at Oakland     10:05 PM     McAfee Coliseum     Wakefield (5-6)     Kennedy (1-4)
Thu. 7     at Oakland     3:35 PM    McAfee Coliseum     Schilling (5-2)     Blanton (4-3)
Fri. 8     at Arizona     9:40 PM    Chase Field     Beckett (8-0)     Hernandez (5-2)

This show is a little late, And quite Long I apologize.

In honor of the beginning of summer I included all summer based songs as bumpers. As you can tell listening to this cast, the Brox Bombers are really Bombing. The Sox are on a tear.

We shoot the shit about alot things.

Kenny's work
Vulgar sayings
Last week in Yankees and Redsox
Politics
etc.

Music:
 All from music.podshow.com
Midwest Summer Night Dream from Season High
Summertime by Brother Love
Summertime by Michael Dimitri
Exploding Girls by Gene Loves Jezebel

What can I say. The Sox are kicking ASS and the Yankees are sucking it. There is a lot of banter to this podcast but I must say it is one of our best. Let us know what you think.

Here are the show note (sort of):

RECAP
Sox went 4-1 last week 2 ppd

Sat 5/12
W 13-4 VS BAL Lopez
Batting .296 w 2 outs
Boston is 18-0 this year when it scores at least five runs.
Pitchers    IP    H    R    ER    BB    SO    HR    PC-ST    ERA
C Schilling    5.1    9    4    4    2    4    0    95-65    3.63
J Lopez (W, 1-0)    1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    9-6    0.00
B Donnelly    0.0    1    0    0    0    0    0    6-3    0.93
H Okajima (H, 9)    1.2    2    0    0    0    1    0    23-20    0.48
J Papelbon    1.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    13-10    1.35

Sun 5/13
W 6-5 VS BAL Romero
six-run ninth-inning rally
Josh Beckett forced to leave the game after the fourth inning due to a torn flap of skin on his right middle finger
Only one other time in their history were the Red Sox in first place by such a large margin so few games into a season.
J Beckett    4.0    2    2    2    2    7    0    64-45    2.66
K Snyder    1.1    1    1    0    2    0    0    27-13    2.19
J Lopez    0.2    0    0    0    0    0    0    15-10    0.00
J Pineiro    1.2    4    2    2    2    0    0    42-25    4.40
J Romero (W, 1-0)    1.1    1    0    0    2    2    0    28-14    2.84

Mon 5/14
W VS DET 7-1 DiceK
Matsuzaka threw his first major league complete game
D Matsuzaka (W, 5)    9.0    6    1    1    0    5    1    124-86    4.17

Tue 5/15
L VS DET  7-2 Wakefield
Tim Wakefield allowed a season-high five runs and nine hits with a walk.
Ordonez is 15-for-33 against Wakefield in his career and batting .369 (94-for-255) against the Red Sox with 13 homers and 54 RBIs in 68 games.

T Wakefield (L, 4)    7.0    9    5    5    1    4    2    105-72    2.41
B Donnelly    0.2    3    2    2    0    0    0    20-13    2.61
K Snyder    1.1    0    0    0    1    3    0    27-15    1.98
Youk had one hr


Wed 5/16 PPD

Thu 5/17
W VS DET 4-2 Donnely
Eric Hinske hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning
C Schilling    6.0    8    2    2    4    6    1    118-74    3.57
B Donnelly (W, 2)    1.1    1    0    0    0    2    0    15-12    2.31
J Lopez (H, 3)    0.2    0    0    0    0    0    0    2-1    0.00
H Okajima (S, 2)    1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0    15-8    0.44

Fri 5/18 ppd
News
best team in baseball 1/2 game behind MIL
Boston     29     12     .707     -     8-2    
Baltimore     19     23     .452     10.5    5-5
New York     18     22     .450     10.5    4-6
Toronto     18     23     .439     11    5-5
Rain helping Drew's back
severe collision with the bullpen wall on Tuesday night while trying to track what ended up to be a home run by the Tigers' Brandon Inge.
He's hitting just .195 in May, with no homers and five RBIs.
Lowell ripping cover off ball
He entered the second game of Saturday's day-night doubleheader leading the Red Sox in RBIs with 35.
With eight homers on the season -- the last of which was a grand slam that fueled the Red Sox to a 13-3 romp in the opener of the twin bill - Lowell is just one behind Big Papi for the team lead in that category.
Beckett
on DL with torn skin on middle finger
Timlin still on DL with Tendinitis
Lester update:
Starting in Pawtucket. About 30 days away
Forward
Sat. 19     Atlanta     Fenway Park    Hansack (0-0)       Smoltz (5-2)  
Sun. 20     Atlanta    Fenway Park     Gabbard (0-0)     Hudson (5-1)
Mon. 21     @ NYY    Fenway Park     Wakefield (4-4)     Mussina (2-2)
Tue. 22     @ NYY     Fenway Park     Schilling (4-1)     Wang (2-3)
Wed. 23     @ NYY    Fenway Park     Tavarez (2-4)     DeSalvo (1-1)
Fri. 17     @ Text    Schilling (4-1)     Dice K (5-2)     -

Well it looks like the big schedule is coming up again. Teh yanks will be either 8.5 or 14.5 back.

RECAP
Sox went 4-2 last week

Sat 5/5
L 2-1 @ MIN Tavares
Tav out pitches Santana
Pitchers    IP    H    R    ER    BB    SO    HR    PC-ST    ERA
J Tavarez (L, 1-3)    6.0    4    2    2    3    7    0    98-64    6.48
J Pineiro    2.0    0    0    0    0    0    0    17-13    2.31

Sun 5/6
W 4-3 @MIN Schilling
C Schilling (W, 4-1)    6.2    8    3    3    2    7    0    99-71    3.28
H Okajima (H, 8)    1.1    2    0    0    0    0    0    20-13    0.56
J Papelbon (S, 10)    1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    14-10    1.46

Tue 5/8
W @ TOR 9-2 Beckett
J Beckett (W, 7-0)    7.0    5    1    1    1    5    1    89-59    2.51
D Hansack    0.2    1    1    1    3    1    0    33-15    13.50
J Romero    0.1    0    0    0    0    1    0    4-3    3.86
K Snyder    1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0    9-7    2.00
Mike Lowell and Dustin Pedroia each hit three-run homers while Jason Varitek and Kevin Youkilis added solo home runs.
Beckett became the first Red Sox pitcher since Mickey Harris (1946) to win his first seven starts.
Beckett is the sixth pitcher in Red Sox history to win each of his first seven starts in a season.
Beckett (7-0) gave up a home run on his first pitch, then settled down

Wed 5/9
W @ TOR  9-3 Dice K
D Matsuzaka (W, 4-2)    7.0    5    1    1    3    8    1    108-70    4.80
B Donnelly        1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    9-7    0.93
J Pineiro        1.0    3    2    2    0    2    1    19-12    3.55
Manny Ramirez hit his 476th career home run and Daisuke Matsuzaka won his third straight decision
David Ortiz homered and tied a career high with four hits.
LUGO AND LOWELL ALSO

Thu 5/10
W @ TOR 8-0 Wakefield
T Wakefield (W, 4-3)    7.0    3    0    0    1    5    0    93-56    1.79
H Okajima        1.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    15-11    0.53
J Romero        1.0    2    0    0    0    0    0    19-9    3.48
Tim Wakefield pitched seven shutout innings and the Red Sox used a six-run third to beat the Blue Jays 8-0 for their seventh win in eight games.
LOWELL HIT HIS 7TH HR

Fri 5/10
L vs BAL 6-3 Tavarez
The Red Sox left the bases loaded in each of the first two innings
J Tavarez (L, 1-4)    5.0    10    5    4    0    2    0    90-62    6.60
J Lopez    1.0    1    0    0    0    0    0    6-4    0.00
K Snyder    2.0    1    1    1    0    3    0    28-18    2.45
J Romero    1.0    1    0    0    1    0    0    10-4    3.18

News
2nd best team in baseball 1/2 game behind MIL
Boston     24     11     .686     -     8-2     
Baltimore     18     19     .486     7.0    6-4
New York     16     18     .471     7.5    6-4
Toronto     15     21     .417     9.5    2-8

Yanks, Red Sox may open '08 in Asia
Major League Baseball has entered preliminary negotiations with several teams, including the Yankees and Red Sox, about playing exhibition games in China next March and opening the regular season in Japan

Clemens announces return to Yanks
The Yankees announced on Sunday that they have signed Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, to a Minor League contract for the 2007 season. Clemens will earn $28 million on a prorated basis from the first day he is added to the Yankees' Major League roster

Big Mouth Schill
"It would have been nice to have him, but we didn't need him. We don't need him," Schilling said.
"Oh yeah. I would think so," Schilling told hosts John Dennis and Dale Arnold. "I mean, he admitted that he used steroids. I mean, there's no gray area. He admitted to cheating on his wife, cheating on his taxes and cheating on the game, so I think the reaction around the league, the game, being what it is, in the case of what people think.

Dice-K
Looking positively rejuvenated, Matsuzaka mowed down the Jays with relative ease over seven innings of work. He allowed five hits and a run over seven innings, walking three and registering eight strikeouts.
That one big inning that had haunted Matsuzaka in recent weeks never made an appearance, as the right-hander was in complete command, throwing in a healthy mix of heaters, sliders, cutters and changeups while adding a splitter that hadn't been seen much of late. It didn't matter if he was out of the windup or the stretch, Matsuzaka put his pitches where he wanted them, improving to 4-2.

Beckett
Seven starts in, Beckett is batting 1.000.
In Beckett's seven starts, the Red Sox have scored 50 runs while he's been in the game.
one start away from capturing his own piece of history
Lester update:
Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester is still scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday. In a recent session, Lester threw 120 pitches, including offspeed pitches. He played catch at Fenway on Saturday.

Forward
Sat. 12     Baltimore     W 13-4      Lopez (1-0)       Leicester (0-1)   
Sun. 13     Baltimore    Fenway Park     Beckett (7-0)     Guthrie (2-1)
Mon. 14     Detroit    Fenway Park     Matsuzaka (4-2)     Robertson (3-2)
Tue. 15     Detroit     Fenway Park     Wakefield (4-3)     Verlander (3-1)
Wed. 16     Detroit    Fenway Park     Tavarez (1-4)     Maroth (3-0)
Thu. 17     Detroit    Schilling (4-1)     Durbin (2-1)     Tickets

Timlin still on DL with Tendinitis

Reviewing the week up to May 4th. Sox went 4-1 and Yanks went 3-1.
Pap blew his first save.
Manny and Ortiz bats wake up.
Okajima Rookie of month for April.
Lester has a set back.
Timlin to DL again.

Yanks pitchers hurting.
AROD Player of month for April.
Hughs Hurt.

Kenny and his Sleep Apnea
Little League Moms

Email us at soxandstripes@gmail.com or leave a voice mail at 1-206-600-5869.
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This is actually the podcast to be named later. I have changed the name (i.e. named the podcast later) to Sox and Stripes. This was actually recommended to me by one of the members of the New England Podcasters Group.

The coverage begins with the 4th week of the season.

Red Sox Sweep the Yankees! Yankees succumb to a seven game losing streak. Jon Lester's status, Phil Hughes? Religion?? Why?

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