The Red Sox think tank has a lot of work to do to spice up the sagging shoulders of the players as the team came up with yet another disappointing display of baseball against the Angles last Wednesday night. This win on Wednesday helped the Angles to make a clean sweep of the series against the Red Sox and one of the recent upset stories of Major Leagues. The batters were not able to do anything about the pitching tactics of the Angles pitchers. The Red Sox ace pitcher Josh Beckett was hit to all corners of the stadium by the Angles hitters and he recorded 11 hits and 8 runs in the game. This result is sure to bring down the ticket sales of the forthcoming Red Sox games drastically.

The Red Sox opened their ten game road trip account with a thumping 6-1 win over the Houston Astros last Friday night. The Red Sox fans were excited to see their ace pitcher Daisuke Matsuzuka come back to form after serving in the disabled list and also lauded the three run homer by slugger J.D. Drew. Matsuzuka was happy with his display last Friday and is hoping to do further damage to his opponent teams during this road trip. Daisuke Matsuzuka walked three, struck out four and allowed two hits in his five shutout innings. The Red Sox fans will be all geared up to buy tickets for the forthcoming road games.

The Red Sox fans must be pretty pleased with  the way their team rallied from behind to seal a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks last Tuesday night to equal the series at one a piece. It was the batting prowess of Jason Varitek in the eighth inning that saved the face for the Red Sox team in front of thee capacity home ground. A total of six runs were scored by the Red Sox in the eighth inning. The rain delayed match provided some enterprising baseball play from both the teams and the fans who had bought tickets to witness this game would feel that they have really got their money’s worth.

The Red Sox team’s ace pitcher Curt Schilling was undergoing a rehabilitation program to correct his pitching shoulder problems. The things did not fall in place according to the Red Sox management’s plan and the end result is that Curt Schilling will be undergoing a shoulder operation to set things right on Monday. This operation will be a season ending one for the 41 year old Curt. He is undergoing this medical procedure in order to be pain free for the rest of his life. Curt thanked all his fans and well wishers for supporting him all through his baseball career. The Red Sox fans with tickets for the forthcoming games will not be able to see the great pitcher pitch for the remainder of this season.  

The Boston Red Sox team is currently on a form slump and this was clearly evident from the way they played in the 5-4 loss to the Orioles last Tuesday night. The defeat at the hands of Orioles meant that the Red Sox have dropped out of its first place for the first time since May 1st. None of the top Red sox players were able to play their natural aggressive game against the Orioles and Ramirez could not add to his tally of 498 career home runs. The Red Sox have now lost five of their last seven games and will need to come up with an appealing good game next time around in a bid to satisfy their die-hard fans.

The Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona is over the moon whenever he talks about hitter Kevin Youkilis as the power horse hitter has not compromised on his stylish bat swing to accommodate more power. The manager is appreciative of the fact that Youkilis has hit the ball out of the ballpark and is covering the plate with his power shots. The Red Sox power packed performer has made five homers in the last five games. The solid power play from the bat off Kevin Youkilis has made the Boston team to believe in their own capabilities and one can expect fireworks from the Red Sox players in the games to come.

Manny Ramirez one the most prolific hitters in the Red Sox camp proved it once again as he claimed career high 496^th homer last Saturday night in his team 5-3 win over the Rangers at the Fenway Park. The amazing power of Ramirez was there to see for everyone fan at Fenway Park as his magnificent two run homer may have crossed the Cask n Flagon on Lansdowne Street if it had not hit the light tower.

Ramirez later said that he wants to keep playing like this in the future as well and with every match that he is playing he seems to be building more and more confidence in himself and his hitting powers. Manny Ramirez has now mustered 9 go ahead RBIs and also has a record of six game winning RBIs. Ramirez is pretty confident of keeping this rich vein of form going for a longer period of time.

All eyes were on Terry Francona as he checked his mobile phone. He hesitates, then re-checks the message again: “David Ortiz wanted in” he declared.

Although he suffered a bad start in his current career, Ortiz is now back in the starting Red Sox lineup Monday night against the Cleveland Indians. Previously he sat out a game against the New York Yankees to clear his head and regain his excellent batting stroke.

Ortiz, or more fondly known as Big Papi and Senor Papi, previously played for the Minnesota Twins team. He has also been known to play in a grand total of four All Star games. Most notably, he was the major driving force behind the Red Sox’s victory in the 2007 season, helping them obtain their seventh World Series title. He managed to do so even when he is suffering from a torn meniscus in his right knee on top of existing injuries to his shoulder and quadriceps.

A construction worker, who was also a Red Sox fan, decided to use his vast superstitious know-how to jinx the Yanks when he was found burying a Red Sox shirt deep in the recesses of the concrete foundation of the new $1.3 billion Yankee Stadium. The news was revealed when two construction workers at the new visitors’ clubhouse told the public regarding the stint on the condition that they were to remain anonymous.

In his exact words, one of the construction workers said: “In August, a Red Sox shirt was poured in a slab in the visitors’ clubhouse. It’s the curse of the Yankee. Nobody knows about it. It’s in the floors, it’s buried.”

The second worker revealed his fear that the Yankees would be jinxed and that he did not want to be held responsible for causing the downfall of the franchise. However, the Red Sox team declined to confirm the allegations and instead told the public that this was just a mere April Fool’s joke!

Craig Shipley, the Red Sox Vice president for international scouting and Jon Deeble the Pacific Rim coordinator together announced that the team has signed Terumasa Matsuo, a free agent from Shikoku Island league in Japan. Matsuo is aright handed pitcher and was the most valuable player of Shikoku Island league in 2007. He made 15 wins and 159 strike outs in the league. He has earned a run average of 1.72 and has permitted only 85 hits from 152.0 innings with 30 starts.

In Shikoku Islands Best Nine team he was selected as the pitcher. The Red Sox fans can expect that their team is getting a good pitcher and it will strengthen the team. Matsuo is anticipated by the team officials at the Fort Meyers spring training camp by early this week. He has made a good record with 11-2 in 2006. He made 134 strike outs and 98 hits from 138.0 innings.