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he registered a hit. Little did the Red Sox know at the time that that April 22 was the second game of a 19-game hitting streak for the center fielder, a streak that would turn Ellsbury’s season around and help jump start the team. Ellsbury hit
Huge series in the Bronx kicks off this weekend, and it's do or die time for the 2011 squad. What happens if its 'die'? Will there be major changes to the players, manager or front office?
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actually received huge performances from a number of their name players in September. Jacoby Ellsbury extended his hitting streak to 16 games on Sunday, during which he is hitting .338 with a .429 OBP, .662 slugging mark and 1.091 OPS
in short, a monster season for Ortiz, a year that reached its monstrous pinnacle in the just-ended 15-game hitting streak in which he hit .500 (28-for-56) with seven homers. (Ortiz went 0-for-3 on Friday to snap the streak.) Of course, Ortiz is not
the only thing that has gone wrong for the second baseman over a career-best 23-game hitting streak that is now four weeks old. During the hitting streak , he owns a .392 average, .451 OBP, .699 slugging mark and 1.150 OPS. His 17 extra
deal with life without Ortiz for nine games. But Cameron is miles away from mediocre right now. He's a 10-game hitting streak away from being upgraded to a major disappointment. OK, if you want to toss some blame at McDonald, go at it
August or by the time he missed as a result of it. But in a recent stretch that has seen him produce an eight-game hitting streak , Youkilis has left behind such curiosities. He is hitting .387 with a .444 OBP, .806 slugging mark, 1.250 OPS, three homers
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or more hits in the same season — and also got a hit against the Orioles to extend his hitting streak to Baltimore to 32 games, the longest hitting streak ever against Baltimore, surpassing 31-game stretches by Hall of Famers Earl Averill
hits, he also walked four and struggled to command the zone. The Sox had their chances. - Jacoby Ellsbury ‘s hitting streak ended at 18 games, one game shy of matching his season high. Ellsbury, Pedroia, Gonzalez and Youkilis were
fastball that topped out at 94 mph. – Jacoby Ellsbury ripped a triple into the right-field corner to extend his hitting streak to 18 games. He also had a 19-game run earlier this year, making him just the second Red Sox player since at least
of finding his swing, Carl Crawford extended his hitting streak to a modest six games with a Wall-ball double in ..... three runs scored. Ellsbury is working on a 17-game hitting streak and has hits in 24 of his last 25 games. - The Red Sox’ offense
RIGHT FOR THE RED SOX – Jacoby Ellsbury extended his hitting streak to 14 games with an infield single in the sixth inning ..... with four doubles and a homer during a six-game hitting streak . – Franklin Morales had a strong inning of work
The NFL Sunday gang wraps up the season predicting the score of Super Bowl 46...and they don't think it's going to be as close as most people do. Go Pats!
NFL Sunday rolls on with Dale, Fauria and Price talking about the emotional roller coaster the Pats and more specifically team owner Robert Kraft have been on this season. With the passing of his wife Myra, this goal to become champs has taken on a whole new meaning.
The NFL Sunday crew talks about the cocky and brash chatter coming from some of the Giants the last couple weeks. Dale is surprised that Tom Coughlin allowed most of it to go down and says Belichick would never let that fly. The guys also touch on the little mistake the Giants team website made yesterday in putting up the "Giants are Super Bowl Champions" homepage yesterday - that's a no-no!
JaJuan Johnson spoke with Grande & Max after the Celtics beat the Bulls today at the Garden.
Sean Grande & Cedric Maxwell sat down with ESPN's Doris Burke during halftime of Celtics/Bulls
Doc Rivers & Sean Grande preview Celtics-Bulls today at the Garden. Tune in to Celtics Today at 3:00p to hear the full interview
Dustin tells us you can't hustle a hustler, and other funny anecdotes.
The Sox GM joined Glenn and Michael to talk Scutaro, Punto, Oswalt, Luxury Tax and all things off-season.
Dustin Pedroia joined the Big Show for his weekly segment, and talked about losing Scutaro, gaining Cody Ross and Nick Punto, and then got a surprise from his best friend.
Brad Marchand joins the show and talks about if Tim Thomas is a distraction to the team and why the Bruins have been struggling as of late.
Andrew joins D&C to discuss how he feels about Tim Thomas' political views and how Patrice Bergeron has been the MVP for the team so far this season. Andrew also talks about how they have to regroup and make adjustments to get out this funk the team is currently in.
Brad Marchand joins the show to talk about President Obama calling him out on stage and Tim Thomas skipping the White House visit.
WEEI's own Rob Bradford joins the guys to talk about Ortiz's arbitration hearing live from St. Petersburg and predicts what he thinks will happen.
Mike Adams fills in for Meter and covers Sunday's sports stories. One Celtics' player had a fantastic afternoon and so did Phil Mickelson.
Jerry Sandusky addressed the media on Friday and offered comments on his current situation. Dino and Gerry react to those statements and do not think he should be allowed extra priveleges.
Mut and Merloni listen in to some of the highlights from the Randy Moss U Stream experience where he said he was coming back to the NFL, talked about Myra Kraft, and Tom Brady's legacy.
Mut and Lou talk about the agreement between the Red Sox and David Ortiz for 1 year and $14.5 million.
We play the soundbite from the NFL Network from Super Bowl 46 where Bill Belichick is telling his defense 'this is still a Cruz and Nicks game'. The Patriots of course were then burned by Mario Manningham on the Giants game-winning drive. We discuss whether it was the right decision or not.
Glenn and Michael debate what, if anything, Shaq is bringing to the table for TNT's NBA pre and postgame coverage.
We talk about Tim Thomas refusing to speak to reporters about his political ramblings on Facebook, and about whether or not this is a media driven controversy, or a genuine distraction for Thomas' Bruins teammates.
The discussion of the Patriots loss in the Super Bowl and just like any other loss, the coaching is called into question and whether a defensive coordinator on staff would have helped Bill Belichick and the Patriots.
Mikey has made no bones about his feelings on Pau Gasol, what will he do if the Celtics trade Rondo for Gasol? Also our buddy LB calls in to talk about the Patriots Super Bowl loss.
Mikey talks to some Patriots fans who are still looking at the loss and breaking down what went wrong but are also looking to the future for the franchise.
Losing the Super Bowl? Terrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
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Live from Hurricane's... not Cocaine's which is where Oil Can Boyd wanted to be broadcasting from. Plus the Cranky Yankee Bitch reaches her tipping point.
Our friend from Pittsburgh, Mark Madden, joins D&C to give his take on the Joe Paterno/Penn State scandal and says Jerry Sandusky may have been 'Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors.'
More from this showGlenn and Michael debate what, if anything, Shaq is bringing to the table for TNT's NBA pre and postgame coverage.
More from this showD&C receive a second call from Joe in Nashville voicing his frustration over the Pats not bringing back Randy Moss during last offseason.
More from this showMatt Perrault asks our listeners if they believe Bruin goalie Tim Thomas should take down his Facebook page. The media hasn't let down and Matt looks to dig deep into the situation. What do you think the Bruins should do?
More from this showDustin joined Glenn and Michael on the Big Show, and they asked him if they could take a call. Dustin agreed, and the caller then went on to rip the crap out of him. What Dustin didn't know is that the caller was one of his best friends... Andre Ethier from the Dodgers.
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