Red Sox v. Oakland A's

07.27.09 - Boston, Mass. - I shot my first (and only) Red Sox game for the Boston Herald and they made quick work of the hapless Oakland A's. Interestingly, I think that's about the 12th Oakland game I've seen in my lifetime, which has to be a record for someone who has never lived or visited Oakland. The Sox won 8-3, but it was never that close after a first inning home run from Dustin Pedroia.

-Will

Above-mentioned homer.
Josh Beckett pitches.
Jacoby Ellsbury fields a ball off the Green Monster.
The A's Mark Ellis lost the handle on two, not one, bats during the game. The first went into the crowd (no injuries); the second into his dugout.

ALDS Game 4 - Sox v. Angels

10.6.08 - Boston, Mass. - The Sox bounced back to squeak out a victory in Game 4 of the Angels, much to the dismay of the best team in the regular season. Shooting from the outfield third base position, I didn't get much, but here's a few shots.

-Will

Tagged out on a squeeze play in the eighth. 
Bay breaks his bat on a lead off double in the ninth. The rally begins. 
Out of order, jubi.
Scoisia protests the call at third because he believed Varitek dropped the ball. Apparently, he did, but the ground can't cause a fumble in baseball, so the Sox were saved. 
Papelbon shares the bubbly with the faithful.

ALDS Game 3 - Red Sox v. Angels

10.05.08 - Boston, Mass. - Suffice to say, last night didn't go as expected. The Fenway Faithful turned out, Papelbon pitched, Ellsbury tore it up, and the Angels won. Well, Angels' catcher Mike Napoli won, going 3-5, scoring four of the team's five runs and hitting two home runs off Josh Beckett (3 runs, 3 rbis, 2 hrs). 

Game 4 tonight,

Will 

Mike Napoli after home run #1.
Dustin Pedroia ranges.
Garret Anderson breaks his bat.
Kevin Youkilis gives 100% sliding into first to get Anderson out.
Vladimir Guerrero swings, all the way around.
Jacoby Ellsbury throws in from right field. 
Ellsbury overruns the base in the seventh.
Pedroia tags out Torii Hunter trying to take second on a hit.

Red Sox v. Blue Jays

9.14.08 - Boston, Mass. - The Sox played a quick and wet four game series (48 hours or less) against the Toronto Blue Jays. My best shots were from this afternoon. The Sox won 4-3 on Sunday to take three of four from the Canadians and sit one game back of the Tampa Bay Rays for the lead in the AL East. Two weeks left in the season and the drama's still unfolding. 

Adios,

Will

Dustin Pedroia and Lyle Overbay appeal to the umpire after a close play at second.
Pedroia won the appeal.
Ortiz hits a triple in the eighth. 
The big man takes a pause after sprinting 90 feet. 
Papelbon and Varitek share a moment before the ninth. 
Papelbon
Close play at first.

Blue Jays reliever BJ Ryan throws in the eighth. Weird leg thing going on there.

Red Sox v. Rays

9.8.08 - Boston, Mass. - The Red Sox began a three game series with the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway with a dominating 4-0 win against the division leaders. Unfortunately, they dropped a one-run game the following night and a 14 inning grinder to lose the series 2-1 and drop to 2.5 games behind the Rays. Not all is lost though, for sure, as there is still a lot of baseball be played, including another three game series with the Rays. Below are the pictures.

-Will 

Papelbon celebrates getting the save. 15 out of the 17 pitches he threw to get four outs were fastballs. 

Dick Vitale, Rays fan, and manager Joe Maddon NOT impressed. After the Rays left two runners in scoring position on the bases in the eighth. The Sox fans were pretty happy though... 
Papi strikes out.
Dustin Pedroia hits a fly ball in the eighth.
Jon Lester left the game to a standing ovation after 7 and 2/3rds innings pitched of no-run baseball. 
Coco Crisp thrown out at second in the eighth.

Jimmy Fund Telethon

8.15.08 - Boston, Mass. - The Jimmy Fund Telethon was Friday and the day was action packed for the Sox photo department (Full House: Mike, Babs, Megan and I). The Fund reached its goal of $4 million just before rain cancelled the game around 7:54pm (but who's counting). Below are some images. 

Red Sox wives answer the phones. 
Dustin Pedroia's wife, Kelli.
Pedroia talks about how he'd like to play with Johnny Peske at a talk with fans raise money. 
Jed Lowrie and Pedroia share a laugh. 
Jason Bay takes the mic at WEEI to talk about what it's been like playing with the Sox. 


Think: Cover of the Quiz Show, the movie.