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Cal Ripken Believes A-Rod Will Have Solid Postseason This Time Around

Tuesday, FanHouse had the opportunity to discuss the MLB Playoffs with Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, who currently serves as a studio analyst for TBS. TBS will be broadcasting all four Division Series and also the NLCS again this season. Ernie Johnson is the studio host while Dennis Eckersley and David Wells join...

Rotations Set for Angels-Red Sox Series

While we're not going to know who the New York Yankees will be facing until Tuesday night, we do know that the Boston Red Sox will be taking on the Los Angeles Angels in the ALDS. We also know who will be pitching for both teams as Angels manager Mike Scioscia announced on Sunday that his starting rotation will have John...

Lester Vintage in First Start Since Taking Line Drive Off Leg

It was easy and obviously warranted to be worried about Jon Lester's health coming off his close encounter with a Melky Cabrera line drive last weekend in New York. The fact remains, however, that Lester was rocked for eight hits in less than three innings of work before the line drive even came into play. In other words,...

Lester Can't Dodge Ball, but He and Red Sox Do Dodge Bullet

NEW YORK -- With this weekend's Red Sox-Yankees series serving as a possible ALCS preview (although it would be folly to assume that), Boston came in with the edge in the category that matters most: starting pitching. Friday's game may have closed the gap some, and nearly did dramatically. As Joba Chamberlain turned in...

Red Sox' Lester Leaves Game With Bruised Right Leg

NEW YORK -- The Red Sox seem to have survived a scare Friday when lefty Jon Lester was diagnosed with a bruised quadricep after taking a line drive off his right leg. With Lester and Josh Beckett, the Sox looked to have the top 1-2 starting punch in the AL playoffs and the deepest starting corps. The Boston Herald...

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05/29/12 Justin Verlander and Jon Lester: Two pitchers heading... Source: MassLive.com Justin Verlander is about to show you what it means to be an ace.
05/26/12 Rays rock Lester Source: SunJournal.com - Lewiston ME Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine liked what he saw from his team in the ninth inning â the fight, spirit and adrenaline.
05/25/12 Red Sox Live Blog: Marlon Byrd, Mike Aviles Collect... Source: NESN 9:22 p.m.: Marlon Byrd drove in a run for the Red Sox and Mike Aviles followed that up with a deep sac fly. 9:19 p.m.: Burke Badenhop is in the game to relieve Alex Cobb. It was a very strong outing for Cobb against a potent -- although decimated -- lineup.
05/25/12 Red Sox Live Blog: Adrian Gonzalez Collects RBI in the... Source: NESN For the second straight inning, Scott Atchison stepped up in relief.
05/25/12 Red Sox Live Blog: Scott Atchison Enters for Jon... Source: NESN The Red Sox (22-22) are back at .500 and are looking to continue marching forward as they open a three-game series against the Rays (27-18).