Jon Lester allowed one run and a hit in four innings in his Grapefruit League debut, and Dustin Pedroia had two hits and two RBIs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles, 6-1, on Sunday. Earlier this spring, Lester pitched two innings in a 25-0 win over Northeastern and 2 2/3 innings in a quot;Bquot; game against Minnesota.
Jon Lester allowed one run and a hit in four innings in his Grapefruit League debut, and Dustin Pedroia had two hits and two RBIs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles, 6-1, on Sunday. Earlier this spring, Lester pitched two innings in a 25-0 win over Northeastern and 2 2/3 innings in a quot;Bquot; game against Minnesota.
Jon Lester allowed one run and a hit in four innings in his Grapefruit League debut, and Dustin Pedroia had two hits and two RBIs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles, 6-1, on Sunday. Earlier this spring, Lester pitched two innings in a 25-0 win over Northeastern and 2 2/3 innings in a quot;Bquot; game against Minnesota.
In baseball, there were always a fair complement of coaching characters: old cracker-barrel philosophers, feisty wise guys and even a few sardonic intellectuals. But the oddballs are diminishing — with the exception of Bobby Valentine of the Boston Red Sox.
Tim Wakefield, who carved out a 19-year MLB pitching career thanks to his utterly unpredictable knuckleball, announced his retirement from the Boston Red Sox on Friday (Saturday, PHL time).