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Jason Bay has had a productive week. A memorable week. A milestone week. And, likely, a very fortuitous week On Sunday, Bay turned 31 and, to celebrate, set a new career best with his 110th RBI. Then last night he set another career-best, with his 36 home run.  Bay picked a good season to have a career year; he will become a free agent after the World Series. And he will celebrate once ...

With 14 games remaining in the regular season, the Red Sox finally seem to have their starting pitching in order, and perhaps even their playoff rotation set. It's been a long time coming. The Red Sox started the year reputed as having the best pitching depth in baseball. Yet, that notion seemed patently absurd over the past few months.  From the very beginning, Brad Penny was never cut out for the AL, particularly the ...

Watching Daisuke Matsuzaka shut out the powerful Angels lineup for six-plus innings was undoubtedly heartening to the Red Sox. For starters, Matsuzaka made it into the seventh inning for the first time this season. Matsuzaka, who turned 29 just two days earlier, had failed to do so in any of his previous eight starts. The reason he was finally able to get that deep into the game was effectiveness; 70 percent of the ...

In just four seasons (only two of them full campaigns), Jon Lester has already put a few notches in his belt: a no-hitter, World Series Game Four winner, and club record for strikeouts in a season by a lefty (204).  Bruce Hurst, the last great Red Sox lefty prior to Lester, previously held the mark for 22 years with 191 Ks. Having already surpassed Hurst's team record, Lester moved into even more elite company in his last start, becoming just the ...