Major League Season Recap 2007 World Series – Boston Red Sox AL over Colorado Rockies NL 4 games to 0 World Series MVP – Mike Lowell Babe Ruth Award – John Papelbon Championship Series ALCS Boston Red Sox over Cleveland Indians 4 games to 3 ALCS MVP – Josh Beckett NLCS Colorado Rockies over Arizona Diamondbacks 4 games to 0…
In the first Fall Classic game ever played in Colorado, Daisuke Matsuzaka becomes the first Japanese starting pitcher in World Series history, allowing two runs on three hits in 5.1 innings, to get the win against the Rockies in the 10-5 Red Sox Game 3 victory. After paying $51.1 million for the rights to negotiate with the right-hander, Boston obtained ‘Dice-K’ from the Seibu Lions, signing the World Baseball Classic MVP to a 6-year deal worth $52 million.
In a 13-1 rout of the Rockies, Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia becomes the second player, and the first rookie to hit a leadoff home run in a World Series opener. The 24 year-old freshman, the 31st major leaguer to homer in his first Fall Classic appearance, joins Orioles’ outfielder Don Buford, who went yard in 1969 as a leadoff batter in Game 1 off Tom Seaver of the Mets.
test On October 21, 2007 — Game 7 of the ALCS, at Fenway Park the Boston Red Sox defeat Cleveland, 11 – 2, behind five RBI from Dustin Pedroia. and advance to their second World Series in four years where they will face the Colorado Rockies. They had trailed Cleveland 3 games to 1 before mounting…
In only his second major league start, Clay Buchholz, using an assortment of fastballs, curves, and changeups, becomes the 20th rookie to throw a no-hitter, beating the Orioles in front of a very supportive Fenway crowd, 10-0. The 23 year-old right-hander, who was called up from Triple-A Pawtucket to make the start, becomes the youngest of the seventeen players to have accomplished the feat in Red Sox history.
Interested in exploring FRANCHISING? We will help you through your journey visit us @ www.franchisingconnection.com On June 7, 2007, Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling comes within one out of throwing his first no-hitter. With two outs in the ninth, Oakland’s Shannon Stewart lined a first-pitch single to center field to break up Schilling’s no-hit bid….
On June 4, 2007, Mark Ellis of the Oakland A’s hit for the cycle in his team’s 11-inning, 5-4 victory over the visiting Red Sox. Earlier in the week, Ellis’ wife gave birth to the couple’s first child, a boy.
On December 13, 2006, the Boston Red Sox come to terms with Japanese pitching star Daisuke Matsuzaka on a six-year, $52 million contract. The Red Sox had also paid $51 million to the Seibu Lions to secure the exclusive negotiating rights with the hurler.
On November 15, 2006, the Boston Red Sox win the rights to negotiate with Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka of the Seibu Lions, after paying $51.1 million to secure those rights.
Red Sox manager Terry Francona, knowing that the contest might be his right fielder’s final game with Boston, replaces Trot Nixon in right field with two outs in the fifth inning on the last day of the season. The Fenway Faithful respond with a thunderous ovation when their regular right fielder for the past decade leaves the field.