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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>The latest in Josh Beckett</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/josh-beckett" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/josh-beckett</id><updated>2011-09-05T22:00:07Z</updated><entry><title>Boston's Beckett leaves game with ankle problem</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-leaves-game-ankle-problem-4828189a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-05T22:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-05:/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-leaves-game-ankle-problem-4828189a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The struggling &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s latest defeat was made all the more painful after ace pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was forced to abandon the mound early in the game with a right an...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Daniel Bard"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Ellsbury hit completes Red Sox rally over Indians</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ellsbury-hit-completes-red-sox-rally-indians-4814800a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-02T22:00:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-02:/professional-baseball/ellsbury-hit-completes-red-sox-rally-indians-4814800a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jacoby Ellsbury" href="/topic/Jacoby+Ellsbury" &gt;Jacoby Ellsbury&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; lined a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to keep the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in first place in the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="AL East" href="/topic/AL+East" &gt;American League East&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; with a 3-2 triumph over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a ti...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Josh Beckett throws one-hitter as Boston beat Tampa Bay</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/josh-beckett-throws-onehitter-boston-beat-tampa-bay-4794403a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-15T23:00:14Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-15:/professional-baseball/josh-beckett-throws-onehitter-boston-beat-tampa-bay-4794403a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="St. Petersburg" href="/topic/St.+Petersburg" &gt;ST. PETERSBURG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span&gt;Florida&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; tossed his first career one-hitter to lead the Red Sox to a 3-0 triumph over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="St. Petersburg"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Reid Brignac"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox rock Yankees 8-3 to sweep series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-rock-yankees-83-sweep-series-4791964a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-09T23:30:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-09:/professional-baseball/red-sox-rock-yankees-83-sweep-series-4791964a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; exploded with seven runs in the seventh inning to trounce the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 8-3 in a rain-delayed match that ended early on Friday morning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Boston sent 11 batters to the plate and stroked eight hits in the seventh ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Concussion symptoms sideline Beckett</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/concussion-symptoms-sideline-beckett-4749114a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-02T17:30:28Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-03-02:/professional-baseball/concussion-symptoms-sideline-beckett-4749114a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; pitcher &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; will miss his scheduled &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; pre-season start on Thursday because of concussion symptoms, the team announced.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beckett was struck on the head by a batted ball on Monday during the Red Sox batting practice, although the Red Sox said the 30-year-...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Philadelphia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Curt Young"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Stolmy Pimentel"></category></entry><entry><title>Boston's Beckett may miss start after being hit by ball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-start-hit-ball-4748563a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-01T15:30:16Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-03-01:/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-start-hit-ball-4748563a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Miami" href="/topic/Miami" &gt;MIAMI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was feeling better after a batting-practice mishap left him with mild concussion symptoms, but the team said on Tuesday he could still miss his next spring traini...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Miami"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Boston's Beckett beaned by ball in training</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-beaned-ball-training-4748234a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-28T20:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-02-28:/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-beaned-ball-training-4748234a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has been diagnosed with mild concussion symptoms after being hit in the head with a ball during spring training, the team said on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beckett dropped to one knee and team mates called for the...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Beckett injured in freak fungo bat incident</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/beckett-injured-freak-fungo-bat-incident-4748165a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-28T17:30:39Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-02-28:/professional-baseball/beckett-injured-freak-fungo-bat-incident-4748165a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Pitcher Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;, who is coming off a troubling injury-riddled season, was hurt Monday after being struck in the head with a ball hit by a coach using a fungo bat.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; right hander suffered a mild concussion after being hit at the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="City of Palms Park" href="/topic/City+of+Palms+Park" &gt;City of Palms Park&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; field w...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="City of Palms Park"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Looking Ahead to 2011: Boston Red Sox C and SP</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/2011-boston-red-sox-sp-4448572a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T14:53:20Z</updated><author><name>Suite 101</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-29:/professional-baseball/2011-boston-red-sox-sp-4448572a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Clay Buchholz"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Jarrod Saltalamacchia"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>MLB player profiles: Josh Beckett</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mlb-player-profiles-josh-beckett-4585426a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T15:52:43Z</updated><author><name>Helium</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-29:/professional-baseball/mlb-player-profiles-josh-beckett-4585426a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Colorado Rockies"></category><category 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term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Cincinnati Reds"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Ryan Dempster"></category><category term="Dontrelle Willis"></category><category term="Al Leiter"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Jeter leads Yanks over Red Sox 7-2</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeter-leads-yanks-red-sox-72-1014633a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-08T20:30:22Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-08-08:/professional-baseball/jeter-leads-yanks-red-sox-72-1014633a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Jeter passes &lt;a title="Babe Ruth" href="/topic/Babe+Ruth" &gt;Babe Ruth&lt;/a&gt; on hits list, leads Yankees past Red Sox, 7-2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt; passed Babe Ruth on the career hits list and drove in three runs and &lt;a title="Dustin Moseley" href="/topic/Dustin+Moseley" &gt;Dustin Moseley&lt;/a&gt; filled in admirably for an injured &lt;a title="A.J. Burnett" href="/topic/A.J.+Burnett" &gt;A.J. Burnett&lt;/a&gt;, leading the &lt;a title="New York Yan...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Boone Logan"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Elias Sports Bureau Inc."></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Albert Pujols"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Babe Ruth"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category><category term="Lance Berkman"></category><category term="Adrian Beltre"></category><category term="Kevin Cash"></category><category term="Darryl Strawberry"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Dustin Moseley"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Eddie Mathews"></category><category term="Bill Hall (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Ryan Kalish"></category></entry><entry><title>Lowell homers in return to Red Sox, benches empty</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/lowell-homers-return-red-sox-benches-empty-1010339a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-03T19:15:13Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-08-03:/professional-baseball/lowell-homers-return-red-sox-benches-empty-1010339a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Lowell returns from DL, hits 2-run HR in Boston's 3-1 win over &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland&lt;/a&gt;, benches empty late&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Mike Lowell" href="/topic/Mike+Lowell" &gt;Mike Lowell&lt;/a&gt; hit a two-run homer on the first pitch he saw after coming off the disabled list, &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; dominated for eight innings and the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Minor League Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Travis Hafner"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Bill Hall"></category><category term="Trevor Crowe"></category><category term="Shin-Soo Choo"></category><category term="Adrian Beltre"></category><category term="Tim Welke"></category><category term="Jensen Lewis"></category><category term="Columbus Clippers"></category><category term="Justin Germano"></category><category term="Lou Marson"></category><category term="Steve Smith (MLB Baseball)"></category><category term="David Huff"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Carlos Santana (Baseball)"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox All-Star RHP Buchholz going on the DL</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-allstar-rhp-buchholz-dl-983523a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-07-05T15:15:08Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-07-05:/professional-baseball/red-sox-allstar-rhp-buchholz-dl-983523a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Red Sox All-Star pitcher Buchholz going on 15-day disabled list with strained left hamstring&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;All-Star pitcher &lt;a title="Clay Buchholz" href="/topic/Clay+Buchholz" &gt;Clay Buchholz&lt;/a&gt; of the banged-up &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; is going on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained left hamstring.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Buchholz, 10-4 with a 2.45 ERA in 15 starts this season, is expected to be at next week's All-Star game, but will...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Tropicana Field"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Clay Buchholz"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Pawtucket Red Sox"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Gulf Coast League"></category><category term="Manny Delcarmen"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="Felix Doubront"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees' protest over pitching change denied</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-protest-pitching-change-denied-940092a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-05-20T17:15:23Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-05-20:/professional-baseball/yankees-protest-pitching-change-denied-940092a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; Thursday denied the protest filed by the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; this week after a defeat by the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees claimed there was no sign of an injury when Boston starting pitcher &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; was pulled ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Bob DuPuy"></category><category term="Manny Delcarmen"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox put Beckett on disabled list</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-put-beckett-disabled-list-939541a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-05-20T09:15:44Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-05-20:/professional-baseball/red-sox-put-beckett-disabled-list-939541a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; placed &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a strained lower back as the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; formally protested manner of his removal from their game the night before&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Tim Wakefield" href="/topic/Tim+Wakefield" &gt;Tim Wakefield&lt;/a&gt; was to replace Beckett as the st...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Manny Delcarmen"></category><category term="Larry Vanover"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox place pitcher Beckett on disabled list</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-place-pitcher-beckett-disabled-list-938814a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-05-19T15:15:29Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-05-19:/professional-baseball/red-sox-place-pitcher-beckett-disabled-list-938814a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; pitcher &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; has been placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a lingering back strain, the &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; team said on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The twice All-Star, who last month signed a f...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Sports Transactions"></category><category term="Baseball Transactions"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Joe Nelson"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Pawtucket Red Sox"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox place Beckett on DL with lower back strain</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-place-beckett-dl-strain-938746a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-05-19T14:00:23Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-05-19:/professional-baseball/red-sox-place-beckett-dl-strain-938746a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Red Sox &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;RHP Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; goes on DL with back injury, RH reliever &lt;a title="Joe Nelson" href="/topic/Joe+Nelson" &gt;Joe Nelson&lt;/a&gt; called up&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; have placed Josh Beckett on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Terry Francona" href="/topic/Terry+Francona" &gt;Manager Terry Francona&lt;/a&gt; said Wednesday he hoped th...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Joe Nelson"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Pawtucket Red Sox"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Manny Delcarmen"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees protest game against Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-protest-game-red-sox-937843a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-05-18T20:00:13Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-05-18:/professional-baseball/yankees-protest-game-red-sox-937843a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Yankees protest game against Red Sox after &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;RHP Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; leaves with injury&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; are protesting their game against the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; because they say there was no indication of an injury to starter Josh Beckett when he left in the fifth inning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Relief pitcher &lt;a...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Manny Delcarmen"></category><category term="Larry Vanover"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Josh Beckett's next start pushed back 2 days</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/josh-becketts-start-pushed-2-days-929817a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-05-10T17:30:12Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-05-10:/professional-baseball/josh-becketts-start-pushed-2-days-929817a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Red Sox push back &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;'s next start 2 days to give him time to work on problems&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Josh Beckett's next start is being pushed back two days to give him more time to work on his recent problems.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The right-hander will start for &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; on Friday night in &lt;a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt;, while knuckleballer &lt;a title="Tim W...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees light up Red Sox for fifth straight win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-light-red-sox-straight-win-927779a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-05-07T20:45:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-05-07:/professional-baseball/yankees-light-red-sox-straight-win-927779a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; blew open a close game with a wild sixth inning to defeat rival &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; 10-3 on Friday, giving the World Series champions their fifth straight win.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees sent 11 batters to the plate during the sixth inning and scored six runs to open a 9-1 le...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Randy Winn"></category><category term="Marcus Thames"></category><category term="Phil Hughes (Baseball)"></category><category term="Mike Mouat"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Swisher homer, wild sixth carry Yanks to 10-3 win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/swisher-homer-wild-sixth-carry-yanks-103-win-927742a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-05-07T19:45:17Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-05-07:/professional-baseball/swisher-homer-wild-sixth-carry-yanks-103-win-927742a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Yankees run win streak to five with 10-3 win over Red Sox thanks to six-run sixth inning&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The banged-up &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; keep battering opponents.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Nick Swisher" href="/topic/Nick+Swisher" &gt;Nick Swisher&lt;/a&gt; hit a three-run homer before the Yankees added six runs while absorbing more bruises in a wild sixth inning that carried them to a 10-3 win over the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/t...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Lou Gehrig"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Mickey Mantle"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category><category term="Francisco Cervelli"></category><category term="Randy Winn"></category><category term="Marcus Thames"></category><category term="Joe West (Umpire)"></category><category term="Nick Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Ramiro Pena"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Varitek's four RBIs help Red Sox to 13-12 win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/variteks-rbis-red-sox-1312-win-916518a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-26T20:45:21Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-26:/professional-baseball/variteks-rbis-red-sox-1312-win-916518a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Jason Varitek" href="/topic/Jason+Varitek" &gt;Jason Varitek&lt;/a&gt; has four RBIs as Red Sox hold off Blue Jays 13-12 in seesaw slugfest&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jason Varitek had four RBIs, &lt;a title="Marco Scutaro" href="/topic/Marco+Scutaro" &gt;Marco Scutaro&lt;/a&gt; scored a career-high four runs and the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; held off the &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt; for a wild, 13-...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Baltimore"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Vernon Wells"></category><category term="Fred Lewis"></category><category term="Shawn Camp"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Adrian Beltre"></category><category term="Marco Scutaro"></category><category term="Dana Eveland"></category><category term="Alex Gonzalez"></category><category term="Darnell McDonald"></category><category term="Scott Schoeneweis"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="Jeremy Accardo"></category><category term="Lyle Overbay"></category><category term="Aaron Hill (Baseball)"></category><category term="Scott Atchison"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox ace Josh Beckett is $68 million man</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-ace-josh-beckett-68-million-man-894437a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:17:29Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/red-sox-ace-josh-beckett-68-million-man-894437a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;John Beckett and &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; agree to $68 million, 4-year extension through 2014&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Red Sox appear to have the top of their rotation set for the next five years. The rest of it is in pretty good shape, too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Red Sox agreed Monday to a $68 million, four-year contract extension with No. 1 starter &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;, a deal that figures to keep h...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Sports Transactions"></category><category term="Baseball Transactions"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Colorado"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Ronald Blum"></category><category term="Howard Ulman"></category><category term="Theo Epstein"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Clay Buchholz"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Christy Mathweson"></category></entry><entry><title>Josh Beckett agrees to four-year deal with Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/josh-beckett-agrees-fouryear-deal-red-sox-894699a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-05T14:30:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-05:/professional-baseball/josh-beckett-agrees-fouryear-deal-red-sox-894699a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; have signed their right-handed ace pitcher &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; to a four-year deal, the team said on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beckett, who led the team with 17 wins last season, said Boston's &lt;a title="Fenway Park" href="/topic/Fenway+Park" &gt;Fenway Park&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Major League Baseball...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Frank Pingue"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Opening night adds new twist to rivalry</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/opening-night-adds-new-twist-rivalry-893363a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:17:26Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/opening-night-adds-new-twist-rivalry-893363a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Yankees-Red Sox rivalry gets new twist Sunday night with first game of major league season&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The rivalry between the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; is already intense. Throw in a couple of new twists and the hype soars.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sunday night's game between the storied franchises is the first of the 2010 season, a prime-time showcase all to themselves while o...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Tampa"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Javier Vazquez"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Mike Cameron"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Adrian Beltre"></category><category term="Marco Scutaro"></category><category term="Alex Gonzalez"></category><category term="Nick Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Rich Dubroff"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Martinez, Hall homer as Red Sox beat Pirates 6-4</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/martinez-hall-homer-red-sox-beat-pirates-64-884429a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-24T13:01:42Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-03-24:/professional-baseball/martinez-hall-homer-red-sox-beat-pirates-64-884429a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Victor Martinez (Baseball)" href="/topic/Victor+Martinez+(Baseball)" &gt;Victor Martinez&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Bill Hall" href="/topic/Bill+Hall" &gt;Bill Hall&lt;/a&gt; homer to lead Red Sox to 6-4 win over Pirates&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Victor Martinez and Bill Hall hit their first home runs of spring training to lead the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; past the &lt;a title="Pittsburgh Pirates" href="/topic/Pittsburgh+Pirates" &gt;Pittsburgh Pirates&lt;/a&gt; ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Offseason Training Camps"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Mike Cameron"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Paul Maholm"></category><category term="Bill Hall"></category><category term="Octavio Dotel"></category><category term="Delwyn Young"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="Jeremy Farrell"></category></entry><entry><title>Beckett back from illness as BoSox fall to Pirates</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/beckett-illness-bosox-fall-pirates-879837a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-19T13:45:30Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-03-19:/professional-baseball/beckett-illness-bosox-fall-pirates-879837a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Beckett returns after missing start with illness, gives up 4 runs as Pirates top Red Sox 9-7&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; pitched 3 1-3 innings after missing his last start because of an illness, allowing four runs on six hits as the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; lost to the &lt;a title="Pittsburgh Pirates" href="/topic/Pittsburgh+Pirates" &gt;Pittsburgh Pirates&lt;/a&gt; 9-7 on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Paul Maholm"></category><category term="Garrett Jones"></category><category term="Indianapolis Indians"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Craig Hansen"></category><category term="Delwyn Young"></category><category term="Gil Velazquez"></category><category term="Steve Pearce"></category><category term="Jose Tabata"></category><category term="Jonathan Van Every"></category><category term="Pedro Alvarez"></category><category term="Tyler Yates"></category><category term="Neal Cotts"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Doug Bernier"></category><category term="Jimmy Barthmaier"></category></entry><entry><title>Oswalt helps lead Astros over Red Sox 3-0</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/oswalt-helps-lead-astros-red-sox-3-876624a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-16T21:45:09Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-03-16:/professional-baseball/oswalt-helps-lead-astros-red-sox-3-876624a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Roy Oswalt" href="/topic/Roy+Oswalt" &gt;Roy Oswalt&lt;/a&gt; helps lead &lt;a title="Houston Astros" href="/topic/Houston+Astros" &gt;Houston Astros&lt;/a&gt; over &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; split squad 3-0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;With &lt;a title="Brad Mills" href="/topic/Brad+Mills" &gt;Brad Mills&lt;/a&gt; managing against his former team, Roy Oswalt allowed two hits in four innings Tuesday to lead the Houston Astros over a Boston Red Sox split squad 3-0.&lt;/p&gt;...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Fort Myers"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Matt Lindstrom"></category><category term="Roy Oswalt"></category><category term="Carlos Lee"></category><category term="Brad Mills"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="J.R. Towles"></category><category term="Humberto Quintero"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Lin's single in 9th lifts Red Sox over Cards 7-6</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/lins-single-9th-lifts-red-sox-cards-76-866553a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-08T15:45:15Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-03-08:/professional-baseball/lins-single-9th-lifts-red-sox-cards-76-866553a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Beckett throws 3 scoreless, Lin's run-scoring single in 9th lifts &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; over Cards 7-6&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; made his second start of spring training, and Red Sox pitchers kept the &lt;a title="St. Louis Cardinals" href="/topic/St.+Louis+Cardinals" &gt;St. Louis Cardinals&lt;/a&gt; hitless into the seventh inning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But it was Boston's young hitters who pulled out ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Offseason Training Camps"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Fort Myers"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Albert Pujols"></category><category term="Chris Carpenter"></category><category term="Gil Velazquez"></category><category term="Jose Iglesias"></category><category term="Nick Stavinoha"></category><category term="Matt Pagnozzi"></category><category term="Tyler Greene"></category><category term="Shane Robinson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="Donovan Solano"></category><category term="Matt Hamilton"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox righty Beckett mum about deal for 2011</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-righty-beckett-mum-deal-2011-850320a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:49:21Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/red-sox-righty-beckett-mum-deal-2011-850320a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;In final year of contract, &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; not talking about any future deal with Red Sox&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the three aces of the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; isn't sure they have any.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Josh Beckett doesn't worry what label you give him, &lt;a title="Jon Lester" href="/topic/Jon+Lester" &gt;Jon Lester&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a title="John Lackey" href="/topic/John+Lackey" &gt;John Lackey&lt;/a&gt;. What...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Theo Epstein"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Angels' Weaver, Izturis beat Bosox for 2-0 lead</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/angels-weaver-izturis-beat-bosox-20-lead-699995a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:58:12Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/angels-weaver-izturis-beat-bosox-20-lead-699995a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Weaver's strong start, Izturis' 7th-inning RBI lead Angels past &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Bosox&lt;/a&gt; 4-1 for 2-0 playoff lead&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Jered Weaver" href="/topic/Jered+Weaver" &gt;Jered Weaver&lt;/a&gt; followed in &lt;a title="John Lackey" href="/topic/John+Lackey" &gt;John Lackey&lt;/a&gt;'s day-old footsteps throughout the night, all the way to his final triumphant walk off the &lt;a title="Angel Stadium" href="/topic/Angel+Stadium" &gt;Angel Stadium&lt;/a&gt; mou...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Clay Buchholz"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Brian Fuentes"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Mike Scioscia"></category><category term="Scott Kazmir"></category><category term="Angel Stadium"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Vladimir Guerrero"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Jered Weaver"></category><category term="Dave Henderson"></category><category term="Kendry Morales"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Erick Aybar"></category><category term="Howie Kendrick"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Maicer Izturis"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Kevin Jepsen"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox playoff starters Lester, Beckett, Buchholz</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-playoff-starters-lester-beckett-buchholz-693237a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T09:59:33Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/red-sox-playoff-starters-lester-beckett-buchholz-693237a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Red Sox set playoff rotation: Lester, Beckett, Buchholz in first 3 games&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; have set their rotation for the first three games of the playoffs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Jon Lester" href="/topic/Jon+Lester" &gt;Jon Lester&lt;/a&gt; will start the opener against the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday or Thursday, followed by &lt;a tit...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Clay Buchholz"></category><category term="Paul Byrd"></category></entry><entry><title>Beckett feeling better, ready for next start</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/beckett-feeling-ready-start-687962a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T10:04:49Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/beckett-feeling-ready-start-687962a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Boston RHP Beckett feels better after missing Monday's start with back spasms&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Red Sox right-hander &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; is ready to pitch again, a day after getting scratched from a start because of back spasms.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"We did the things that we needed to do and I feel a lot better today than I did yesterday," Beckett said before Tuesday night's game against &lt;a title="Toronto" href="/topic/Toronto" &gt;Toronto&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category></entry><entry><title>Boston's Beckett scratched because of back spasms</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-scratched-spasms-686450a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T10:05:58Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-scratched-spasms-686450a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Boston &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;RHP Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; scratched from Monday night's start because of back spasms&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett was scratched from Monday night's scheduled start because of back spasms.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"He's been feeling it. This time of year, guys feel it a lot," &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; manager &lt;a title="Terry Francona" href="/topic/Terry+Francona" &gt;Terry Francona&lt;/a&gt; said be...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Michael Bowden"></category></entry><entry><title>Angels hold on for 4-3 win over Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/angels-hold-43-win-red-sox-670708a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T10:18:45Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/angels-hold-43-win-red-sox-670708a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;One night after collapse, Angels rally and hold on for 4-3 win over Red Sox&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Howie Kendrick" href="/topic/Howie+Kendrick" &gt;Howie Kendrick&lt;/a&gt; homered and added an RBI blooper to break a ninth-inning tie, and &lt;a title="Brian Fuentes" href="/topic/Brian+Fuentes" &gt;Brian Fuentes&lt;/a&gt; protected the lead as the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt; beat the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/to...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Juan Rivera"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Brian Fuentes"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Ervin Santana"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Jeff Mathis"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Howie Kendrick"></category><category term="Chone Figgins"></category><category term="Reggie Willits"></category><category term="Billy Wagner"></category><category term="Maicer Izturis"></category><category term="Kevin Jepsen"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees use five homers off Beckett to take series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-homers-beckett-series-641325a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T10:41:40Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/yankees-homers-beckett-series-641325a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; pounded five home runs off &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; starter &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; to beat the Red Sox 8-4 and win the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Hideki Matsui" href="/topic/Hideki+Matsui" &gt;Hidek...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Takashi Saito"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Phil Hughes (Baseball)"></category><category term="Roger Lajoie"></category></entry><entry><title>5 in your face</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/5-face-2738905a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T11:20:42Z</updated><author><name>The Encyclopedia Britannica</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-22:/professional-baseball/5-face-2738905a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Antarctica"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Miguel Cabrera"></category><category term="Milton Bradley"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>2009 Power Poll</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/2009-power-poll-2726756a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T10:56:52Z</updated><author><name>The Encyclopedia Britannica</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-22:/professional-baseball/2009-power-poll-2726756a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>A-Rod's homer in 15th give Yanks 2-0 win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/arods-homer-15th-give-yanks-20-win-624611a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T10:55:56Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/arods-homer-15th-give-yanks-20-win-624611a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;A-Rod&lt;/a&gt; ends it: Yankees-Red Sox match zeros until Rodriguez HR ends it in 15th to win 2-0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alex Rodriguez ended the longest scoreless duel between longtime rivals &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; and New York in the 15th inning with his first homer in three weeks, giving the hometown &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; a 2-0 victory over ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="John Smoltz"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Harmon Killebrew"></category><category term="Phil Coke"></category><category term="Eric Hinske"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Junichi Tazawa"></category></entry><entry><title>Matchups we would like to see but might not</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/matchups-2684408a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T09:30:02Z</updated><author><name>The Encyclopedia Britannica</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-22:/professional-baseball/matchups-2684408a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Fausto Carmona"></category><category term="Tom Glavine"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Steve Bartman"></category><category term="Greg Maddux"></category><category term="Brandon Webb"></category><category term="Friendships"></category><category term="Jeffrey Maier"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Slumping Red Sox lose top spot in AL East</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/slumping-red-sox-lose-top-spot-al-east-603153a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T11:12:59Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/slumping-red-sox-lose-top-spot-al-east-603153a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;ARLINGTON, &lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The Texas Rangers handed the slumping &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; their fourth loss in a row with a 4-2 victory Tuesday, opening the door for the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; to take top spot in the &lt;a title="AL East" href="/topic/AL+East" ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Baltimore"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Raleigh"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Hank Blalock"></category><category term="Andruw Jones"></category><category term="Marlon Byrd"></category><category term="Tommy Hunter"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category></entry><entry><title>Beckett pitches 3-hitter for 100th career victory</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/beckett-pitches-3hitter-100th-career-victory-591727a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T11:22:40Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/beckett-pitches-3hitter-100th-career-victory-591727a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; pitches 3-hitter for 100th career victory as &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; blank Royals 6-0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Josh Beckett kept firing strikes. &lt;a title="Kansas City Royals" href="/topic/Kansas+City+Royals" &gt;Kansas City&lt;/a&gt; hitters kept missing them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Not a lot we could do with him," Royals manager &lt;a title="Trey Hillman" href="/topic/Trey+Hillman" &gt;Trey Hillman&lt;/a&gt; said...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Mark Ellis"></category><category term="St. Louis"></category><category term="Minneapolis"></category><category term="Ichiro Suzuki"></category><category term="St. Petersburg"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Brendan Harris"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Rob Johnson"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Mark Buehrle"></category><category term="Rocco Baldelli"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Brian Fuentes"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Hank Blalock"></category><category term="Mark Teahen"></category><category term="Michael Wuertz"></category><category term="Trey Hillman"></category><category term="Brian Roberts (Baseball)"></category><category term="Dan Wheeler"></category><category term="Nelson Cruz"></category><category term="Orlando Cabrera"></category><category term="Brad Bergesen"></category><category term="Nick Green"></category><category term="Scott Baker"></category><category term="David DeJesus"></category><category term="Bruce Chen"></category><category term="Oscar Salazar"></category><category term="Miguel Batista"></category><category term="Mitch Maier"></category><category term="Clete Thomas"></category><category term="Carlos Gomez"></category><category term="Denard Span"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Chris Shelton"></category><category term="Mickey Lolich"></category><category term="Kurt Suzuki"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Tomo Ohka"></category><category term="Brandon Inge"></category><category term="David Aardsma"></category><category term="Darren O'Day"></category><category term="Brett Anderson"></category><category term="Aaron Bates"></category><category term="Marc Rzepczynski"></category><category term="Andrew Bailey (Baseball)"></category></entry><entry><title>Boston's Beckett blanks Royals for 100th win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-blanks-royals-100th-win-591351a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T11:22:59Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-blanks-royals-100th-win-591351a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; made his 100th career victory a special one by shutting out the &lt;a title="Kansas City Royals" href="/topic/Kansas+City+Royals" &gt;Kansas City Royals&lt;/a&gt; 6-0 with a complete game three-hit victory on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beckett (11-3) struck out seven in joining Bo...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Raleigh"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Rocco Baldelli"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Mark Teahen"></category><category term="Jose Guillen"></category><category term="David DeJesus"></category><category term="Bruce Chen"></category><category term="Mitch Maier"></category><category term="Brayan Pena"></category><category term="Aaron Bates"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="Ed Osmond"></category></entry><entry><title>Beckett pitches 3-hitter to end strong first half</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/beckett-pitches-3hitter-strong-588667a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T11:25:08Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/beckett-pitches-3hitter-strong-588667a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; pitches 3-hitter for 100th career victory in Boston's 6-0 win over &lt;a title="Kansas City Royals" href="/topic/Kansas+City+Royals" &gt;Kansas City&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Josh Beckett capped a brilliant first half of the season with a three-hitter, joining teammate &lt;a title="Tim Wakefield" href="/topic/Tim+Wakefield" &gt;Tim Wakefield&lt;/a&gt; as the only 11-game winners in the AL as the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/B...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="St. Louis"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Rocco Baldelli"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Mark Teahen"></category><category term="Jose Guillen"></category><category term="Nick Green"></category><category term="David DeJesus"></category><category term="Bruce Chen"></category><category term="Mitch Maier"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="John Buck"></category><category term="Tris Speaker"></category><category term="Brayan Pena"></category><category term="Billy Butler (Baseball)"></category><category term="Aaron Bates"></category></entry><entry><title>Beckett's shutout helps Boston beat Atlanta 3-0</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/becketts-shutout-helps-boston-beat-atlanta-3-567559a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:00:53Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/becketts-shutout-helps-boston-beat-atlanta-3-567559a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Beckett's shutout spoils return of '04 hero &lt;a title="Derek Lowe" href="/topic/Derek+Lowe" &gt;Derek Lowe&lt;/a&gt; and gives &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; 3-0 win over Braves&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; allowed just five singles for his first shutout since joining the Red Sox, and &lt;a title="Jason Varitek" href="/topic/Jason+Varitek" &gt;Jason Varitek&lt;/a&gt; doubled twice and scored twice to lead Bosto...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Derek Lowe"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Nate McLouth"></category><category term="Heathcliff Slocumb"></category><category term="Nick Green"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Rollins homers in Phillies' 11-6 win over Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rollins-homers-phillies-116-win-red-sox-560312a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T11:49:13Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/rollins-homers-phillies-116-win-red-sox-560312a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Rollins homer sparks Phillies in 7th, avoid 3-game sweep with 11-6 win over Red Sox&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Jimmy Rollins" href="/topic/Jimmy+Rollins" &gt;Jimmy Rollins&lt;/a&gt; is starting to feel like his old J-Roll self.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The former MVP mired in a season-long slump believes the tiebreaking home run he hit to lift the &lt;a title="Philadelphia Phillies" href="/topic/Philadelphia+Phillies" &gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt; to an 11-6 win over the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Bost...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Daniel Bard"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Shane Victorino"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Chan Ho Park"></category><category term="John Smoltz"></category><category term="Rocco Baldelli"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Pawtucket Red Sox"></category><category term="Jimmy Rollins"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Takashi Saito"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Ryan Howard"></category><category term="Jayson Werth"></category><category term="Ryan Madson"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Raul Ibanez"></category><category term="Brett Myers"></category><category term="J.A. Happ"></category><category term="Lehigh Valley"></category><category term="Nick Green"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Pedro Feliz"></category><category term="Citizens Bank Park"></category><category term="Sergio Escalona"></category><category term="Tyler Walker (Baseball)"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox drop Twins 3-1, young umpire ejects 4</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-drop-twins-31-young-umpire-ejects-4-538097a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T12:07:42Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/red-sox-drop-twins-31-young-umpire-ejects-4-538097a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Red Sox defeat Twins 3-1, young umpire ejects &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; catcher &lt;a title="Jason Varitek" href="/topic/Jason+Varitek" &gt;Jason Varitek&lt;/a&gt;, 3 others&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jason Varitek hit two home runs, then was one of four people ejected by young umpire &lt;a title="Todd Tichenor" href="/topic/Todd+Tichenor" &gt;Todd Tichenor&lt;/a&gt; during separate arguments in the seventh inning of Boston's 3-1 victory over the &lt;a title="Minnesota Twins" ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Milwaukee"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Brendan Harris"></category><category term="Jeff Bailey"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Ron Gardenhire"></category><category term="Michael Cuddyer"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Mark Kotsay"></category><category term="Pawtucket Red Sox"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Joe Mauer"></category><category term="Brian Buscher"></category><category term="Joe Crede"></category><category term="Jason Kubel"></category><category term="Pacific Coast League"></category><category term="Nick Punto"></category><category term="Anthony Swarzak"></category><category term="Mike Redmond"></category><category term="Todd Tichenor"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox complete rainy sweep of Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-complete-rainy-sweep-yankees-509854a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T12:31:10Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/red-sox-complete-rainy-sweep-yankees-509854a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Bay, Beckett lead Red Sox to rainy two-game sweep in 1st trip to new &lt;a title="Yankee Stadium" href="/topic/Yankee+Stadium" &gt;Yankee Stadium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; are doing a lot better at the new Yankee Stadium than the home team.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Jason Bay" href="/topic/Jason+Bay" &gt;Jason Bay&lt;/a&gt; hit a three-run homer in a four-run first inning against &lt;a title="Joba Chamberlain" href="/topic/Joba+Chamber...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="Nebraska"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Houston (Texas)"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Jeff Bailey"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Michael Bloomberg"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Pawtucket Red Sox"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Elias Sports Bureau Inc."></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Cole Hamels"></category><category term="Hideki Okajima"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Mike Mussina"></category><category term="Jonathan Albaladejo"></category><category term="Nick Green"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Jose Molina"></category><category term="Jose Veras"></category><category term="Ramiro Pena"></category></entry><entry><title>Beckett's suspension reduced from 6 games to 5</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/becketts-suspension-reduced-6-games-5-323611a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T15:09:17Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/becketts-suspension-reduced-6-games-5-323611a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Beckett's suspension reduced from 6 games to 5; will start Saturday vs. Yankees&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;'s suspension was reduced from six games to five on Sunday, allowing the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; ace to take his next turn in the rotation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beckett threw a pitch near the head of the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anah...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Chone Figgins"></category></entry><entry><title>Boston's Beckett suspended</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-suspended-293303a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T15:34:36Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/bostons-beckett-suspended-293303a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; pitcher &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; was suspended for six games and fined by &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday for an intentional throw near the head of &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Angels&lt;/a&gt; batter &lt;a title="Bobby Abreu" href="/topic/Bobby+Abre...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Suspensions, Sanctions, and Fines"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Mike Scioscia"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Justin Speier"></category><category term="Paul Schreiber"></category><category term="Mickey Hatcher"></category></entry><entry><title>Beckett suspended for 6 games by MLB</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/beckett-suspended-6-games-mlb-292777a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T15:34:59Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/beckett-suspended-6-games-mlb-292777a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Boston pitcher &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; suspended for 6 games by &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Boston pitcher Josh Beckett has been suspended for six games and fined by Major League Baseball, which determined he intentionally threw a pitch near the head of the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Suspensions, Sanctions, and Fines"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bob Watson"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Mike Scioscia"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Justin Speier"></category><category term="Mickey Hatcher"></category></entry><entry><title>Angels hold off Red Sox in ill-tempered clash</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/angels-hold-red-sox-illtempered-clash-288363a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T15:37:48Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/angels-hold-red-sox-illtempered-clash-288363a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Bobby Abreu" href="/topic/Bobby+Abreu" &gt;Bobby Abreu&lt;/a&gt; hit a go-ahead two-run single and &lt;a title="Vladimir Guerrero" href="/topic/Vladimir+Guerrero" &gt;Vladimir Guerrero&lt;/a&gt; belted his first home run of the season as the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles&lt;/a&gt; Angeles downed &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; 5-4 in a tense &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Bas...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Mike Scioscia"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Vladimir Guerrero"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Nick Adenhart"></category><category term="Howie Kendrick"></category><category term="Joe West (Umpire)"></category><category term="Justin Speier"></category><category term="Dustin Moseley"></category><category term="Paul Schreiber"></category><category term="Mickey Hatcher"></category></entry><entry><title>Abreu's 2 RBIs help Angels beat Bosox 5-4</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/abreus-2-rbis-angels-beat-bosox-54-288165a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T15:37:53Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/abreus-2-rbis-angels-beat-bosox-54-288165a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Angels beat Red Sox 5-4 after bench-clearing incident in finale of somber homestand&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Bobby Abreu" href="/topic/Bobby+Abreu" &gt;Bobby Abreu&lt;/a&gt; hit a go-ahead two-run single and &lt;a title="Vladimir Guerrero" href="/topic/Vladimir+Guerrero" &gt;Vladimir Guerrero&lt;/a&gt; hit his first home run of the season, leading the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt; to a testy 5-4 victory over the &lt;a title=...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Brian Fuentes"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Scot Shields"></category><category term="Mike Scioscia"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Angel Stadium"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Hideki Okajima"></category><category term="Vladimir Guerrero"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Nick Adenhart"></category><category term="Ed Rapuano"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Howie Kendrick"></category><category term="Joe West (Umpire)"></category><category term="Justin Speier"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Chone Figgins"></category><category term="Maicer Izturis"></category><category term="Dustin Moseley"></category><category term="Mickey Hatcher"></category><category term="Mike Greenwell"></category></entry><entry><title>Benches clear in Red Sox-Angels game</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/benches-clear-red-soxangels-game-287979a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T15:37:59Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/benches-clear-red-soxangels-game-287979a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Benches clear in Red Sox-Angels game, Ejections: Angels 4, Red Sox 0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A high pitch from &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a title="Bobby Abreu" href="/topic/Bobby+Abreu" &gt;Bobby Abreu&lt;/a&gt; as time was being called touched off a bench-clearing incident in the first inning of Sunday's game between the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topi...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Mike Scioscia"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Vladimir Guerrero"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Ed Rapuano"></category><category term="Howie Kendrick"></category><category term="Joe West (Umpire)"></category><category term="Justin Speier"></category><category term="Chone Figgins"></category><category term="Dustin Moseley"></category><category term="Paul Schreiber"></category><category term="Mickey Hatcher"></category></entry><entry><title>Carpenter, Beckett match zeros</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/carpenter-beckett-match-zeros-246895a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T16:05:29Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/carpenter-beckett-match-zeros-246895a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Carpenter, Beckett match zeros in Cardinals' 4-2 victory&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Chris Carpenter" href="/topic/Chris+Carpenter" &gt;Chris Carpenter&lt;/a&gt;'s comeback remains solidly on track after four more scoreless innings. &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; ace &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; matched him pitch for pitch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Cardinals' oft-injured ace shrugged off a triple by &lt;a title="Josh Reddick" href="/...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Joe Mather"></category><category term="Chris Carpenter"></category><category term="Roger Dean Stadium"></category><category term="Josh Reddick"></category><category term="Marcus McBeth"></category></entry><entry><title>Francona upbeat about health of Ortiz, Lowell</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/francona-upbeat-health-ortiz-lowell-361072a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T14:36:15Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/francona-upbeat-health-ortiz-lowell-361072a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Red Sox manager &lt;a title="Terry Francona" href="/topic/Terry+Francona" &gt;Terry Francona&lt;/a&gt; optimistic about conditions of &lt;a title="DH Ortiz" href="/topic/DH+Ortiz" &gt;DH Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, 3B Lowell&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; manager Terry Francona is upbeat about the health of &lt;a title="David Ortiz" href="/topic/David+Ortiz" &gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Mike Lowell" href="/topic/Mike+Lowell" &gt;Mike Lowell&lt;/a&gt;, saying neithe...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="World Baseball Classic"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Brad Penny"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Julio Lugo"></category><category term="Mikey Lowell"></category><category term="DH Ortiz"></category><category term="Jed Lowrie"></category></entry><entry><title>Penny misses big dollars but could be huge bargain</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/penny-misses-big-dollars-huge-bargain-360988a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T14:36:19Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/penny-misses-big-dollars-huge-bargain-360988a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Brad Penny" href="/topic/Brad+Penny" &gt;RHP Brad Penny&lt;/a&gt; could prove valuable find for Red Sox if his shoulder problems are gone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brad Penny watched as &lt;a title="C.C. Sabathia" href="/topic/C.C.+Sabathia" &gt;CC Sabathia&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="A.J. Burnett" href="/topic/A.J.+Burnett" &gt;A.J. Burnett&lt;/a&gt; signed huge, long-term contracts. If shoulder problems hadn't ruined his 2008 season, Penny might have gotten one, too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Three weeks later, he finalized his ow...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="John Smoltz"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Brad Penny"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Takashi Saito"></category><category term="Mike Reinold"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="Masa Hoshino"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox finalize $5 deal with RHP Brad Penny</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-finalize-5-deal-rhp-brad-penny-305609a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:11:36Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/red-sox-finalize-5-deal-rhp-brad-penny-305609a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Red Sox, right-hander &lt;a title="Brad Penny" href="/topic/Brad+Penny" &gt;Brad Penny&lt;/a&gt; finalize $5 million, 1-year deal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brad Penny and &lt;a title="Mike Lowell" href="/topic/Mike+Lowell" &gt;Mike Lowell&lt;/a&gt; have more in common than a 2003 World Series ring: They both came to &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; to revive their careers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Penny, who finalized a $5 million, one-year deal Friday, is a two-time All-Star who won a championship...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="San Diego"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="John Smoltz"></category><category term="Brad Penny"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Charlie Zink"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Dewon Day"></category><category term="Virgil Vasquez"></category><category term="Pawtucket Red Sox"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox force Game 7 in ALCS by topping Rays 4-2</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/red-sox-force-game-7-alcs-topping-rays-42-487636a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:06:20Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/red-sox-force-game-7-alcs-topping-rays-42-487636a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Beckett, Varitek help Red Sox top Rays 4-2 to force Game 7 in AL Championship Series&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now look who's one win away from the World Series. The &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, playing like the defending champs they are, came out swinging and beat &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay&lt;/a&gt; 4-2 Saturday night to force a Game 7 in an AL championship series the Rays all but wrapped up two days earlier....</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Colorado"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Barry Bonds"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="B.J. Upton"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Joe Maddon"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Tropicana Field"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="John Farrell"></category><category term="James Shields"></category><category term="Jason Bartlett"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Akinori Iwamura"></category><category term="Carlos Beltran"></category><category term="Hideki Okajima"></category><category term="Troy Glaus"></category><category term="Matt Garza"></category><category term="J.P. Howell"></category><category term="Justin Masterson"></category><category term="Derryl Cousins"></category><category term="Tim McClelland"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox beat Rays, force one-game duel for World Series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/red-sox-beat-rays-force-onegame-duel-world-series-487560a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:06:20Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/red-sox-beat-rays-force-onegame-duel-world-series-487560a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Youkilis" href="/topic/Kevin+Youkilis" &gt;Kevin Youkilis&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Jason Varitek" href="/topic/Jason+Varitek" &gt;Jason Varitek&lt;/a&gt; each hit home runs to lift Boston past &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay&lt;/a&gt; 4-2 Saturday and level their &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; playoff series for a berth in the World Series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reigning World Series champion &lt;a title="Boston R...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="B.J. Upton"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Coco Crisp"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Jason Bartlett"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Hideki Okajima"></category><category term="Derryl Cousins"></category><category term="Tim McClelland"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Beckett The Man For Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/beckett-man-sox-487475a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-11T17:21:18Z</updated><author><name>Tampa Tribune &amp; WFLA</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-11:/professional-baseball/beckett-man-sox-487475a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="St. Petersburg" href="/topic/St.+Petersburg" &gt;ST. PETERSBURG&lt;/a&gt; - For better or worse, &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;'s the man for Boston.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Saturday night, Beckett was slightly better and definitely not as worse as his past stints on the mound.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In his 12th career postseason start, the Red Sox right-hander began Game 6 a lot like his last outing - a little shaky. Rays center fielder &lt;a title="B.J. Upton" href="/topic/B.J.+U...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="St. Petersburg"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="B.J. Upton"></category><category term="Joe Maddon"></category><category term="The Tampa Tribune"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Hideki Okajima"></category><category term="Katherine Smith"></category><category term="Jason Bartlett (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Shields Off, Offense Falls Short In Game 6</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/shields-offense-falls-short-game-6-487474a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:06:24Z</updated><author><name>Tampa Tribune &amp; WFLA</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/shields-offense-falls-short-game-6-487474a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="St. Petersburg" href="/topic/St.+Petersburg" &gt;ST. PETERSBURG&lt;/a&gt; - The Rays will experience another first in a season of them tonight at &lt;a title="Tropicana Field" href="/topic/Tropicana+Field" &gt;Tropicana Field&lt;/a&gt;, and it could go either way.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Either they'll win and move on to the World Series or they'll lose in their first-ever elimination game and see their magical season fall one game short of giving themselves a chance to win it all.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Saturday night's 4-2 lo...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="St. Petersburg"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="B.J. Upton"></category><category term="Carlos Pena"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="The Tampa Tribune"></category><category term="Tropicana Field"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Coco Crisp"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Mark Kotsay"></category><category term="Marc Lancaster"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Scott Kazmir"></category><category term="Dioner Navarro"></category><category term="James Shields"></category><category term="Jason Bartlett"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Hideki Okajima"></category><category term="Matt Garza"></category><category term="J.P. Howell"></category><category term="Justin Masterson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Rays beat Red Sox 9-8 in 11 innings; even ALCS 1-1</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/rays-beat-red-sox-98-11-innings-alcs-11-194000a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:15:09Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/rays-beat-red-sox-98-11-innings-alcs-11-194000a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="B.J. Upton" href="/topic/B.J.+Upton" &gt;B.J. Upton&lt;/a&gt;'s sacrifice fly in 11th inning lifts Rays over Red Sox 9-8 and evens &lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;ALCS&lt;/a&gt; 1-1&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;B.J. Upton and the &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt; won a game of home run derby with a shallow fly ball. Pinch-runner Fernando Perez dashed home on Upton's sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and the Rays outlaste...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="B.J. Upton"></category><category term="Carl Crawford"></category><category term="Carlos Pena"></category><category term="Evan Longoria"></category><category term="Joe Maddon"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Coco Crisp"></category><category term="Mark Kotsay"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Scott Kazmir"></category><category term="Dioner Navarro"></category><category term="Grant Balfour"></category><category term="Jason Bartlett"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Javier Lopez"></category><category term="Akinori Iwamura"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Chad Bradford"></category><category term="Dan Wheeler"></category><category term="Matt Garza"></category><category term="David Price (Baseball)"></category><category term="Cliff Floyd"></category><category term="Trever Miller"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Darin Erstad"></category><category term="Mike Timlin"></category><category term="Ben Zobrist"></category><category term="Pinch-runner Fernando Perez"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Beckett struggles again in Game 2 of ALCS</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/beckett-struggles-game-2-alcs-193826a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:15:05Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/beckett-struggles-game-2-alcs-193826a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Beckett ineffective again in second postseason start, hit hard in Game 2 of ALCS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;'s reputation as a postseason ace is taking a beating.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; star struggled for a second consecutive playoff start Saturday night, lasting only 4 1-3 innings against &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay&lt;/a&gt; in Game 2 of...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="B.J. Upton"></category><category term="Carlos Pena"></category><category term="Evan Longoria"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Cliff Floyd"></category><category term="Chone Figgins"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Dice-K gets ball in ALCS opener vs. Rays</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/dicek-ball-alcs-opener-rays-186619a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:15:19Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/dicek-ball-alcs-opener-rays-186619a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Matsuzaka, Beckett, Lester and Wakefield to start for &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; against Rays in ALCS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Daisuke Matsuzaka" href="/topic/Daisuke+Matsuzaka" &gt;Daisuke Matsuzaka&lt;/a&gt; will be on the mound for the Red Sox when the AL championship series begins Friday night against the &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That doesn't make him Boston's ace.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Josh B...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="St. Petersburg"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Evan Longoria"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Derek Lowe"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Scott Kazmir"></category><category term="James Shields"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Cole Hamels"></category><category term="Andy Sonnanstine"></category><category term="Matt Garza"></category><category term="Kevin Cash"></category><category term="Paul Byrd"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Boston send Matsuzaka to mound for game one</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/boston-send-matsuzaka-mound-game-185839a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:15:26Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/boston-send-matsuzaka-mound-game-185839a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; will send 18-game winner &lt;a title="Daisuke Matsuzaka" href="/topic/Daisuke+Matsuzaka" &gt;Daisuke Matsuzaka&lt;/a&gt; to the mound on Friday for game one of the &lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;American League Championship Series&lt;/a&gt; against the &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Japanese import will be followed by &lt;a title="Josh Be...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="St. Petersburg"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category></entry><entry><title>A capsule look at the AL championship series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/capsule-al-championship-series-185803a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:15:30Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/capsule-al-championship-series-185803a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A capsule look at the AL championship series&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A look at the best-of-seven American League championship series between the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Schedule (All times EDT):@ Game 1, Friday, at Tampa Bay (8:37 p.m.); Game 2, Saturday, at Tampa Bay (8:07 p.m.); Game 3, Monday, Oct. 13, at Boston (4:37 p.m.); Game 4, Tuesday, Oct. 14,...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Colorado"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Curt Schilling"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="B.J. Upton"></category><category term="Carl Crawford"></category><category term="Carlos Pena"></category><category term="Evan Longoria"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Joe Maddon"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Tropicana Field"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="Rocco Baldelli"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Coco Crisp"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Mark Kotsay"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Scott Kazmir"></category><category term="Dioner Navarro"></category><category term="Gabe Gross"></category><category term="Grant Balfour"></category><category term="James Shields"></category><category term="Willy Aybar"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Akinori Iwamura"></category><category term="Hideki Okajima"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Javier Lopez (Baseball)"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Eric Hinske"></category><category term="Chad Bradford"></category><category term="Jed Lowrie"></category><category term="Andy Sonnanstine"></category><category term="Dan Wheeler"></category><category term="Matt Garza"></category><category term="J.P. Howell"></category><category term="David Price (Baseball)"></category><category term="Edwin Jackson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Justin Masterson"></category><category term="Cliff Floyd"></category><category term="Troy Percival"></category><category term="Jason Bartlett (Baseball)"></category><category term="Trever Miller"></category><category term="Japanese League"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Manny Delcarmen"></category><category term="Fernando Perez"></category><category term="Paul Byrd"></category><category term="Tommy Harper"></category><category term="Tris Speaker"></category><category term="Boston Medical Group"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Postseason ace Beckett shelled as Angels win 5-4</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/postseason-ace-beckett-shelled-angels-win-54-180548a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T16:52:26Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/postseason-ace-beckett-shelled-angels-win-54-180548a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Red Sox postseason star &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; has worst postseason outing after resting injured side&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Josh Beckett waited four extra days for a chance to show his postseason brilliance. That shine wore off with his very first pitch. The &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; right-hander had the worst outing of his 10 postseason starts as Boston lost 5-4 to the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Juan Rivera"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Chone Figgins"></category></entry><entry><title>Beckett, Red Sox look to finish the Angels off</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/beckett-red-sox-finish-angels-176787a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T16:54:56Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/beckett-red-sox-finish-angels-176787a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Boston back home with 2-0 lead, chance to finish Angels off behind Beckett&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt; might have thought they caught a break when they didn't have to face &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; ace &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Turns out, they'l...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Mike Scioscia"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Joe Saunders"></category><category term="Justin Masterson"></category></entry><entry><title>Josh Beckett throws side session on off day</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/josh-beckett-throws-side-session-day-172330a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T16:58:11Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/josh-beckett-throws-side-session-day-172330a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Boston ace &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; throws `productive' side session&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Boston pitcher Josh Beckett threw a side session Thursday during an off-day in the Red Sox-Angels playoff series, and remains scheduled to start Game 3 Sunday in Boston.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beckett, originally scheduled to start Game 1, injured a muscle in his side last Friday during a bullpen session.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"He ended up with 67 pitches, which is a pretty aggressive ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Anaheim"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category></entry><entry><title>Lowell, Drew take BP and could play in Game 1</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/lowell-drew-bp-play-game-1-465848a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:09:01Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/lowell-drew-bp-play-game-1-465848a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Francona sees good signs about injured players as &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; prepare for playoff opener&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Mike Lowell" href="/topic/Mike+Lowell" &gt;Mike Lowell&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="J.D. Drew" href="/topic/J.D.+Drew" &gt;J.D. Drew&lt;/a&gt; took batting practice on an overcast day at &lt;a title="Fenway Park" href="/topic/Fenway+Park" &gt;Fenway Park&lt;/a&gt;. When they were done, the outlook for Boston's two injured hitters was brighter.&lt;/p...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Coco Crisp"></category><category term="Mark Kotsay"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Bartolo Colon"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Vladimir Guerrero"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Garret Anderson"></category><category term="Gary Matthews Jr."></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Source: Beckett expected to miss playoffs opener</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/source-beckett-expected-playoffs-opener-464854a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T13:11:05Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/source-beckett-expected-playoffs-opener-464854a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Source: &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; ace &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; expected to miss playoffs opener against Angels&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Josh Beckett probably will miss the opener of Boston's first-round &lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;AL playoffs&lt;/a&gt; series against the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles An...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Herald Media Inc."></category></entry><entry><title>Anderson leads Angels to easy 9-2 win over Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/anderson-leads-angels-easy-92-win-red-sox-210747a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T16:28:43Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/anderson-leads-angels-easy-92-win-red-sox-210747a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Angels keep rolling with 9-2 win as lackluster Red Sox fail at bat and in the field&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Garret Anderson" href="/topic/Garret+Anderson" &gt;Garret Anderson&lt;/a&gt; went 4-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs, &lt;a title="Joe Saunders" href="/topic/Joe+Saunders" &gt;Joe Saunders&lt;/a&gt; earned his 14th win and the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt; swept the lackluster and error-prone &lt;a title="Boston Red S...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Coco Crisp"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Vladimir Guerrero"></category><category term="ESPN Deportes"></category><category term="Garret Anderson"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Joe Saunders"></category><category term="Jeff Mathis"></category><category term="Howie Kendrick"></category><category term="Chone Figgins"></category><category term="Maicer Izturis"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees beat Red Sox for seventh straight win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-beat-red-sox-seventh-straight-win-201662a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T16:35:40Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/yankees-beat-red-sox-seventh-straight-win-201662a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Yankees beat Red Sox for 7th straight win; Indians' Lee becomes majors' first 14-game winner&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Joba Chamberlain" href="/topic/Joba+Chamberlain" &gt;Joba Chamberlain&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; picked up a big win against the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; and then got some help for the pennant race.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleve...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Ichiro Suzuki"></category><category term="Juan Rivera"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Jason Giambi"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Chris Davis (Baseball)"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Bobby Jenks"></category><category term="Jeremy Reed"></category><category term="Xavier Nady"></category><category term="Josh Hamilton (Baseball)"></category><category term="Vicente Padilla"></category><category term="Todd Jones"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Brian Burres"></category><category term="Casey Kotchman"></category><category term="Livan Hernandez"></category><category term="Carlos Guillen"></category><category term="Kevin Millar"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Joe Saunders"></category><category term="Brad Wilkerson"></category><category term="Mark Lowe"></category><category term="Damaso Marte"></category><category term="Brad Ziegler"></category><category term="Rafael Perez"></category><category term="Troy Percival"></category><category term="Jermaine Dye"></category><category term="Brandon Fahey"></category><category term="Ross Gload"></category><category term="John Buck"></category><category term="D.J. Carrasco"></category><category term="Carlos Gomez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Luke Scott"></category><category term="Gregg Zaun"></category><category term="Jesse Carlson"></category><category term="Joe Inglett"></category><category term="George McQuillan"></category><category term="Billy Butler (Baseball)"></category></entry><entry><title>Chamberlain shuts out Red Sox as Yankees spoil Ortiz return</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/chamberlain-shuts-red-sox-yankees-spoil-ortiz-return-201429a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T16:35:49Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/chamberlain-shuts-red-sox-yankees-spoil-ortiz-return-201429a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Jason Giambi" href="/topic/Jason+Giambi" &gt;Jason Giambi&lt;/a&gt; drove in a run off &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Joba Chamberlain" href="/topic/Joba+Chamberlain" &gt;Joba Chamberlain&lt;/a&gt; held the Red Sox to three hits over seven innings as the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; spoiled the return of &lt;a title="David Ortiz" href="/...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Jason Giambi"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Kyle Farnsworth"></category></entry><entry><title>Overturned triple play spurs BoSox past Twins 18-5</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/overturned-triple-play-spurs-bosox-twins-185-178525a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T16:53:51Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/overturned-triple-play-spurs-bosox-twins-185-178525a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Nixed triple play becomes 7-run inning in Boston's 18-5 win; only 1 out is Twins manager&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Dustin Pedroia" href="/topic/Dustin+Pedroia" &gt;Dustin Pedroia&lt;/a&gt; hit a three-run double as the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; followed an overturned triple-play call with seven runs in the seventh inning to beat the &lt;a title="Minnesota Twins" href="/topic/Minnesota+Twins" &gt;Minnesota Twins&lt;/a&gt; 18-5 on Wednesday and complete ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Ron Gardenhire"></category><category term="Justin Morneau"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Brian Buscher"></category><category term="Livan Hernandez"></category><category term="Julio Lugo"></category><category term="Jason Kubel"></category><category term="Kevin Cash"></category><category term="Brandon Moss"></category><category term="Alexi Casilla"></category><category term="Denard Span"></category><category term="Sean Casey"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Boof Bonser"></category><category term="Brian Bass"></category><category term="Craig Breslow"></category><category term="Mike Petraglia"></category></entry><entry><title>Play Ball!</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/play-ball-4089064a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-03T09:00:41Z</updated><author><name>Men's Fitness</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-03:/professional-baseball/play-ball-4089064a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Media"></category><category term="Television"></category><category term="Sports on TV"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Cincinnati"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="FOX Sports Net Inc."></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Ken Rosenthal"></category><category term="Jerry Owens"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Thomas slam sinks Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/thomas-slam-sinks-red-sox-221553a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T16:20:52Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/thomas-slam-sinks-red-sox-221553a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Frank Thomas (Designated Hitter)" href="/topic/Frank+Thomas+(Designated+Hitter)" &gt;Frank Thomas&lt;/a&gt; Hits 11th Career Grand Slam As Blue Jays Complete Sweep With 7-4 Win Over Red Sox&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;'s first start of the season failed to send &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; home with a win.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Frank Thomas hit his 11th career grand slam, &lt;a title="Vernon Wells" hre...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Canada"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Tokyo"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Toronto Raptors"></category><category term="Jose Calderon"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Vernon Wells"></category><category term="Alex Rios"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Julio Lugo"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Manny Delcarmen"></category><category term="Jeremy Accardo"></category><category term="Frank Thomas (Designated Hitter)"></category><category term="Kyle Snyder"></category><category term="Aaron Hill (Baseball)"></category></entry><entry><title>Beckett activated by Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/beckett-activated-red-sox-221452a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T12:12:45Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/beckett-activated-red-sox-221452a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Red Sox Activate &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;RHP Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;,designate RHP &lt;a title="Kyle Snyder" href="/topic/Kyle+Snyder" &gt;Kyle Snyder&lt;/a&gt; for Assignment&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Josh Beckett was activated from the 15-day disabled list by the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; before Sunday's game against the Blue Jays, allowing the right-hander to make his season debut against &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Tokyo"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Fort Myers"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Oakland"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Pawtucket Red Sox"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Mike Timlin"></category><category term="Kyle Snyder"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>BEST BETS IN BASEBALL</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bets-baseball-215508a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-04T12:14:12Z</updated><author><name>Las Vegas Sun</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-08-04:/professional-baseball/bets-baseball-215508a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Jeff Haney crunches the numbers to help bettors pick the right casino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt; HOUSE EDGE&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Charting the house edge in 2008 World Series future books (the bigger the house edge, the worse it is for gamblers):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Casino&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; House edge&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Las Vegas Hilton" href="/topic/Las+Vegas+Hilton" &gt;Las Vegas Hilton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;28 percent&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cal &lt;a title="Cal Neva" href="/topic/Cal+Neva" &gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt; 32 percent&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Palms&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; 35 percent&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Venetian&lt;br/&gt;36 p...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Las Vegas"></category><category term="Nevada"></category><category term="Tuscany"></category><category term="Hilton Hotels Corporation"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Station Casinos Inc."></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Alfonso Soriano"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Reno (Nevada)"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Barry Bonds"></category><category term="Las Vegas Hilton"></category><category term="Wynn Las Vegas"></category><category term="Las Vegas Sun"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Carlos Pena"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Joe Nathan"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Matt Holliday"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="J.J. Putz"></category><category term="Travis Hafner"></category><category term="Fausto Carmona"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="Jake Peavy"></category><category term="John Smoltz"></category><category term="Trevor Hoffman"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Roy Oswalt"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Ryan Howard"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Prince Fielder"></category><category term="Bobby Jenks"></category><category term="Lou Piniella"></category><category term="Carlos Zambrano"></category><category term="Albert Pujols"></category><category term="Miguel Cabrera"></category><category term="Erik Bedard"></category><category term="Jim Edmonds"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Chad Billingsley"></category><category term="Adam Dunn"></category><category term="Dontrelle Willis"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Felix Hernandez"></category><category term="Dan Haren"></category><category term="Brandon Webb"></category><category term="Scott Rolen"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Cal Neva"></category><category term="Ryan Braun (Baseball)"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="MGM Resorts International"></category></entry><entry><title>Indians' C.C. Sabathia wins AL Cy Young</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/indians-cc-sabathia-wins-al-cy-young-1292836a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-10T10:59:42Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-10:/professional-baseball/indians-cc-sabathia-wins-al-cy-young-1292836a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Indians' &lt;a title="C.C. Sabathia" href="/topic/C.C.+Sabathia" &gt;C.C. Sabathia&lt;/a&gt; Becomes First &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland&lt;/a&gt; Pitcher in 35 Years to Win &lt;a title="Cy Young Award" href="/topic/Cy+Young+Award" &gt;AL Cy Young Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;C.C. Sabathia beat &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; at last &amp;#8212; albeit a few weeks later than he hoped. Sabathia won the AL Cy Young Award on Tuesday, t...</summary><category term="Jobs and Labor"></category><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Employee Compensation"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Tom Withers"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Mark Shapiro"></category><category term="Fausto Carmona"></category><category term="Jake Peavy"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Baseball Writers' Association of America"></category><category term="Cy Young"></category><category term="Vida Blue"></category><category term="Dwight Gooden"></category><category term="Ryan Braun (Baseball)"></category><category term="Gaylord Perry"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Mike Lowell wins World Series MVP</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mike-lowell-wins-world-series-mvp-1269614a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-10T07:25:48Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-10:/professional-baseball/mike-lowell-wins-world-series-mvp-1269614a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Much More Than a Throw-In: &lt;a title="Mike Lowell" href="/topic/Mike+Lowell" &gt;Mike Lowell&lt;/a&gt; Wins World Series MVP&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Drenched from the celebration in &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt;'s bustling clubhouse, Mike Lowell clutched his new trophy and broke into a sheepish smile.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He's much more than some throw-in on a Red Sox trade &amp;#8212; and he knows it. He's the World Series MVP.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The steady third baseman capped an outstandin...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="St. Louis"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Colorado Rockies"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Coors Field"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Rockies lead 1-0 in Game 2 of Series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/rockies-lead-10-game-2-series-1264532a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-10T06:40:10Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-10:/world-series/rockies-lead-10-game-2-series-1264532a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Rockies &lt;a title="Lead Red Sox" href="/topic/Lead+Red+Sox" &gt;Lead Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; 1-0 After 3 Innings in Game 2 of Series&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Colorado took advantage of a hit batsman and an infield single to take a 1-0 lead over the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; after three innings of play Thursday in Game Two of the World Series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Rockies drew first blood when &lt;a title="Willy Taveras" href="/topic/Willy+Taveras" &gt;Willie Taveras&lt;/a&gt; re...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Pittsburgh"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Curt Schilling"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="Colorado Rockies"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Matt Holliday"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Brad Hawpe"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Sandy Koufax"></category><category term="Jeff Francis (Baseball)"></category><category term="Ubaldo Jimenez"></category><category term="Willy Taveras"></category><category term="Todd Helton"></category><category term="Troy Tulowitzki"></category><category term="Ryan Speier"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Lead Red Sox"></category><category term="Yoruit Torrealba"></category></entry><entry><title>Rockies look to bounce back from rout</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/rockies-bounce-rout-1263311a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-10T06:29:39Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-10:/world-series/rockies-bounce-rout-1263311a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Colorado Rockies" href="/topic/Colorado+Rockies" &gt;Colorado Rockies&lt;/a&gt; Look to Bounce Back From Game-1 Rout in Tonight's Game 2 of World Series&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Curt Schilling" href="/topic/Curt+Schilling" &gt;Curt Schilling&lt;/a&gt; will try to add to his postseason resume and &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt;'s 1-0 lead in the World Series tonight. Coming off a 13-1 debacle in the opener, Colorado turns to &lt;a title="Ubaldo Jimenez" hr...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Denver"></category><category term="St. Louis"></category><category term="Baltimore"></category><category term="Pittsburgh"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Tucson"></category><category term="New England States"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Mickey Mantle"></category><category term="Fort Myers"></category><category term="Microsoft Xbox"></category><category term="Sony PlayStation"></category><category term="Curt Schilling"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="Colorado Rockies"></category><category term="David Justice"></category><category term="Bernie Williams"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Matt Holliday"></category><category term="Cincinnati Reds"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Tom Seaver"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Elias Sports Bureau Inc."></category><category term="Tony Kubek"></category><category term="Roger Maris"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Sandy Koufax"></category><category term="Jeff Francis (Baseball)"></category><category term="Ubaldo Jimenez"></category><category term="Willy Taveras"></category><category term="Todd Helton"></category><category term="Troy Tulowitzki"></category><category term="Clint Hurdle"></category><category term="Kazuo Matsui"></category><category term="Tom Tresh"></category><category term="Ryan Speier"></category><category term="Bobby Richardson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Don Buford"></category></entry><entry><title>A Game One Blowout</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/game-blowout-4055174a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-03T08:10:06Z</updated><author><name>Esquire</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-03:/professional-baseball/game-blowout-4055174a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Odessa (Texas)"></category><category term="Manhattan"></category><category term="Seattle"></category><category term="Taco Bell Corp."></category><category term="National Football League"></category><category term="National Football Conference"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Bob Dylan"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Woodstock"></category><category term="Carl Willis"></category><category term="U.S. Marine Corps"></category><category term="Curt Schilling"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Dallas Cowboys"></category><category term="Diet Coke"></category><category term="FOX Broadcasting Company"></category><category term="John Williams"></category><category term="Peter Pan"></category><category term="Colorado Rockies"></category><category term="Dave Winfield"></category><category term="Prison Break"></category><category term="Pete Rose"></category><category term="Colorado Springs Gazette"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Matt Holliday"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Travis Hafner"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Eric Gagne"></category><category term="Rickey Henderson"></category><category term="Iwo Jima"></category><category term="Honus Wagner"></category><category term="Lowell"></category><category term="Brad Hawpe"></category><category term="Carlton Fisk"></category><category term="John Hancock"></category><category term="Jeff Francis (Baseball)"></category><category term="Ubaldo Jimenez"></category><category term="Troy Tulowitzki"></category><category term="Manny Delcarmen"></category><category term="Mike Timlin"></category><category term="Steve Phillips"></category><category term="Scott Raab"></category><category term="Kevin Kennedy"></category><category term="Tim McCarver"></category><category term="Tony Perez"></category><category term="Joel Skinner"></category><category term="Cap Anson"></category><category term="Brian Brady"></category><category term="Enos Slaughter"></category><category term="Antiques Roadshow"></category><category term="Lee Elia"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NFC East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="The Big Lebowski"></category><category term="Eric Gillin"></category><category term="Archibald Wright Graham"></category><category term="Jay Levin"></category><category term="Storytime Uncle Scott"></category><category term="Karl Hungus"></category><category term="Mike Schooler"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox fireballer Beckett owns October</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/red-sox-fireballer-beckett-owns-october-1259434a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-10T05:55:41Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-10:/world-series/red-sox-fireballer-beckett-owns-october-1259434a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;With His Blazing Fastball and Hard-Nosed Attitude, Red Sox Ace &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; Owns October&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sitting at the postseason podium where he's become such a staple, Josh Beckett glared at a room full of reporters Tuesday and grew increasingly annoyed with questions about his success.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The accolades, the analysis &amp;#8212; he insists none of it matters this time of year. 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(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
      ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Alexei Ramirez"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox Yankees Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/red-sox-yankees-baseball-2351662p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-24T19:30:44Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-24:/photo/red-sox-yankees-baseball-2351662p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; pitcher &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; delivers the ball to the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, at &lt;a title="Yankee Stadium" href="/topic/Yankee+Stadium" &gt;Yankee Stadium&lt;/a&gt; in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
        Copyright 2010&amp;#160; &lt;a hr...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jays Red Sox Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/blue-jays-red-sox-baseball-2348672p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-21T12:35:07Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-21:/photo/blue-jays-red-sox-baseball-2348672p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; throws his gum as he comes off the field after giving up a run to the &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt; in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, in Boston. (AP Photo/&lt;a title="Mike Dwyer" href="/topic/Mike+Dwyer" &gt;Michael Dwyer&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
        Copyright 20...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Mike Dwyer"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox Athletics Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/red-sox-athletics-baseball-2345291p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-12T16:45:16Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-12:/photo/red-sox-athletics-baseball-2345291p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; works against the &lt;a title="Oakland Athletics" href="/topic/Oakland+Athletics" &gt;Oakland Athletics&lt;/a&gt; during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, in Oakland, &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;Calif.&lt;/a&gt; (AP Photo/Ben Margot)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
        Copyright 2010&amp;#160; &lt;a href="http://www.ap.org"&gt;AP News&lt;/a...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>White Sox Red Sox Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/white-sox-red-sox-baseball-2341594p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-05T15:00:14Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-05:/photo/white-sox-red-sox-baseball-2341594p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; starting pitcher &lt;a title="Josh Beckett" href="/topic/Josh+Beckett" &gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt; has a drink in the dugout between innings during a baseball game against the &lt;a title="Chicago White Sox" href="/topic/Chicago+White+Sox" &gt;Chicago White Sox&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a title="Fenway Park" href="/topic/Fenway+Park" &gt;Fenway Park&lt;/a&gt; in Boston on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
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