In what had been long speculated since he had missed several Spring Training games and then missed the entire Red Sox-Tampa Bay series, NESN has announced that Red Sox analyst Jerry Remy will be out indefinitely as he recovers from cancer surgery. Remy himself has made reference to his absence at his Twitter page and … Continue reading BREAKING: Jerry Remy Out Recovering from Cancer Surgery
Red Sox Reloaded
I've been mentioning it in the Twitter feed for the last few days, but I wanted to give Jon Couture's Red Sox Reloaded blog feature a plug here, as well. Around mid-day on the day following most Red Sox games, Couture, the baseball writer for the New Bedford Standard Times, has been posting on his … Continue reading Red Sox Reloaded
Sox Take 5th in a Row Against Yankees
The Red Sox swept a quick game set at the new Yankee Stadium, winning their fifth game in a row against the Bronx Bombers. The final score was 7-3. Amalie Benjamin has Jason Bay and the Red Sox getting the better of Joba Chamberlain, despite the latter picking up 12 K's in 5 2/3 innings of … Continue reading Sox Take 5th in a Row Against Yankees
Twitter Updates for BSMW on 2009-05-05
Bill Simmons: Now that jocks can talk to us directly, the press is boxed out: http://tr.im/kzio # Jon Couture reloads last night's Red Sox/Yankees Game: http://tr.im/kyv9 # BSMW Network Post: Watching Peter King http://tinyurl.com/d42oaq # BSMW Network Post: The Timing Was Right http://tinyurl.com/cdwd9x # BSMW Network Post: Celtics Dig Too Deep A Hole in Game … Continue reading Twitter Updates for BSMW on 2009-05-05
Watching Peter King
Disclaimer: The point of this post is by no means to discredit what the Philadelphia Eagles did on draft weekend. They clearly made some nice moves. The motivation is to shine the light on Peter King for being something of a hypocrite for his gushing praise at the Eagles for doing the very same thing that … Continue reading Watching Peter King
Celtics Dig Too Deep A Hole in Game One
Trailing by as many at 28 points in the second half, the Celtics charged back to as close as three points, but just couldn't get over that hump, and dropped game one of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at the Garden last night, 96-90. Frank Dell'Apa has a first half lag dooming the Celtics last night. … Continue reading Celtics Dig Too Deep A Hole in Game One
Twitter Updates for BSMW on 2009-05-04
BSMW Network Post: Celtics Game 7 Peaks near 750,000 Homes;Sets new record http://tinyurl.com/crgh6y # BSMW Network Post: Game One Another Strong Rating For NESN http://tinyurl.com/cl2wa2 # Comcast SportsNet shatters Celtics single game ratings record with a 10.1 (16.6 peak) for game 7: http://tr.im/ksgr # A week ago, Peter King called the Patriots "drunk with the … Continue reading Twitter Updates for BSMW on 2009-05-04
Celtics Game 7 Peaks near 750,000 Homes;Sets new record
More ratings updates, this time from Comcast SportsNet. In their last game telecast of the season, CSN ended on a high note, averaging a new record 10.1 Saturday night with a peak of 16.6. The national networks (TNT, ESPN, ABC) have the remaining games, but CSN will have full pre and post game coverage. Once again the Comcast … Continue reading Celtics Game 7 Peaks near 750,000 Homes;Sets new record
Game One Another Strong Rating For NESN
Last Friday's first game of the Bruins/Hurricanes Eastern Conference Semifinals drew a 9.5 rating for NESN. The rating ties the network’s best Bruins rating of the 2008/09 season and is also NESN’s third highest rated Bruins broadcast in its 25 year history of covering the team. Last night's game two was broadcast on VERSUS, but … Continue reading Game One Another Strong Rating For NESN
Eckersley To Fill In For Remy on NESN Tonight
From Fang's Bites: Due to Jerry Remy being out with pneumonia, NESN has to tap relief announcers to pitch in during the Remdawg's absence. In the spring, Jerry contracted pneumonia and according to his Twitter page, Remy did not fully recover and went back to work too early. This past weekend, Jerry missed the entire … Continue reading Eckersley To Fill In For Remy on NESN Tonight
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