...heights for the Red Sox. But take it from two of Ellsbury’s teammates: It isn’t so simple. A year ago, Shane Victorino and Mike Napoli were in Ellsbury’s position. And faced with the chance to cash in by having a big season, they fell flatter than a flapjack....
Breaking News about Mike Napoli
Free agency to blame for Jacoby Ellsbury's struggles?
...\"He’s really not doing that bad. To be where he’s at right now, he hasn’t put himself in a hole,\" the outfielder said. Mike Napoli admitted there is some extra pressure on players during their walk seasons. \"It was more all the outside people. Your family,...
Jon Lester Served First Loss in 6-4 Defeat to Adam Dunn, Chicago White Sox
...made up for his earlier error with a two-run double off of reliever Matt Thorton to make it 6-4. In the top of the ninth, Mike Napoli led off the inning with a single up the middle off of Addison Reed. Middlebrooks came up after Daniel Nava struck out and...
Dunn, White Sox hand Boston's Lester first loss
...gap to 6-4 in the seventh. Matt Thornton relieved Axelrod and promptly walked the first two batters he faced. David Ortiz and Mike Napoli came around to score when Will Middlebrooks sent a one-out double off the wall in left field. Thornton settled down on...
Recap: Chicago WSox vs. Boston
...to 6-4 in the seventh. Matt Thornton relieved Axelrod and promptly walked the first two batters he faced. David Ortiz and Mike Napoli came around to score when Will Middlebrooks sent a one-out double off the wall in left field. Thornton settled down on the...
White Sox 6, Red Sox 4: Two-out offense hands Jon Lester first loss
...be the last. After Jesse Crain pitched around a one-out walk for a scoreless eighth, Addison Reed entered to close it out. Mike Napoli greeted him with a single, and after a strikeout, Middlebrooks almost had two more RBI. He took a close two-strike slider...
White Sox bats starting to get healthy
...30 — but was not involved in the decision. Axelrod lasted six innings and had a 6-2 lead when he exited. But Matt Thornton struggled in the seventh, giving up two runs after he walked David Ortiz and Mike Napoli, both scoring on Will Middlebrooks’ double....
Jon Lester tripped up in early innings in 6-4 Red Sox
...did get the ball in the air, U.S. Cellular Field was little help. Middlebrooks gave one a ride to dead center in the ninth with Mike Napoli on first base. On another night it may gone out for a game-tying home run, but it came down on the warning track....
Red Sox 4, White Sox 6: Streak snapped by a matter of inches
...since Dunn's homer, but all that changed in the seventh. A pair of leadoff walks from Matt Thornton to David Ortiz and Mike Napoli gave the Red Sox a golden opportunity, and Will Middlebrooks took advantage, hitting a hard drive to the wall in left. Dayan...
Dunn, White Sox get to Lester early in 6-4 win
...two-run homer in the third. Matt Thornton gave up two more in the seventh, both coming after walks to David Ortiz and Mike Napoli. Both scored on Middlebrooks’ double. Addison Reed gave up a single to Napoli leading the ninth and a fly ball out to deep center...
Commentary: Let's let Amica handle the balls and strikes
...calls in hockey -- infractions very much in the eyes of the whistle-blowers. Impossible to review. Just let a machine ring up Mike Napoli. Hockey is magnificent, especially this time of year, when bodies endure NFL-like contact, only it happens almost every...
The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out: a Boston Red Sox preview
...that David Ortiz steals organs and muscles from transient youths he abducts from Cambridge, but I'm not saying he doesn't. Mike Napoli is no longer a catcher, which makes me kind of sad. Mike Scioscia finally wins that battle, mere months before he becomes...
Red Sox Report Card
...of the most consistent hitters this far and I would not be surprised at all to see Ortiz at this year’s All Star Game. Mike Napoli-A-; Napoli would get a solid A if he wasn’t such a streaky player. But he was the best offensive player for the Red Sox during...
The Jeff Mathis experience
...has already covered his disastrously poor hitting career. The fact that Mathis has caught more games in his Angels career than Mike Napoli, the good hitter and poor defenseman he battled for playing time throughout his career, is a travesty among Angels fans....
Series Win Over Tigers Speaks Volumes
...Rangers are tied for the big-league lead and tops in the AL with 58 home runs on the season, all without Josh Hamilton and Mike Napoli, who accounted for more than half of the team's home runs last year. And now, the Rangers, at 29-15, have the best record...
Red Sox dressed for success?
...has custom-made suits he gets in Montreal. Jonny Gomes cleans up real nice in suits that would work in any boardroom. Mike Napoli has jackets with distinctive patterns. There are Burberry ties, cuff links and starched collars everywhere you look. Dustin Pedoia...
Rain delay can’t put damper on hot Red Sox
...to watch “The Sandlot” (in its entirety) on the video screen in left field, others played cards or grabbed a bite to eat. Mike Napoli even took a nap. But when play resumed, there wasn’t much doubt the Red Sox would be ready. “This group?” manager John Farrell...
The old David Ortiz is back to lead the Red Sox
...corner, first base or even DHing to start the season while Ortiz was sidelined with heel injuries). Dustin Pedroia and Mike Napoli helped a lot too -- especially Napoli, who had a good-but-not-great start to the year on his stat line merits but who had the...
Dustin Pedroia homers, drives in three as Red Sox win rain-delayed game against Twins
...4⅓ innings. Will Middlebrooks hit his eighth home run in the second inning. Pedroia picked up an RBI in the third and Mike Napoli singled in a run in the fifth. After the skies cleared, only several hundred fans remained. The Twins allowed them all to sit...
Pedroia powers Red Sox past Twins
...inning when Pedroia's hit sent Shane Victorino home. Pedroia scored himself in the fifth inning, thanks to a hit from Mike Napoli, to give the visitors a 3-0 lead before the Twins got on the board through Trevor Plouffe. But Minnesota's hopes of a late comeback...
