BlackAmericans.com

Browse by Tags

• All Star Games
• American League
• Atlanta Braves
• Boston Red Sox
• Brown, Emil
• Detroit Tigers
• Football
• Lester, Jon
• Liriano, Francisco
• Lugo, Julio
• Major League Baseball
• Minnesota Twins
• New York Yankees
• Oakland Athletics
• Okajima, Hideki
• Papelbon, Jonathan
• Pedroia, Dustin
• Ramirez, Manny
• Rodney, Fernando
• Ruth, Babe
• Smoltz, John
• Stadiums and Arenas
• Therapy and Rehabilitation
• Washington Nationals
• Yankee Stadium (NYC)
• Zumaya, Joel

• Red Sox 9, Yankees 2: Red Sox Exhale in Blowout; Yanks' Streak Is Snapped

  David Ortiz and Manny Ramírez combined to go 5 for 9, driving in five runs and scoring four, ending the Yankees’ eight-game winning streak. Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 1:19 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Ramirez, Manny, Ortiz, David, Lester, Jon

• Ortiz Back for Red Sox, but Ramírez Sits Again

  As David Ortiz prepared to oppose Joba Chamberlain, Manny Ramírez continued to sit with a mysterious knee injury. Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 9:59 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Ramirez, Manny, Ortiz, David

• Major League Roundup: Ortiz Begins Rehabilitation With a Homer

  The Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz homered in his rehabilitation debut in the minors. Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:12 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Football, Liriano, Francisco, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals, Ortiz, David

• Yankees Notebook: Yankees Call the Shots on a Homer Promotion

  The notion that David Ortiz would be given the chance to imitate Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium, prompted the Yankees to modify the format of a home rum promotion. Posted Saturday, July 05, 2008 1:15 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Ortiz, David, Yankee Stadium (NYC), Ruth, Babe, All Star Games

• Home Run Derby Swaps Ortiz for 2 to Be Named

  The players who will replace the injured Red Sox star in next months’ All-Star game festivities will have to earn their chance to get one swing to go deep. Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 10:58 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Ortiz, David, Yankee Stadium (NYC), All Star Games

• Injury Throws a Snag into Home Run Derby Plans

  David Ortiz’s bad wrist forces Major League Baseball to look at alternatives to the All-Star competition’s Call Your Shot plan. Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:16 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Ortiz, David, All Star Games

• Ortiz Will Wear Cast on Wrist for Two to Three Weeks

  Doctors are optimistic that when the cast comes off, the injury to David Ortiz’s left wrist will be healed and he can begin working his way back into the Red Sox’ lineup. Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:45 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Ortiz, David

• Major League Roundup: Utley Extends Home Run Streak to 5 Games in Phillies’ Victory

  Fresh off a rehab stint in the minors, John Smoltz will return to the Atlanta Braves’ bullpen and reprise the role he had from 2001 to 2004. Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:12 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Detroit Tigers, Ortiz, David, Smoltz, John, Rodney, Fernando, Zumaya, Joel

• Ortiz as Ruth? Yankees Say Not in Their House

  The team plans to sit down with league officials to discuss its objection to having a player from a historic rival to imitate Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium. Posted Friday, May 23, 2008 9:42 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Ortiz, David, Yankee Stadium (NYC), Ruth, Babe

• Who’s Calling the Shots: The Yankees or Ortiz?

  The Yankees were upset when they found out about a promotion that would cast David Ortiz of the Red Sox as a modern-day Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium during the All-Star Game festivities. Posted Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:08 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Ortiz, David, Yankee Stadium (NYC), Ruth, Babe

• More Red Sox Material May Be Buried at Stadium

  The construction worker who buried a David Ortiz jersey in the cement foundation of the new Yankee Stadium has told friends he buried other Red Sox memorabilia as well. Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 10:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Stadiums and Arenas, American League, Ortiz, David

• Slumping Ortiz Is Given a Day Off

  Manager Terry Francona decided that David Ortiz, his slumping designated hitter, needed a rest and did not start him against the Yankees on Sunday night. Posted Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:29 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Ortiz, David

• Athletics 5, Red Sox 1: A’s Earn a Split Against Sox in Japan

  Oakland’s Emil Brown made up for Tuesday’s baserunning mistake by hitting a three-run homer to give the Athletics a split in their opening series against the Red Sox in Japan. Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 7:48 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Ramirez, Manny, Oakland Athletics, Brown, Emil, Lugo, Julio, Ortiz, David, Lester, Jon, Okajima, Hideki, Papelbon, Jonathan, Pedroia, Dustin