Boston Red Sox Eliminate Yankees from Division Race

 Boston Red Sox Eliminate Yankees from Division Race

On Sunday, September 15, the Boston Red Sox eliminated the New York Yankees from the division race with a 9-2 win in Boston. The Red Sox are now 12.5 games up on the Yankees with only twelve games left to play. The Yankees have not been eliminated from the division race this early since 1992, and they have won 13 of the last 17 AL East divisions. Before the game, Boston honored the Yankee pitcher Mariano Rivera, who is going into the Hall of Fame and is in his last season in the big leagues. 

Golen , Jimmy . Red Sox win 9-2, eliminate NY from AL East race. 2013. Photograph. Yahoo! Sports , Boston . Web. 16 Sep 2013. <http://sports.yahoo.com/news/red-sox-win-9-2-033647359--mlb.html>. 

In the first inning, Mike Napoli hit a 2-run homer to give the Red Sox a 3-1 lead. The Boston pitcher was Clay Buchholz, who allowed one run (unearned) through six innings of baseball. Buchholz made his second start since coming off the DL, where he missed about three months of pitching due to a shoulder injury. He is now 11-0 with a 1.51 ERA. Daniel Nava was also a big part in the Red Sox win, as he went 4-5 with 2 doubles. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who happens to have the longest last name in Major League history, stole home after Xander Bogaerts drew the throw to second base while Saltalamacchia was on third base. That gave the Red Sox a 4-1 lead, and they never looked back after that, going on to score 9 runs and demolish the Yankees.

Gareth Bale to Super-Team Real Madrid

 Gareth Bale to Super-Team Real Madrid

This is All Sports All the Time, the newest sports blog on the web. I, Andrew Kimball, am a 9th grader at Windsor High School. For the first time ever, I will be writing online. This is my first blog, and it will have a topic of sports. I will write about many types of sports, from the MLB, NBA, NFL, to international soccer. Topics that will be written about can range from typical game recaps, to breaking news stories involving sports. The first topic I will be writing about involves internationsl soccer, with Gareth Bale being transferred to Real Madrid. 

 

 Madrid Move A Dream Come True: Bale. 2013. Photograph. Dhaka Tribune, Dhaka. Web. 2 Sep 2013.

 

Real Madrid, a huge soccer club in Spain, has finally bought Gareth Bale, 24, after weeks of speculation. Bale was bought from the Tottenham Hotspurs in England. He was bought for 100 million Euros, the largest price for a transfer in the history of soccer. There has been weeks of rumors that Bale was going to Madrid, but nothing was ever official until now. It has been Bale's lifelong dream to play for Real Madrid. At his introductory press conference, a picture was shown of Bale as a child with a Real Madrid jersey.

I think this story has two sides to it: a great one and a sad one. The great part about this is that Gareth Bale, from Wales, finally gets to live his lifelong dream of playing for Real Madrid. He also gets to play with Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest players in the world. The sad part of this story is the money involved and who's spending it. First of all, 100 million Euros can be used for much better things than purchasing the rights to a professional athlete. Second of all, it's a shame how all the richest professional clubs can be spending money and just buying players that other clubs have developed. Overall , it's a great move for Gareth Bale and Real Madrid, but 100 million Euros is a bit ridiculous.