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Via MetsBlog.com, Peter Gammons discusses the future of Josh Beckett with the Red Sox.
But Beckett clearly is looking at the money the Yankees paid CC Sabathia ($161 million over seven years) and thinking he, too, can make between $15 million and $20 million. That will be a very tough call for the Red Sox, not [...]
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November 08, 2009
It has been reported today that the Red Sox have declined Alex Gonzalez's $6M option for 2010. They say that the Sox may still be interested in bringing Gonzo back, but for a lesser amount.
Sighs. Let me tell you how much I don't like this. One, I like Gonzo. I thought he brought so much to the club last year. His defense was spectacular (one error while with the...
Via Baseball Musings
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November 08, 2009
The Red Sox declined the option on Alex Gonzalez, leaving them for the moment without a starting shortstop:
The Red Sox have declined a $6 million option on shortstop Alex Gonzalez, according to a source, but the club still may have interest in bringing the player back in 2010 on a lesser salary.
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Gonzalez, 32, had a [...]
Via Mighty Quinn Media Machine
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November 06, 2009
The Red Sox were opened for business for the off-season when they swung a trade with the Florida Marlins, getting outfielder Jeremy Hermida for minor league pitchers Hunter Jones and Jose Alvarez.Theo Epstein wasted no time in letting the baseball world know he's going to be active in the Hot Stove League, pulling off the deal in the hours after the World Series concluded. Hermida...
Via Matthew Cerrone's Mets Blog
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November 07, 2009
Peter Gammons of ESPN.com wonders whether or not the Red Sox might consider trading Josh Beckett.
Gammons says that Beckett will travel to Boston in the coming weeks and see what the Red Sox’ feelings are on a contract extension.
Beckett, who will turn 30 in May, has a $12 million vested option for 2010 based on [...]
Via ESPN
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November 08, 2009
The Red Sox have declined a $6 million option on shortstop Alex Gonzalez, according to the Boston Globe. The report cited an unnamed source.
Via Sox1Fan
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November 08, 2009
Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox”
Reserved Grandstand seats hit the $2.00 mark at Fenway Park after the ballclub announced it would hike the cost of the seats by ten cents for the 1958 season.
Via MLB Trade Rumors
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November 08, 2009
It's not hard to tell when Manny's unhappy. And a year and a half ago, Manny had had enough. He wanted out of Boston and it wasn't long before he pushed the team's traveling secretary over and told ESPNDeportes "the Red Sox don't deserve a player like me."
So it was hardly surprising that Theo Epstein dealt Manny Ramirez on July 31st, 2008. But...
Via The iYankees Blog
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November 08, 2009
Earlier in the year, Gino Castignoli, a construction worker at the new Yankee Stadium, tried to jinx the team by burying a David Ortiz jersey 2-feet under the Stadium’s brand new concrete floor. Once Castignoli’s actions were made public, the jersey was subsequently removed by the Yankees and donated to the Jimmy Fund.
In 2009, the [...]
Via Bleacher Report
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November 05, 2009
So many times this decade, the Yankees seemed to have a championship screenplay written only to go off-script at the exact wrong time. There was Rivera's stunning failure in '01. Josh Beckett's coming out party in '03...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via New York Yankees - New York Post
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November 08, 2009
I’m in depths of a silent Yankee Stadium, standing by the hole where they dug up that David Ortiz “curse jersey” from out of the cement in April 2008, only 35 steps from the visiting clubhouse. The hole is two feet deep and three feet wide with three...
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