With the nightmarish way the season ended I never really did a look back at the positive moments of 2011. September will forever be in our memories in a bad way but the Sox took us to the final day of the season and won 90 games. You don’t do that without some exciting moments and here in chronological order are my choices for the ten best games of the year;May 1 – Sox 3 – Mariners 2Freddy's TakeHaving dropped two in a row to the lowly M’s the Sox were staring at a sweep at the hands of Felix Hernandez. Carl Crawford, a hero just a few days before against Minnesota came through again.May 2 – Sox 9 – Angels 5Freddy’s TakeA taut pitchers’ duel went to the fifth with the score 2-1 LA. Dustin Pedroia battled through a dramatic 13 pitch at bat slamming pitch #13 from Jered Weaver right up the middle for a go ahead single in one of the season’s great moments.May 16 – Sox 8 – Orioles 7 Freddy's TakeDown 6-0 early a positive road trip was being wiped out. The bats came aliv...
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December 31, 2011
When Rich Hill was non-tendered by the Boston Red Sox earlier this month, I had said that it wouldn't surprise me if they re-signed him to a minor league deal. And that's exactly what has happened.
John Tomase of the Boston Herald was the first to learn that the Red Sox have re-signed Hill to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training.
Hill was having a...
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December 29, 2011
The Red Sox finally made a marquee move. After months of negotiations, the team acquired closer Andrew Bailey from the Athletics on Wednesday as the team’s replacement for Jonathan Papelbon. With the addition of Mark Melancon, Boston now has two young and inexpensive pitchers to carry the back end of the rotation. While many wait and see if the Red Sox strike gold again, I’ll...
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December 29, 2011
Hoping that the Red Sox are still looking to make another big move this offseason? Don't be surprised if they stand pat. The Red Sox made their biggest splash of the offseason on Wednesday when they landed closer Andrew Bailey in a deal for Josh Reddick and some minor league prospects. While many fans have clamored for more big moves from the Sox, there is no indication at the...
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December 31, 2011
As the confetti showered the crowds in Times Square and the calendar turned from 2010 to 2011, the Boston Red Sox were in the middle of a bombastic off-season. Theo Epstein and his team had a busy December, trading three of the team’s top prospects to the San Diego Padres for first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and locking him into an eight year extension. GM Theo Epstein then inked...
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December 30, 2011
Ryan Kalish, who spent the final two months with the Red Sox as a primary starter in 2010, will likely miss the first several weeks of the '12 season after he revealed Thursday that he underwent left shoulder surgery in November to repair a torn labrum.
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December 29, 2011
Wow, okay, Lou Merloni. This could take all day. You could just read this balanced, comprehensive web page, though. They say Framingham is the San Antonio of Massachusetts.Lou Merloni is a utility infielder who played for the Pawtucket Red Sox for like ten years. No, okay, it was 1996-2002.In 1996, Merloni split time between double and triple-A. He played in 38 Pawtucket games, batting...
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December 29, 2011
DATELINE: HUMOR! Not since American poet Hart Crane jumped off a ship going to Cuba has there been such a frenzy over a missing person.When mercurial author Ambrose Bierce walked into the desert of Mexico never to be seen again, American culture went into shock.When the body of Alexander the Great, in his glass sarcophagus, went missing in Alexandria in 300 A.D., the mystery never...
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December 30, 2011
In time, Ryan Kalish still may fulfill his potential and become the Red Sox everyday right fielder.
It just...
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December 30, 2011
The Red Sox need a right fielder. J.D. Drew is a free agent and will not be returning after five years in Boston. Josh Reddick, who held the job while Drew was on the disabled list last season, was traded to Oakland Wednesday.
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December 29, 2011
Here's the latest from the AL East....
The Red Sox are not in on Jair Jurrjens, but the Orioles, Blue Jays, Rockies and Tigers remain in on the Braves right-hander, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (on Twitter).
The Orioles are still interested in Chunichi Dragons left-hander Wei-Yin Chen, reports Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com, and the team has scouted Chen...
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December 30, 2011
The calendar has officially flipped to 2012, and you can almost hear the Red Sox applauding. Yes, they are eager for a fresh start led by a new regime.
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