Former Red Sox shortstop Orlando Cabrera announced his retirement on a radio show in his home country of Colombia on Wednesday after 15 MLB seasons. Cabrera will be forever known by Sox fans as the man who replaced Nomar Garciaparra after being acquired from the Montreal Expos in a four-team deal in the final moments before the 2004 trade deadline. While Garciaparra was shipped to the Chicago Cubs, Cabrera helped the Red Sox win their first World Series title in 86 years that season. While playing in 58 games for Boston in 2004, Cabrera hit .294 with six home runs...
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January 19, 2012
On this date in Giants history…
2010: Free agent catcher Bengie Molina (pictured) re-signs for one year with the Giants in what is considered a surprise move, first because top catching prospect Buster Posey seems poised to play regularly for San Francisco, and also because the Mets had been expected to bring in Molina, 35, to be their starting catcher this season.
2011...
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January 18, 2012
Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has been asked to settle a months-long battle over what the Cubs must give the Red Sox as compensation for the hiring of Theo Epstein.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, both sides have requested Major League Baseball to rule on the matter, though the initial overture to Selig was made in late December by Red Sox president Larry Lucchino...
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January 18, 2012
What made the 2012 Pawtucket Red Sox Hot Stove party the greatest one I have ever been to? Was it:a) Luis Exposito's Atwells Avenue hairb) All the free Cheez Puffies you could cram into your wordholec) Free minty cocoa shots to stave off the brutal, stabbing ice windd) Heaven on earth for New England metal folding chair fetishists!NO! NO NO NO NO NO NO! Let me tell you in great...
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January 18, 2012
Yesterday was the deadline for arbitration-eligible players and their teams to exchange dueling salary figures in advance of arbitration hearings in February. The San Francisco Giants set a record in their $17 million offer to Tim Lincecum, the highest such amount ever offered a player with fewer than six years of service time. Lincecum countered with his own record-setting figure...
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January 20, 2012
As I jump into to my prospect list, I thought I’d tell you guys who I considered but did not make my list and who I like as a sleeper heading into the 2012 season.
Catchers
Alex Burg
Johnny Monell
Eric Sim
Drew Stiner
I considered Burg and Monell for their offensive chops and Sim and Stiner for their defensive reputations. Unfortunately they all had too many questions for them...
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January 18, 2012
It looks as though MLB commissioner Bud Selig will have to settle the compensation issue between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs about Theo Epstein.
According to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times and confirmed by Carrie Muskat of MLB.com, the Red Sox have asked Selig to settle the dispute. The Sun-Times states that Theo's best friend in the Red Sox organization, Larry Lucchino...
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January 19, 2012
Another One of the 25 from 2004 has entered retirement, and it is Orlando Cabrera, who calls it quits at the age of 37.He hit .294 for the Red Sox after he was dealt to the Sox in the Nomar Garciaparra trade on July 31st of that year. He played a solid shortstop, and was a big reason the Sox vaulted into the Wild Card lead that August, and eventually into baseball history.Cabrera...
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January 19, 2012
Like everyone, we love a good Joe Biden gaffe—especially when it's about sports.More »
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January 18, 2012
It should come as no surprise that when ESPN announced their 2012 Sunday Night Baseball schedule of telecasts that we'd find the Boston Red Sox playing the New York Yankees twice.
The good thing is that we'll be able to listen to Terry Francona every Sunday night since he'll be a part of the broadcast crew replacing new Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine. I do have to wonder...
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January 19, 2012
Tim Lincecum and the Giants are at the bargaining table again, and the stakes could not be higher. Not just for the franchise and "The Freak," but the rest of the baseball world, which will undoubtedly be intrigued to see what happens if an arbitration hearing is held.
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January 18, 2012
Carl Crawford’s shot at redemption will have to wait. The Red Sox left fielder underwent surgery on his left wrist yesterday and is unlikely to be ready for Opening Day.
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January 19, 2012
The Boston Baseball Writers' Association of America dinner, which took place Thursday night, is always the first hint that Spring Training is finally in the not-too-distant future.
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January 19, 2012
The Boston Red Sox generate about as much attention as any major sports team in the country. With the exception of the Yankees, Montreal Canadiens and probably a few college football teams the Red Sox get a level of coverage and scrutiny that is rarely exceeded.As a result this leaves little in the way of the unexpected. Every year we see that notion dismissed though with Daniel...
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January 18, 2012
Bud Selig has reportedly been asked to resolve the compensation issue over Theo Epstein between the Cubs and Red Sox.
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