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How Much Worse Is The Dodgers' Pitching?
April 07, 2009 by
Memories Of Kevin Malone
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The loss of Derek Lowe to the Atlanta Braves has led some to speculate that the Dodgers' pitching staff will be significantly worse in 2009. Surely there's nowhere to go but down after an excellent 2008 season, but exactly how much worse off will the staff be? Let's take...
Game 157 Recap/Game 158 Preview
September 29, 2009 by
Fragile Freddy's
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TOR – 411 010 100 – 8 – 11 – 0BOS – 110 000 050 – 7 – 14 – 1For the second straight night the Sox squandered a chance to clinch the wild card against a pitcher they were hitting hard with some untimely hitting (featuring four double plays) while getting a woeful starting...
GT: Red Sox @ Rays - Aug. 5
August 05, 2009 by
Over The Monster
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Time to recover from The Disaster.Although the Sox lost in 13 last night, the best thing about baseball is that you get to do it again the next day.And instead of Evan Longoria striking out four times, how about six?Brad Penny is on the hill for the 7:08 start. The Sox will face...
Game 160: Dice-K wins his 3rd game since coming off DL
October 02, 2009 by
Over The Monster
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by Mary Schwalm - AP
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Boston Red Sox's Victor Martinez, right, is congratulated by teammate Rocco Baldelli (5) after scoring on a double by Jason Bay during the third inning of a baseball...
Game 119 Recap/Game 120 Preview
August 19, 2009 by
Fragile Freddy's
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BOS – 020 120 001 – 6 – 10 – 0TOR – 000 100 000 – 1 – 6 – 1The Sox made it two in a row from the Blue Jays behind Clay Buchholz and some solid offense against the best pitcher in baseball (so sayeth I). While the offense against Halladay was surely unexpected the Sox...
Boston Red Sox May Get What They Pay for Shopping from Clearance Rack
August 09, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox employed drastically different methods this offseason while shopping for the latest in fashions for their World Series wardrobe.
While Yankee GM Brian Cashman was being fitted for a double breasted Armani from Bergdorf Goodman, Red Sox GM...
Sox-O's Postgame: Baltimore Being Baltimore
August 02, 2009 by
Over The Monster
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by Nick Wass - AP
Victor Martinez drills a single in the 8/2 game against Baltimore. He had four altogether.
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Q: What's yellow and black and bruised all over...
Victor Martinez is the hero! Red Sox score 6 in the 9th to stun the Rangers 8-4
August 14, 2009 by
Over The Monster
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by Tim Sharp - AP
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In one of the craziest 9th innings in recent memory (up there with the Mother's Day Miracle and Game 5 of the 2008 ALCS), the Red Sox scored 6 runs off...
Red Sox Can Add Salary
June 26, 2009 by
MLB Rumors
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Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports heard from one Red Sox official who said the team could upgrade its roster, since they're still "way under budget." Last offseason they added John Smoltz and Brad Penny to affordable deals that will cost them a total of just $10.5MM plus...
Three and Counting
September 25, 2009 by
Mighty Quinn Media Machine
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Clay Buchholz was terrific on Thursday night, and won his fourth game in September as the Red Sox rolled to a 10-3 win over Kansas City and a split in their four-game series. The Sox lowered their postseason Magic Number to 3 with the win and Texas losing at Oakland.The Royals just...
A Crash Course On MLB Free Agency
November 06, 2008 by
The Sports Agent Blog
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We are in one of the most exciting periods of the year for baseball aficionados. With the culmination of the World Series, free-agency is quickly approaching. Use this guide so that you do not become confused with how all the events go down. Free-agency's implications go well beyond...
State Of The Sox: Red Sox in Trouble as Playoff Hopes Dwindle
August 09, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Welcome to another edition of the State of the Sox Blog. Well this week, it looks like the Red Sox playoff hopes are dwindling, so today I will look at their problems and how to resolve them.
Addressing the Issues
Well the team that had been projected to not only win the American League...
Red Sox in Trouble as Playoff Hopes Dwindle
August 09, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Welcome to another edition of the State of the Sox Blog. Well this week, it looks like the Red Sox playoff hopes are dwindling, so today I will look at their problems and how to resolve them.
Addressing the Issues
Well the team that had been projected to not only win the American...
Odds & Ends: Hillman, White Sox, Japanese Pitchers
September 04, 2009 by
MLB Trade Rumors
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Let's start the evening off by rounding up a few spare links...
According to The Associated Press (via ESPN), Royals manager Trey Hillman will return to the team next season. Kansas City GM Dayton Moore, who originally hired Hillman, had his contract extended through...
Potential Trade Targets for the Atlanta Braves
July 25, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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In a recent blog by Mark Bowman, he profiles the moves the Braves could make.
He mentions that while the Braves could use some more power, the offense has shown it has enough punch to support the pitching staff.
So, that means the Braves are turning their eye towards a veteran reliever...
Game 100: The post-ASB slide continues
July 30, 2009 by
Over The Monster
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by Elise Amendola - AP
Brad Penny no happy.
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Chad Billingsley Uses New Plasma Treatment: How Is This Not Cheating?
August 12, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Chad Billingsley is the latest athlete to use the relatively new platelet rich plasma treatment to recover from injury, and though people might call it recovery assistance or whatever, I don't see how it's not cheating.
The experimental treatment that was credited for healing...
Game 88: The offense is alive!
July 11, 2009 by
Over The Monster
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by Michael Dwyer - AP
about 5 hours ago:
Boston Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia, left, is safe at third on a triple as Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen waits for the throw from center field in the first inning...
Game 112: Lowell hittin' bombs in Tazawa's win; Youk gets naughty
August 11, 2009 by
Over The Monster
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by Elise Amendola - AP
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Boston Red Sox pitcher Junichi Tazawa looks out from the dugout prior to his first start as a major leaguer in Fenway Park against the Detroit Tigers in their baseball...
Saito Becomes a Free Agent
October 20, 2009 by
Fenway West
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The Red Sox released Takashi Saito and yesterday he cleared waivers. The team is interested in bringing him back, just not at the $6 million they would have had to pay him if they picked up his option. By letting him become a free agent they can now negotiate to bring him back...
Discussion: Takashi Saito
October 07, 2009 by
MLB Trade Rumors
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Let's talk about Red Sox reliever Takashi Saito, who is a sleeper closer candidate for 2010 after bouncing back well (2.43 ERA, 52 strikeouts, 25 walks in 55.6 innings) from an interesting elbow procedure. WEEI's Alex Speier has the details - the Red Sox have a $6MM option...
Red Sox Outright Saito
October 15, 2009 by
MLB Rumors
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The Red Sox have outrighted Takashi Saito, according to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe. Now that Saito's off the team's 40-man roster, Cafardo expects the club to turn down its 2010 option for the righty's services. The Red Sox paid Saito a base salary of $1.5MM this...
Mets decline JJ's option
21 days ago by
Lookout Landing
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Mets decline JJ's option
$1m buyout instead of an $8.6m option. This'll be an interesting name to watch; JJ would make a great buy-low candidate for a bad team looking to cash him in at the deadline, but on the other hand, it was the Red Sox who wound up with Takashi...
Red Sox ALDS Roster
October 08, 2009 by
Fenway West
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Baldelli, Delcarmen and Wake are off of the ALDS roster, Lowrie, Brian Anderson, Joey Gathright and Casey Kotchman are in. Below is the full roster from Extra Bases:
Starters1. Jon Lester2. Josh Beckett3. Clay Buchholz 4. Daisuke Matsuzaka
Bullpen5. Billy Wagner6. Takashi Saito7...
Takashi Saito Removed from Red Sox 40-Man Roster
October 15, 2009 by
Over The Monster
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by LM Otero - AP
2 months ago:
Boston Red Sox reliever Takashi Saito, of Japan, throws in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Monday, July 20, 2009. (AP Photo...
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