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The Boston Globe is reporting that Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia signed a huge extension today. The deal is for $40.5 million over 6 years. The deal also includes an $11 million club option for the 2015 season. UPDATE: Extra Bases just posted a full breakdown of the deal with some inte......

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The first chance to purchase 2009 tickets for Red Sox home games will be at 10 a.m. ET on Dec. 13. Red Sox fans will be able to get Fenway Park tickets for select games in '09 in one of two ways: The more expansive option is the popular Sox Pax, a four-game ticket package that has a variety......

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This audio clip of Jerry Remy singing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer has been making the rounds thanks to Sox Heads, Red Sox Monster and Fenway West. I'll warn you, Remy is no Nat King Cole, but it's worth a listen... if for no other reason than the line "Like Monopoly!" UPDATE: I tried embed......

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There are some strange and funny Red Sox realated videos floating around out there and it is my duty to share tham with the Bottomliners... enjoy. Here's a Josh Beckett shout out from William Shatner on Boston Legal... sort of... video courtesy of ABC Thanks to Surviving Grady and Ce......

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MLB Trade Rumors has the list of free agents that were offered arbitration deals before midnight last night: Type A (15 players) A.J. Burnett Orlando Cabrera Juan Cruz Brian Fuentes Orlando Hudson Raul Ibanez Derek Lowe Darren Oliver Oliver Perez Manny Ramirez Francisco Rodriguez ......

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Lots of boring job related stuff to do today, so here's a brief recap of what happened since we all stuffed our faces on Thursday: Junichi Tazawa chose the Boston Red Sox over the Rangers and other potential suitors and plans to sign an official deal this week. Tony Mazz says the deal will be ......

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Chad Finn at Extra Bases and John Beattie at NESN say that Japanese starter Junichi Tazawa has seen a handful of offers from major league clubs, but still prefers to sign with the Red Sox and hopes to make a decision very soon. "I appreciate that I have been highly rated by the teams. I want t......

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Patrick Newman of NBP Tracker says that Japanese starter Junichi Tazawa has signed with the Boston Red Sox. The reports are linked to a Japanese website, but Newman has the details: 3 year, $3M contract (that's $1M/year) Major League contract start off at class AA remain a starter perso......

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NPB Tracker is now reporting that the Rangers have also made an offer to Junichi Tazawa and that the young starter has yet to officially sign with a major league club. The details regarding the Rangers offer have yet to be announced, but NPB says it was "the best offer yet." That said, the ......

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ESPN's Jim Allen took a look at five players planning to jump from Japan to the majors this offseason. With all this talk about Tazawa, I thought it would be worth posting his thoughts and his comparisons to the other Japanese pitchers eyeing a roster spot with a major league club: The safest ......

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MLB Trade Rumors has the latest on Mark Teixeira: Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald says the Red Sox burn, lust for, and love Teixeira. Silverman says Tex should end up with a salary of at least $20MM and a term of at least six years. Also, Silverman talked to one source who suggested the......

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SI.com's Jon Heyman The Angels' intend to make a quick-strike offer to Mark Teixeira, which means a fair proposal with a deadline. The offer has not yet been made, and it's unclear when it will be or how much time Teixeira will have to respond, but the Angels used this method successfully last.........

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There is a rumor floating around on the Sons of Sam Horn message boards that Wake's shoulder has been bothering him and that he is seriously considering retirement. This is the same injury that forced Wake to shut things down in 2007, causing him to miss the playoffs and World Series: Due t......

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The Globe's Nick Cafardo has confirmed that the Coco Crisp/Ramon Ramirez trade is legit: The Red Sox have traded center fielder Coco Crisp to the Royals for righthanded relief pitcher Ramon Ramirez, a major league baseball source has confirmed to the Globe's Nick Cafardo. The deal was first......

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Dustin Pedroia won the AL MVP Award in comfortable fashion, garnering 16 out of 28 first-place votes. He also received six second-place votes, four third-place votes and one fourth-place vote for 317 total points. Runner-up Justin Morneau of the Twins received seven first-place votes and finis......

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