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Farrell won’t even interview
October 14, 2009 by
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Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell has told the Cleveland Indians that he does not intend to interview for the club’s managerial vacancy, according to a report on the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s website.
Sox farm system not at level best
October 14, 2009 by
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For the last few years, there has always been someone, always a big-name, high-impact prospect just waiting at the upper levels of the Red Sox farm system to make a mark on the major league club.
Loyal Red Sox fan thrown a cruel curve
October 14, 2009 by
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“How Does a Red Sox Fan Get Lou Gehrig’s Disease?’’ That’s the title of an unpublished book written by Paul Szantyr, 50, a former black belt karate champion who has battled amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for nearly a decade. The disease may have ravaged...
A meeting of the minds?
October 13, 2009 by
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After being excluded from the American League Division Series rotation, it might be easy to conclude there’s a great deal of frustration on both sides and perhaps the Daisuke Matsuzaka-Red Sox marriage should end this offseason. But while that appeared to be the sentiment for...
Now is the fall of our discontent
October 13, 2009 by
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The frigid, spirit-sapping rain yesterday would have been enough, without a morning commute marred by a truck rollover and a massive water main break. But these days, New England seems to know no end of pain, still reeling from an epic ninth-inning Red Sox collapse that swept the team...
Lowrie has something to prove
October 12, 2009 by
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Yesterday came abruptly for Jed Lowrie, “like hitting a brick wall,’’ he said. He figured there would be a game to play, maybe a flight back to California. He can instead look forward, to this offseason and beyond, and perhaps that is the best thing he could ask for...
Good turn for pitcher
October 12, 2009 by
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As Clay Buchholz packed up his locker at Fenway Park yesterday, only half his belongings fit into a Red Sox duffel bag. He crammed what was left into a blue Pawtucket Red Sox bag, flung both over his right shoulder, and walked out of the clubhouse.
Farrell expected to stay in fold
October 12, 2009 by
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Pitching coach John Farrell , a candidate for the Cleveland Indians managerial opening, apparently will be staying with the Red Sox for 2010.
The old guard isn’t protected
October 12, 2009 by
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They are the ’04 Boys, and they know things no one else knows. Just like the last living Beatles.
Done playing, Sox go to work
October 12, 2009 by
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As many times as Jason Bay was asked the question, he never quite answered it.
Red Sox coaches being courted by other teams
October 12, 2009 by
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The Houston Astros have received permission from Boston to speak to coaches Tim Bogar and Brad Mills about their open managerial job.
Red Sox heading home after abrupt ending
October 12, 2009 by
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Boston center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury walked through a crowded clubhouse carrying a base he was awarded for breaking the team's single-season stolen base record.
Angels rally off Papelbon in 9th to sweep Red Sox
October 12, 2009 by
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Torii Hunter emerged from the visitors' clubhouse at Fenway Park to spray champagne over the fans and family gathered there. Erick Aybar did him one better, handing over bottles of bubbly to those who came from California to see the Los Angeles Angels go for the sweep.
Angels rally off Papelbon in 9th to sweep Red Sox
October 12, 2009 by
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John Lackey had come to Boston for the playoffs three times before. Each time he went back to California disappointed.
Abreu filled a need - and the bases
October 12, 2009 by
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The Angels wanted to retain Mark Teixeira for the middle of their order but lost him on the free agent market to the Yankees. General manager Tony Reagins considered several other options before, almost begrudgingly, signing Bobby Abreu to a one-year deal worth $5 million.
From Buchholz’s view, it was tough to watch
October 12, 2009 by
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As the ninth inning unfolded, Clay Buchholz mostly kept his head down. He was sitting on the dugout steps with his teammates but he was barely watching. Instead, he had his head tucked near his knees, his nerves racing. He could no longer affect the outcome, and yet he had done everything...
For once, their trip to Boston resulted in an enjoyable visit
October 12, 2009 by
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Within minutes of their team’s stunning 7-6 victory over the Red Sox yesterday, a small crowd of ecstatic Los Angeles Angels fans gathered in the third base concourse in front of the door to the visiting clubhouse.
For certain, there’s uncertainty for some
October 12, 2009 by
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Among the other unsettling notions passing through Jason Bay’s mind yesterday afternoon, he thought to himself, “This might have been it.’’
The old-time gloom settles over Fenway
October 11, 2009 by
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It was shocking. It was time travel. It was back to the bad old days.
Parting is sweep sorrow
October 11, 2009 by
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Sitting in Fenway Park during the seventh inning of yesterday’s game, Frank Flynn pulled his cellphone out of his Red Sox jacket and texted “looks like we won this one,’’ to a friend. Anne Hickey, another supremely confident fan, was already thinking about Game...
Usually reliable fireballer has a hellish outing
October 11, 2009 by
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It started badly and it ended in absolute horror. Jonathan Papelbon’s afternoon was a march into baseball Hades.
Closed for season
October 11, 2009 by
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The bottle of Bud Light rested next to him as Jonathan Papelbon folded his shirts, filled his bags, and cleared out his locker. The rest of his teammates had melted away, either out the door to lives that might not include the Red Sox next season or back into the players’ lounge...
Angels rally off Papelbon in 9th to sweep Red Sox
October 11, 2009 by
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Vladimir Guerrero and the Los Angeles Angels shrugged off their postseason failures and swept the Boston Red Sox out of the playoffs.
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