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Red Sox and Bailey Avoid Arbitration
The Red Sox have reached a financial agreement with Andrew Bailey and avoided going to arbitration. The Red Sox were looking to sign Bailey for $3.35 million and Bailey was looking for $4.7 million. The two sides agreed on a salary of $3.9 for the 2012 season.
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18 days ago
Discuss
Another shortstop dilemma
There has been lots of talk lately about the revolving door of Red Sox shortstops since the early 2000's. Edgar Renteria had one terrible year. Alex Gonzales had two stints and both times refused to re-sign. Julio Lugo was a bad free-agent signing. And now Mario Scutaro, after two fairly productive years, is gone in a trade. A "Red Sox Beat" article in the Herald by...
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19 days ago
Sox 67
As 1967 spring training approached, there was little Red Sox news. A headline read "No Peace Bid, says LBJ" (It did seem like the president would deny peace feelers before they were even made). In boxing, Cassius Clay, as he was still called in print, dealt challenger Ernie Terrell a crushing 15-round defeat, all the time taunting Terrell about refusing to call him Muhammed...
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20 days ago
Sox Sign Cody Ross to a 1 Year Deal
Sources have reported that the Red Sox have signed Cody Ross to a 1 year deal. Ross was traded from the Marlins to the Giants in 2010 and was had himself a huge run to help the Giants win the World Series. The deal looks to be for about 3 million dollars with the possibility of some performance related incentives. The Sox just cleared some money when they traded Scutaro away and...
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20 days ago
Marco Scutaro Traded to the Rockies
The Boston Red Sox have traded Marco Scutaro to the Colorado Rockies for pitcher Clayton Mortensen. The move frees up $6 million in salary and will allow the Sox to add another quality starter to the rotation via the free agent market. The obvious target for this would be free agent pitcher Roy Oswalt if an acceptable deal can be worked out.
The trade also means the Red Sox will...
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23 days ago
Quote of the Day
"Josh Beckett's presence has got to be the right presence, and he assures me that it is."
-Bobby Valentine on changes in the clubhouse culture.
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24 days ago
Red Sox Road Trips In New England
If you happen to live anywhere near New England, the Red Sox are going on a road trip this weekend. The road trip will include a bunch of Sox memorabilia including the Sox WS trophies, Wally and a Sox player. Ryan Lavarnway and Mike Aviles will be at different events throughout the weekend. Participants will also be able to get a voucher in order to buy up to 4 tickets before...
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25 days ago
Is Lavarnway the Answer?
This weeks's Globe Sunday Baseball Column by Nick Cafardo spotlights Sox catching prospect Ryan Lavarnway. Lavarnway had a big season behind the plate in 2011. Between Portland and Pawtucket, he hit 32 homers, 93 rbi's, and had an on-base percentage of .939.In 17 games with the Sox, he hit only .231. However, Cafardo cites a situation that shows Lavarnway might be the take...
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25 days ago
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26 days ago
Crawford Had Wrist Surgery
This was not the news I wanted to see when I checked on the sports links after getting home from work. Carl Crawford had surgery on his left wrist today. Crawford started feeling soreness as he began his baseball activities and had an MRI to check out the problem. The MRI showed cartiledge damage and surgery was recommended. They have not put a specific timeline on Crawford&...
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27 days ago
Jacoby Ellsbury & Mike Avile Sign 1 yr deals with Sox
The Red Sox signed both Jacoby Ellsbury and Mike Aviles to one year deals avoiding arbitration. There are 4 arbitration eligible players left that have not signed deals: Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Daniel Bard and David Ortiz. The Sox have not gone to an arbitration hearing since 2002 and I imagine they will work out deals before any of those players see an arbitration hearing...
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27 days ago
Red Sox Sign Vicente Padilla
The Boston Red Sox have signed pitcher Vincente Padilla to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training. Padilla is slated to make $1.5 million this season if he makes the big league team, he will have to compete with Aaron Cook and Carlos Silva for a spot in the rotation this spring. The Red Sox are trying to fill out the rotation with low cost journeymen pitchers who...
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28 days ago
Valentine and Crawford Finally Connect
Carl Crawford has broken radio silence and has spoken with Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine.
We finally got that call into Carl," Valentine said. "Carl sounded great. [The conversation], yeah, it was long. [General manager] Ben [Cherington] was on the line and [Crawford's] agent and Carl, so we talked a long time. It went well."
Seems like a little bit of overkill...
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January 14, 2012
Red Sox- January '67
Some tidbits from January 1967. A Clif Keane story: Sox Spurn $500,000 for Conig; Signs for $30,000. Eccentric A's owner Charlie Finley was offering half a million. I wonder how much a 22-year old Tony C would be worth today on the open market?
At the Boston baseball writers dinner, Yankee manager Ralph Houk proclaimed that "the Yankees might be fighting for the pennant...
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January 14, 2012
The Tale of Tek
It has been reported, but not confirmed today that Jason Varitek has been offered a minor league contract by the Red Sox. He will be invited to camp at Spring Training in a non-roster spot role, if he so chooses to accept. Tek would then have to compete with the other Sox catchers (Salty, Lavarnway and Shoppach) for the chance for a roster spot with the team. Jon Heyman of CBSSports...
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January 13, 2012
Quote of the Day
"When you have a team meeting, a players-only meeting and it seems to go really well and the guys seem to have each other’s back. But then you go out there and you have a three-run lead in the eighth inning and all of a sudden you lose the game it’s hard for that meeting to matter. It’s hard for that unity you’re trying to develop to stick. We just played awful...
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January 12, 2012
Jeremy Guthrie-possible deal?
Playing for the Baltimore Orioles is no picnic. The team has not made the postseason since 1997 and routinely loses over 90 games. They play in a division with the Yankees, Rays, and Red Sox-that's 54 games each year in which they are probably an underdog. The home fans, who once filled beautiful Camden Yards, have long since stopped coming. The team drew a million seven...
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January 11, 2012
Selig is Sticking Around
This Bud's for you for two more years. Bud Selig is getting a two year extension as Commissioner of Baseball.
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January 10, 2012
Bobby Valentine Visits Beckett, Buchholz, Still Not Crawford
Valentine and Beckett were able to smooth over some past issues at a meeting in Texas at the beginning of the month. Valentine also spent time with Clay Buchholz before heading to Arizona to meet with Ellsbury and Pedroia. The one big name missing from Valentine's checklist was Carl Crawford.
Last month I predicted the meeting with Crawford would not happen because the Red...
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January 08, 2012
Sox 67 - Tom Yawkey
A Globe article by Clif Keane in January 1967 underlines a great deal of mystery in the personality of Sox owner Tom Yawkey. The piece is entitled "Yawkey Wants Fiery Manager". If that was the case, Dick Williams certainly qualified. But that concept was something new for the Sox. Most of Tom's choices for GMs and skippers had either been easygoing men like Steve O...
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January 06, 2012
Fenway Park Documentary Filmmakers Need Your Help
Students at Emerson College are creating a documentary to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park. Here is what they are trying to accomplish:
[The film] will present the history of “America’s Most Beloved Ballpark” through unique personal and emotional narratives regarding multiple historic moments and events that have happened at Fenway Park throughout its 100 ...
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January 04, 2012
Retiring Number 25
In the Baseball Notes section of Sunday's Globe, Nick Cafardo wrote that "It's neat that Bobby Valentine will wear Tony Conigliaro's number, honoring his former Padres roommate." Cafardo must have meant the Angels, since Tony never played for the Padres. "If I were the Sox," he continues, "this would be a perfect year to have a ceremony where...
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January 03, 2012
Reddick Tweets Shoutout to Sox Fans!
As we all know, Josh Reddick was traded to Oakland for Andrew Bailey last week. Reddick's new twitter profile pic showing him wearing a stock picture A's hat might have broken my heart a little bit. Reddick tweeted a shoutout thank you to Sox fans on twitter today.
I can't wait to be cheering for Reddick when he comes back to Fenway...and for those out on the...
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January 02, 2012
Want to Be the Red Sox Spring Training PA Announcer?
Start practicing your, "Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to Jetblue Park." The Red Sox are looking for a new PA announcer for spring training. Here's the details:
NBC2 has teamed up with the Red Sox and Hodges University to find a new voice for 2012.
If you think you have what it takes then come on out to Hodges University in Fort Myers on Tuesday January...
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December 30, 2011
Sox 67
In early January of 1967, baseball in Boston was not a particularly hot topic. In world news, one headline announced: " LBJ asks for 6% income surtax to offset war cost." A later one says "He stakes future on moderate war", whatever that meant.The football world was building up to the first Super Bowl (it was only called a "championshiip game" then)...
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December 30, 2011
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