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Could Clay Buchholz be Boston's 5th starter?
March 26, 2009 by
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There is a lot of talk about who will be the 5th starter next season. Justin Masterson is currently going through his spring training regiment with the mindset of a starting pitcher, John Smoltz is on track to return in a few months, and Brad Penny had an outstanding outing the other day. [...]
Daisuke Matsuzaka named WBC MVP
March 24, 2009 by
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Daisuke has racked up his second consecutive World Baseball Classic MVP award. Matsuzaka went 3-0 with a 1.69 ERA in helping the Japanese win this year’s tournament. That improves his lifetime WBC record to 6-0 with a 1.95 ERA overall. Nasty.
Daisuke threw the 4th most innings...
Youkilis leaves team USA with injury
March 18, 2009 by
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Kevin Youkilis has left Team USA with a left ankle injury. He’s returning to Fort Myers to get an MRI from Red Sox team doctors. Let’s take a quick look at our infield:
1B - Kevin Youkilis: Left ankle injury suffered during the WBC.
2B - Dustin Pedroia: Oblique injury suffered...
Red Sox release C Josh Bard
March 18, 2009 by
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The Red Sox have released catcher Josh Bard. This means that the catching battery for 2009 will most likely be Jason Varitek and George Kottaras. Kottaras is out of minor league options and Josh Bard would be owed an extra $60,000 if he stayed on the roster past today, so a decision had [...]
Pedroia placed on WBC disabled list
March 14, 2009 by
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The World Baseball Classic strikes again! Dustin Pedroia has been put on Team USA’s disabled list for the second round of the WBC. His injury is a strained muscle on his left side (knock on wood that it’s not a torn oblique.) According to Dustin, he’ll be ready for...
Jed Lowrie wins (sort of) starting SS position
March 14, 2009 by
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The starting shortstop battle for the Boston Red Sox is officially over (for the time being.) According to Terry Francona, Julio Lugo may have suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee. Team doctors agreed but the MRIs are still being sent to a knee-specialist in Boston to confirm...
Ortiz and Bay return to Red Sox camp
March 12, 2009 by
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Jason Bay (Canada) and David Ortiz (Dominican Republic) have both returned to Red Sox spring training camp after experiencing early exits from the WBC. Personally I was kind of shocked to see both teams get booted so early but I guess that doesn’t really matter to me. It does...
Papelbon: Manny was “a cancer”
March 12, 2009 by
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Jonathan Papelbon is a few things: one of the best closers in the game, a fun loving guy, very intense, someone that speaks his mind, and a complete media whore. Those last two things combined when he did a recent interview with Esquire magazine. Some pretty interesting stuff came...
Jon Lester signs 5-year contract extension
March 08, 2009 by
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This offseason will be remembered as "that year where the Sox signed a bunch of players that they already had." For better or for worse, Boston has locked up Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis with long-term deals. Today they added another name to the pile by extending Jon...
Jon Lester signs 5 year contract extension
March 08, 2009 by
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This offseason will be remembered as "that year where the Sox signed a bunch of players that they already had." For better or for worse, Boston has locked up Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis with long-term deals. Today they added another name to the pile by extending Jon...
Pedroia does ANOTHER MLB ‘09: The Show commercial
March 06, 2009 by
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Too bad 360 owners like myself are stuck with Tim Lincecum and his boring MLB 2K9 commercials
This commercial is part 2, part 1 is available here.
Red Sox players trash talk each other in WBC
March 05, 2009 by
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David Ortiz (Dominican Republic) on potentially facing Daisuke Matsuzaka (Japan) in the WBC: "I'm going to take Dice-K deep for sure." Jason Bay (Canada) being warned by Dustin Pedroia (USA) that his team won't be around for too long in the tourney: "Pedroia...
Manny Ramirez's Boston Penthouse Goes on Sale
March 05, 2009 by
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Manny signed a new deal with the LA Dodgers (2yrs/45m, poor bastards) on Wednesday. That same day, he decided it was finally time to cut ties with Boston so he put his 37th-floor condo at the Ritz Carlton on the market. Manny bought the condo in 2001 for $5.8 mil, tried selling [...]
We’re now on Twitter
March 04, 2009 by
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Everyone else is doing it so we?ve gone along with the crowd and created a Twitter account. You can now find us on Twitter here or under the username
Our account will have a ?twitterfeed? of every article posted on Sox Addict as well as a few random thoughts and comments by
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Red Sox Injury Updates
March 03, 2009 by
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JD Drew: Drew has returned to Boston to get a shot in his lower back. The shot, called a ?win-win? by JD, is supposed to relieve some stiffness he has been feeling lately. Francona believes that Drew could start if the season began tomorrow and that this is just an early precaution towards ...
Pedroia can’t hit a high fastball?
March 01, 2009 by
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We mentioned a little while ago that Dustin Pedroia would be the coverboy for this year?s video game version of MLB ?09: The Show. Rather than the usual boring commercials that show game footage, they took a different (and funnier) approach. I don?t know how they did it but his acting has ...
Friday Linkage - 02/27/09
February 28, 2009 by
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Hugging Harold Renyolds: Julio Lugo isn?t going to lose his starting SS spot to Jed Lowrie. He?s going to lose it to a 5 year old.
Rain Out: Maybe that whole thing about Ken Griffey Jr. going back to Seattle isn?t all good. He?s got a bit of a belly on him.
Fantasy Pros 911: [...]
Lester wants to stay with Sox forever
February 21, 2009 by
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Joe Haggerty of the Boston Metro (yes, that annoying crap that they throw in your face every single time you get off the train) managed to score an interview with Jon
One of the questions was about if Lester planned on staying with Boston for the long-term. His response was pretty ...
Ortiz prohibited from working out with Sox
February 20, 2009 by
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For the second day in a row, Big Papi has been stopped from
participating from spring training workouts. Fortunately for the Red
Sox, it's only because he slept wrong on his shoulder. When word got
out that Ortiz was missing team drills, most people (myself included)
got terrified...
Mike Lowell is a tad bit emo
February 19, 2009 by
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After the Red Sox won the World Series in 2007, Boston erupted in a series of "Sign Mike Lowell! Sign Mike Lowell!" chants. Mikey, the World Series MVP, got offers with more years and more money, but decided to give up a hometown discount. Why? He loves Boston, the fans...
J.D. Drew is STILL hurting
February 15, 2009 by
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Your starting right-fielder.. Haling from Florida State University.. Standing 6 feet and 1 inch tall.. Wearing number 7.. .. is hurt again. Yep, that's right. Ladies and gentlemen, put on your 'OMFG I CANT BELIEVE IT' faces because JD Drew is still having terrible back...
Mark Kotsay has back surgery
February 04, 2009 by
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The Red Sox quietly released a statement today saying that outfielder Mark Kotsay had back surgery on January 29th. Kotsay had a displaced disc fragment removed and he probably won?t be available until
Remember the other day when I said that the Sox signed Brad Wilkerson in case Lowell, ...
Red Sox sign Brad Wilkerson
February 03, 2009 by
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The Sox have taken another step towards solidifying their roster
with a handful of low AVG/high OBP veterans today by signing OF/1B Brad
Wilkerson. Wilkerson has agreed to a minor league deal with roster and
playing time incentives. He played sporadically last year for Seattle and...
Red Sox re-sign Jason Varitek
January 30, 2009 by
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It looks like this soap opera is finally over. According to a few sources, Jason Varitek and the Red Sox have agreed to a 1 year deal with an option year. 2009 - $5 mil. 2010 - Team/Player Option $5 mil plus $2 mil in games played incentives* Not a bad deal at all. Even if he hits...
Mike Lowell takes a few swings
January 28, 2009 by
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Good news on the Mike Lowell front. Lowell has taken a big first step towards his recovery from offseason hip surgery by taking 50 swings off a tee yesterday. The Red Sox don
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