Red Sox Rumors, News, Opinion - This Month:
Aceves Signs, Ortiz Still Pending
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From FireBrand of the AL:
According to Peter Abraham (by way of Nick Cafardo) of the Boston Globe, the Red Sox and Alfredo Aceves have agreed to terms on a one year deal worth $1.2M. [...]...
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- FireBrand of the AL @ 12PM 02/05/2012
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Sunday Discussion: Superbowl Hot Stove
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From Over the Monster Blog:
Happy Superbowl Sunday, all. Obviously everyone's focused on tonight's game between the Patriots and Giants, and it seems silly to try to fight that. On the other hand, if you're reading this, it means you're at least thinking a bit about baseball. So let's talk about that. Why, on this most footballing of days, are we s...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 9AM 02/05/2012
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Papi points way for prospects at Showcase
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was the guest speaker at a banquet to honor the participants in Major League Baseball's Venezuela-Dominican Republic Showcase for the countries' top prospects held during the last two days....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 5PM 02/04/2012
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Weekly Recap for February 3rd
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From Over the Monster Blog:
Happy last month before Spring Training, boys and girls. We're in the final stretch of the worst time of year, when baseball fields lie empty and covered in snow. Or, this year, not covered in snow, which is unsettling and wrong. In a few weeks, pitchers and catchers will show up at shiny new JetBlue Park. Soon after, po...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 9AM 02/04/2012
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Red Sox-Yanks history adds to Super Bowl hype
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
The hype for this weekend's Giants-Patriots Super Bowl matchup no doubt got some help from years of Bostonians and New Yorkers watching the Red Sox and Yankees play out the greatest rivalry in all of sports....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 5AM 02/03/2012
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Sox-Yanks history adds to Super Bowl hype
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
The hype for this weekend's Giants-Patriots Super Bowl matchup no doubt got some help from years of Bostonians and New Yorkers watching the Red Sox and Yankees play out the greatest rivalry in all of sports....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 5AM 02/03/2012
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Lester May Be In CampThis Weekend
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From Joy of Sox:
Jon Lester may arrive at the Red Sox's spring training camp in Fort Myers, Florida, this weekend, with probable closer Andrew Bailey close behind. Manager Bobby Valentine i...
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- Joy of Sox @ 11AM 02/02/2012
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Lester May Be In Camp This Weekend
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From Joy of Sox:
Jon Lester may arrive at the Red Sox's spring training camp in Fort Myers, Florida, this weekend, with probable closer Andrew Bailey close behind. Manager Bobby Valentine i...
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- Joy of Sox @ 11AM 02/02/2012
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Valentine planning out Spring Training routine
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
Jon Lester, Andrew Bailey and Kevin Youkilis are among the Red Sox's expected early arrivers in Fort Myers, Fla., and the team's Spring Training organizers have worked hard to have a plan in place once workouts begin....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 10AM 02/02/2012
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The Red Sox, Roy Oswalt, Edwin Jackson, And Not Signing Either
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From Over the Monster Blog:
It's Christmas morning, and you wanted Santa Claus to bring you an Xbox 360. You were very specific about this Xbox 360, and required the one with the 250 gigabyte hard drive. You don't know why you would actually ever need 250 GB for a system with half-gig downloadable games and save data that takes up a few hundred kil...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 10AM 02/02/2012
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The Red Sox, Roy Oswalt, Edwin Jackson, And Not Signing Signing Either
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From Over the Monster Blog:
It's Christmas morning, and you wanted Santa Claus to bring you an Xbox 360. You were very specific about this Xbox 360, and required the one with the 250 gigabyte hard drive. You don't know why you would actually ever need 250 GB for a system with half-gig downloadable games and save data that takes up a few hundred kil...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 10AM 02/02/2012
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Initial roster won't be Red Sox's final roster
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
It's always been a misnomer to call the 25-man roster at the end of Spring Training final, a point likely to be exacerbated by the number of position battles the Red Sox will host this spring in Fort Myers, Fla....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 9AM 02/02/2012
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The Over The Monster Podcast - Episode 38 - No Cat Boxes
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From Over the Monster Blog:
There may be a more scattered podcast in existence, somewhere, some place, but I would not put what the ancient Chinese call "Money" on it. That said, I challenge the listener to find a podcast containing more fun per square gigabyte. The patient listener will be rewarded by discussion of actual baseball, but prior to th...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 9AM 02/02/2012
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The Long Shot Option
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From FireBrand of the AL:
I can’t say this option has much of a shot as this player has been pretty solidly quoted as saying retirement is his number one option. This player of course [...]...
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- FireBrand of the AL @ 6AM 02/02/2012
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GM says Boston likely out of Oswalt running
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
The Red Sox are unlikely to add another starting pitcher, GM Ben Cherington said Wednesday night, tempering reports that have linked Boston to free agents Roy Oswalt and Edwin Jackson this offseason....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 4PM 02/01/2012
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2012 Red Sox Top Prospect Voting #5: Ryan Kalish Leads The Second Wave
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From Over the Monster Blog:
What does a year of injury and futility cost you? Three spots if you're Ryan Kalish. After leading the list last year, Kalish comes in at #4 after a lost 2011.
He's not considered a prospect by all, but Kalish fits the bill in most ways. With only 163 at bats in Boston, Kalish is very much still the kid at Triple...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 10AM 02/01/2012
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Wednesday Morning Links
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From FireBrand of the AL:
Today’s featured article will be out later this morning at 9:30 sharp, so please stop back and check it out. In the mean time, let’s dive into a few links. [...]...
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- FireBrand of the AL @ 7AM 02/01/2012
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Epstein discusses small vs. big markets
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
If Theo Epstein could figure out what causes players to falter in big markets, he told guests at Fenway Park on Monday night, "I'd take it with me to Chicago." The Boston crowd ate it up....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 2PM 01/31/2012
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Past and present meet at Fenway benefit
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
New Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, Sox general manager Ben Cherington and Cherington's successor, Cubs president Theo Epstein, were all on hand at Fenway Park on Monday for "Hot Stove Cool Music."...
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 5PM 01/30/2012
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NESN’s New Blonde Bombshell
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From Surviving Grady:
Anyone concerned that the loss of Heidi Watney may have sucked some critical blonde mojo from NESN Red Sox telecasts take heart: Mighty Matt Stairs, so mean he once shot a man just for snoring*, will be joining the Sox broadcast team as an in-studio analyst. [*Not true at all]...
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- Surviving Grady @ 2PM 01/30/2012
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The State Of Boston's Pitching Hunt
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From Over the Monster Blog:
We're just three weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting, and the Red Sox are still (hopefully) on the hunt for another legitimate starting pitcher to solidify the back end of their rotation.
While options such as
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 2PM 01/30/2012
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Oswalt not short on suitors for his services
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
Roy Oswalt has been in the top six in the National League Cy Young Award balloting six times. If you need a guy for Game 7 in a World Series, you could do a whole lot worse than the man from Mississippi....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 9AM 01/30/2012
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The Best Of The 2011 Boston Red Sox
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From Over the Monster Blog:
There was debate over whether or not we should be doing this.
For a team that so many had picked to win the World Series because of their off-season acquisitions, a roster packed with talent, and a competent front-office, the 2011 Boston Red Sox seemed...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 9AM 01/30/2012
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The Best Of 2011
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From Over the Monster Blog:
There was debate over whether or not we should be doing this.
For a team that so many had picked to win the World Series because of their off-season acquisitions, a roster packed with talent, and a competent front-office, the 2011 Boston Red Sox seemed...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 9AM 01/30/2012
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Return to the Planet of the Wakefields II
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From Surviving Grady:
While the Red Sox are busy making their plans for the 2012 season, one thing they should do at their earliest convenience is re-sign Tim Wakefield. Ever since he first took the mound for the Sox in 1942 in a spot start for the injured Oscar Judd, Wakefield has been a living piece of Red [...]...
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- Surviving Grady @ 8AM 01/30/2012
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An Early Look at the 2012 Bullpen
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From FireBrand of the AL:
One of the biggest difference we’ll see between the 2011 and 2012 versions of the Boston Red Sox is their revamped bullpen. Ace reliever Jonathan Papelbon has taken his services [...]...
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- FireBrand of the AL @ 7AM 01/30/2012
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First Take: Two weeks of roster tweaking
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From SoxProspects.com:
Plenty of moves have gone down since the last First Take, so let’s get right down to it.
The Move: Red Sox sign RHP Vicente Padilla to minor league contract with invitation to Spring Training
Padilla is the most significant addition to the Flying Spaghetti Pitching Monster the Sox are assembling to compete for spots o...
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- SoxProspects.com @ 4AM 01/30/2012
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Caribbean League Roundup: January 23-29
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From SoxProspects.com:
With the winter leagues winding down, here are how the Red Sox prospects still in action fared over the past week in the Caribbean and around the world:
Australian Baseball League - Play concluded January 22. Playoffs began January 26.
Mitch Dening<...
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- SoxProspects.com @ 3AM 01/30/2012
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Sox 67- Bud Collins
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From Fenway West:
As 1967 spring training approached, a Globe column under the byline of Bud Collins appeared. It was entitled "Will the Sox have More Buddins?" The reference is to Don Buddin, who played shortstop for the team in the late 50's and early 60's. Buddin, who died last year at age 77, was one of the symbols of the underachieving, uncaring Sox players....
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- Fenway West @ 2PM 01/29/2012
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Sunday Discussion: Red Sox Ticket Policy
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From Over the Monster Blog:
As we continue to expand our content here at Over the Monster, one goal is to make the site a fun place for discussion on the weekend. So in addition to Saturday morning recaps, I'm going to be writing short posts with the goal of getting a conversation started. Once the season gets going, they'll probably be up a few ho...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 10AM 01/29/2012
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Valentine: We're Going To Do Something Special
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From Joy of Sox:
Kevin Youkilis, a master of understatement, says the Red Sox "didn't have the best vibe in the clubhouse" last year.
It was very different. It was noticeable early, but when you win, winning heals all the wounds. But we definitely didn't...
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- Joy of Sox @ 2PM 01/28/2012
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Weekly Recap for January 28th
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From Over the Monster Blog:
Welcome to the weekend recap at Over the Monster! As you've probably noticed, content's been flying all over the place here lately, and we'd hate to think you missed any of it while off having "jobs" and "social lives." So from here on out, there'll be a post waiting for you here every Saturday morning, with all the summ...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 9AM 01/28/2012
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Red Sox Announce Digital Initiative to Keep Tickets Outta Scalpers Hands
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From Fenway West:
The Red Sox announced an initiative yesterday that will hopefully have more tickets in the hands of fans and less tickets in the hands of scalpers and ticket selling websites. The cheapest tickets in the house for Red Sox games are the upper bleachers which are sold for $12. However, for certain premiere games they are often ...
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- Fenway West @ 8AM 01/28/2012
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Bobby Valentine, Your Line-Up Worries Are Over
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From Surviving Grady:
And I remember thinking, what seems a lifetime ago, “Mo Vaughn and Jose Canseco in the same line-up? Man, we are going to crush the competition.” Also, now that it looks like Roy Oswalt’s going to the Cardinals, we’ve got some extra dough to throw around. C’mon, Ben. it’s Canseco Time!...
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- Surviving Grady @ 7AM 01/28/2012
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Red Sox Sign John Maine
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From FireBrand of the AL:
MLB Trade Rumors passes along the announcement that The Red Sox have signed starting pitcher John Maine to a minor league contract. Maine, now 30 years old, was once rated [...]...
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- FireBrand of the AL @ 7PM 01/27/2012
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Valentine happy - for now
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From Red Sox Nation Fans:
According to an MLB article today, Bobby Valentine reported that he was happy with the number of arms he has available coming to spring training. It seems like, if we take what he and Cherrington are saying at face value, the strategy for this off-season has been to load up on a bunch of possibly-good arms, have them all competing away in spring t...
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- Red Sox Nation Fans @ 6PM 01/27/2012
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“There’s No One/Except the New Girl”
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From Surviving Grady:
As Chad Finn reports, Jenny Dell is apparently set to be named as the new reporter for NESN Red Sox broadcasts, filling the void left by Heidi Watney’s departure last December. For those of you unfamiliar with Dell, here’s her show reel: Thanks to BB for the link....
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- Surviving Grady @ 2PM 01/27/2012
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Cody Ross Gets JD’s Number
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From Surviving Grady:
So. Cody Ross is your new number 7. And JD Drew, rumored to be retiring, gets to wake up every morning, look himself in the mirror and say, “Man, I can buy anything I want today.” For a quiet guy, Drew was perhaps one of the most polarizing players to wear the red hose over [...]...
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- Surviving Grady @ 8AM 01/27/2012
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In Defense of John Lackey
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From Over the Monster Blog:
It's been almost four months since the hideous ending to the season and, hopefully, that has put a small portion of emotional distance between us and the 2011 Red Sox, enough to be able to start to see some of the players and their actio...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 7AM 01/27/2012
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Valentine satisfied with deep stable of arms
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
Even if the Red Sox do favor Mike Aviles to be their starting shortstop, the money the team freed up by trading Marco Scutaro may not be earmarked for pitching in the immediate future. At least, that's how manager Bobby Valentine explained the situation Thursday night at a charity event hosted by Kevin Youkilis....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 7PM 01/26/2012
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Analyzing MLB’s Top 100 Prospect List
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From FireBrand of the AL:
In case you missed it earlier today, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com released his top 100 prospect list. Whether you’re a prospect geek or not, you should check out the list–even [...]...
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- FireBrand of the AL @ 3PM 01/26/2012
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The Return of Heidi Watney
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From Surviving Grady:
I’ll be honest: When Heidi Watney first showed up on my TV screen, I tried to play it cool. In the span of five years we’d lost Krisily and Hazel and Tina and I’d learned that any relationship with a NESN personality not named “Remy” would be a fleeting thing. But over time, she kicked [...]...
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- Surviving Grady @ 11AM 01/26/2012
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Boston’s Best Tools 2012: Best Contact
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From Over the Monster Blog:
When I think of great contact hitting, I think of Wade Boggs. In his rookie season (1982), Boggs hit .349. He holds a .325 career average and he struck out in just 6.9% of his trips to the plate. His career batting average on balls in play is even better at .344. Boggs didn’t just hit the ball, he hit it hard and t...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 10AM 01/26/2012
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Red Sox extend affiliation with Class A Lowell
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
The Red Sox and the Lowell Spinners have extended their affiliation through 2014, the teams announced Thursday. Lowell, a Class A team in the short-season New York-Penn League, has been a feeder for the Sox since the 1996 season....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 9AM 01/26/2012
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Boston's new regime faces tough challenge
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
Not since 2003, when the Red Sox coughed up the AL pennant to the Yankees as manager Grady Little decided to leave Pedro Martinez in the seventh ALCS game, have there been so many questions in Boston....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 7AM 01/26/2012
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Poll: Should Andrew Bailey…
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From FireBrand of the AL:
This week’s poll question sways away from the on-field product and into the entertainment aspect of going to a Red Sox game. When the Red Sox acquired Andrew Bailey from [...]...
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- FireBrand of the AL @ 2AM 01/26/2012
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I Preferred Mystified to Concerned
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From Wicked Clevah:
“But with Buchholz’s injury concerns, Bard’s inexperience as a starter, and Oswalt’s not-actually-here status, this year’s rotation looks as troubling as last year’s. Carl Crawford’s wrist could make year two of the $142 million experiment as ugly as year one. Aviles, Punto, and Iglesias might evoke memo...
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- Wicked Clevah @ 7PM 01/25/2012
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Middlebrooks tabbed Red Sox's top prospect
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
Four Red Sox with legitimate power potential are included on MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects list, and for Boston, that's a realistic representation of its Minor League system on the whole -- in terms of both the number of prospects on the list and the type of players....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 5PM 01/25/2012
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Cherington balancing needs, budget
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
With speculation swirling around Roy Oswalt and Edwin Jackson in the wake of a the Marco Scutaro deal, Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington offered some limited insight into the club's offseason strategy in a radio interview on Wednesday....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 2PM 01/25/2012
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Another shortstop dilemma
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From Fenway West:
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" art...
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- Fenway West @ 1PM 01/25/2012
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My Favorite Scene in Moneyball
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From Surviving Grady:
Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill were nominated for Oscars for their work in Moneyball, and if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth it. If for no other reason than the fact that a couple of scenes take place at Fenway. But my favorite scene comes toward the end, where A’s GM Billy Beane, played [...]...
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- Surviving Grady @ 10AM 01/25/2012
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Jose Canseco: In Dogged Pursuit Of Try-Out
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From Over the Monster Blog:
Jose Canseco. There's a name you don't hear too often anymore. Well, not in baseball circles anyway. There was that time he got his butt kicked on pay-per-view TV. And that other time. But recently Jose has returned to his roots by getting his butt kicked on TV again. Then he was player/manager for the Yuma Scorpions, wh...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 7AM 01/25/2012
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Tim McCarver And Madame Khokhlakov
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From Joy of Sox:
"I've looked at you a hundred times as you walked by, saying to myself: here is an energetic man who must go to the mines. I even studied your gait and decided: this man will find many mines."
"From my gait, madame?" Mitya smiled.
"And why not from your gait? What, do you deny that it's possible to tell a man's character from ...
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- Joy of Sox @ 5AM 01/25/2012
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Top 100 Prospects list to be unveiled tonight
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
David Price, Jason Heyward, Mike Stanton, Buster Posey and Jeremy Hellickson were among the many recent up-and-comers to hit the ground running in the Major Leagues. Who might have such an impact in 2012? Find out Wednesday night with the unveiling of MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects list....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 3AM 01/25/2012
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Everybody's All-American
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From Boston Dirt Dogs:
Whiny Tim: 'I'm American to the Bone'
Just In: Obama Won't Pump Thomas's Tires in State of the Union
New Florida Poll Numbers Are In: Thomas 52%, Romney 21%, Gingrich 9%
There's No "I" in Team But There Sure Is in Tim
"This will go ...
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- Boston Dirt Dogs @ 9PM 01/24/2012
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Putting in the hard work
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From SoxProspects.com:
Even in the winter, when progress can’t be tracked by stats or scouting reports, every prospect in the Red Sox organization is working toward the goal of playing big-league ball. Many have their own routines; nuanced approaches developed from experience.
But a few Sox have been training at a facility that has become synonymous with high-level ...
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- SoxProspects.com @ 2PM 01/24/2012
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Cody Ross: Not a Bad Singer and Dancer
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From Surviving Grady:
The Red Sox have signed former Giants outfielder Cody Ross, MVP of the 2010 NLCS, to a one-year deal worth about $3M. As Ken Rosenthal points out, Ross played all three outfield positions for the Giants last season and hit .240/.325/.405 line with 14 home runs in 461 plate appearances. And while he gives us [...]...
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- Surviving Grady @ 8AM 01/24/2012
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1918 Fenway Park Grand Stand Pass
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From Joy of Sox:
Notice: The holder of this pass agrees to pay 2 cents to the Club each time same is presented for admission to the park, which will entitle the holder to what...
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- Joy of Sox @ 6AM 01/24/2012
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Red Sox Sign Cody Ross
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From FireBrand of the AL:
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports had reported, via Twitter, that the Red Sox have signed outfielder Cody Ross. Contract details have not been reported, but I would guess that it’s [...]...
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- FireBrand of the AL @ 9PM 01/23/2012
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Rematch!
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From Surviving Grady:
Do you ever wonder if the NFL is really just America’s greatest reality show? A step up from Survivor or Fear Factor maybe…but not that different? If you saw all of the “fluke” plays in the Conference Championship games yesterday in a movie, you wouldn’t believe it. The touchdown catch that Lee Evans dropped. The [...]...
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- Surviving Grady @ 5PM 01/23/2012
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Sox, Drive extend player development contract
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From RedSox.com/MLB.com:
Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine was in South Carolina on Monday, at an annual dinner for the Greenville Drive, one of Boston's Class A affiliates. Earlier in the day, the Drive and the Sox announced their relationship's been extended four more years, through 2016....
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- RedSox.com/MLB.com @ 1PM 01/23/2012
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Boston’s Best Tools 2012: Best Fastball
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From Over the Monster Blog:
Moving on to the pitching side of the game, our best tool’s series takes a look at the most essential pitch in most pitchers’ arsenal, the fastball. Pitching coaches and commentators often talk about a pitcher needing to "work off his fastball," meaning that whatever a pitcher&rsquo...
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- Over the Monster Blog @ 9AM 01/23/2012
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The $6M Question
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From FireBrand of the AL:
As Charlie mentioned in his column yesterday, the Marco Scutaro trade provided the Red Sox with $6M in salary relief. While it might seem strange to many of us that [...]...
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- FireBrand of the AL @ 7AM 01/23/2012
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TSN 1952: Too Much Night Ball Harmful
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From Joy of Sox:
Night baseball may not have crippled more players than bursitis, but close observers agree more and more with the passing of the years that the arc lights have cut short the careers of many of the hired hands.
Joe DiMaggio pointed out, in discussing his retirement, that he could have played with the Yankees two years longer if Larry MacP...
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- Joy of Sox @ 4AM 01/23/2012
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Caribbean League Roundup: January 16-22
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From SoxProspects.com:
With the winter leagues winding down, here are how the Red Sox prospects still in action fared over the past week in the Caribbean and around the world:
Australian Baseball League
Mitch Dening (Sydney Blue Sox):Went 7 for 21 with 3 doubles and 3 runs s...
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- SoxProspects.com @ 1AM 01/23/2012
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Red Sox Shortstop: World’s Coolest Temp Job
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From Surviving Grady:
Ever since Nomar was sent packin’, the short stop position has been something of a revolving door, bringing us Edgar Renteria, Alex Gonzalez, Julio “Blame Me, It’s Just Easier That Way” Lugo, Jed Lowrie, William “Uptight” Bangs, Tito Puente III, Little Alvie Singer, Portugal Esposito and, most recently, Marco Scu...
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- Surviving Grady @ 9AM 01/22/2012
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Marco Scutaro Traded for Salary Relief
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From FireBrand of the AL:
It sounds weird to say that the Sox have made a move in order to clear salary, but that’s essentially what they did on Saturday when they sent their former starting shortstop, [...]...
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- FireBrand of the AL @ 4AM 01/22/2012
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Marco Scutaro Traded to the Rockies
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From Fenway West:
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 t...
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- Fenway West @ 7PM 01/21/2012
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