Boston Red Sox Archive

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    Red Sox make bold move, trade for Adrian Gonzalez

    The Boston Red Sox have been after San Diego Padres slugging first baseman Adrian Gonzalezfor three years, and their pursuit has paid off. Jed Hoyer, who was named the Padres General Manager in 2009, was the assistant to Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein prior to...

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    Victor Martinez Detroit-bound: what were the Red Sox thinking?

    The best hitting catcher on the free-agent market, Victor Martinez, was a good fit with the Boston Red Sox, a team with which he spent the past year and a half. Theo Epstein, their General Manager, said he was one of their main priorities this...

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    Justin Upton heading to Boston?

    Arizona Diamondbacks 23-year-old outfielderJustin Upton has reportedly been made available in trade. Like Christmas shoppers taking full advantage Black Friday, the phone lines began to ring with aggressive suitors. Upton has five-tool talent and is under team control for four more years after signing a...

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    Let the offseason begin, Part 2: Red Sox after Werth? Yankees to pay Jeter $60M?

    “Jayson Werth on Boston Red Sox radar” was the ESPN article’s headline. The same reaction was produced when Boston expressed interested in signing J.D. Drew, their current right fielder and oft-injured underachiever. The Red Sox should have learned two years into the five-year, $70 million contract...

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    Game 162: Yankees settle for Wild Card; Braves and Giants are playoff-bound

    On this final day of baseball’s regular season, home of Game 162 for all, much was left to be decided. The New York Yankees needed a win and a Tampa Bays Rays loss to win the American League East. The San Francisco Giants and San...

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    Yankees dim Red Sox playoff hopes with wild win

    In the bottom of the tenth inning, veteran lefthander Hideki Okajima needed a double play but he didn’t get it. With the sacks packed full of New York Yankees, a 3-1 pitch to Juan Miranda–a 27-year old who struck out ever 3.4 at-bats against lefthanders...

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    The awful signing that has become John Lackey

    Last year, I thoroughly enjoyed laughing at the expense of starting pitcher A.J. Burnett, who was all over the map in his first season with the New York Yankees after the team signed the then 31 year old to a five-year, $82 million contract. He had...

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    Red Sox still in the hunt as Berthiaume and Boone proclaim their season over

    On Baseball Tonight this evening, analysts Aaron Boone and Steve Berthiaume gave the Boston Red Sox no hope. Boone has already pegged them dead in the water, saying, “it was a valiant effort.” Berthiaume went a bit further, believing the Red Sox had already hung up their spikes...

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