by shawn medeiros | Jan 12, 2009 | Andre Dawson, David Cone, Hall of Fame, Jim Rice, Lee Smith, Mo Vaughn, Rickey Henderson
Update: Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice have both received the amount of votes needed to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Congrats to both former BoSox! The 2009 Hall of Fame announced the results of its voting today at 1:30pm. Use this post to speculate on the voting...
by shawn medeiros | Jan 10, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Chase Utley, Chipper Jones, Dustin Pedroia, Ian Kinsler, J.D. Drew, Mark Teixeira
Baseball has forever been a game of statistics and over the past few decades, sabermetrics have taken this passion way beyond batting average and on-base percentage. Growing up, my family always said all you needed to do to be successful was to “build a better...
by shawn medeiros | Jan 9, 2009 | Charlie Zink, Quick Post, Tim Wakefield
Charlie Zink, the knuckleballer signed in 2002 after a recommendation from Luis Tiant, has been designated for assignment by the Boston Red Sox. Zink, who won 34 games over the past four seasons for Pawtucket and Portland, had his major league debut in 2008, giving up...
by shawn medeiros | Jan 9, 2009 | Free Agency, Quick Post
H/T to MLBTR. According to the Boston Herald, the Boston Red Sox have signed Mark Kotsay to a one year, $1.5 million dollar deal plus incentives. Kotsay, who finished last season with the club but left as a free agent, was unable to find a starting job so decided to...
by shawn medeiros | Jan 7, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Free Agency, John Smoltz, Pittsburgh Pirates, Quick Post, Rocco Baldelli, Tim Wakefield
H/T to MLBTR, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe is reporting that Rocco Baldelli and the Boston Red Sox are close to agreeing on terms for the Rhode Island native to become the fourth outfielder for 2009. The St. Petersburg Times reported earlier this evening that...
