by mike silver | Nov 20, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Bud Selig, Jason Bay, Mark Teixeira, Uncategorized
Yesterday, ESPN’s Rob Neyer published an article quoting Commisioner Bud Selig’s thoughts concerning the current state of baseball economics. Says Selig, Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners...
by mike silver | Nov 19, 2009 | Jason Bay, Quick Post
According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, Jason Bay has rejected the Red Sox offer of $60 million over four years. He will now be able to sign a contract with any major league team when the Red Sox exclusive negotiation window ends at midnight tonight. Considered by many to...
by mike silver | Nov 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sox Interested in Braves’ Gonzalez, Soriano? According to George King of the New York Post, the Red Sox have expressed preliminary interest in free agent relievers Mike Gonzalez and Rafael Soriano. The team requested medical records for the two, both of whom have had...
by evan brunell | Nov 18, 2009 | Alan Embree
This morning, we learned that Mike Timlin won a spot on the All-Aughts team as the #1 reliever. This afternoon, we honor the #3 reliever and Timlin’s longtime lefty cohort, Alan Embree. Embree may have only been around for two full seasons and parts of two...
by evan brunell | Nov 18, 2009 | Mike Timlin
Today’s All-Aughts Team of the Decade entrants will number two. This morning you’re getting the best reliever of the decade as well as one-half of the best relief pitching tandem the Sox have witnessed in a long time. This afternoon, you get the other...
by evan brunell | Nov 18, 2009 | George Kottaras, Quick Post
With Victor Martinez and Jason Varitek set at the major league level and Dusty Brown along with Mark Wagner in reserve, the Red Sox cleared a 40-man spot by releasing catcher George Kottaras. Kottaras was out of options, so he would have had to pass through waivers,...
by mike silver | Nov 17, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, John Henry, Theo Epstein
Sure, this is a Red Sox site, not a Patriots one. But, we would be remiss if we ignored the lessons of the greater Boston sports community for lack of a baseball diamond. Whether or not you agree with Belichick’s 4th and 2 call is irrelevant. The interesting part of...
by evan brunell | Nov 16, 2009 | Manny Ramirez, Trading Manny Saga
When Boston fans look back on the 2000s years from now, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez will only have grown in stature. For the rest of all our natural lives, any dominating three-four duo in the lineup will be compared to Papi/ManRam to determine ‘the best...
by evan brunell | Nov 14, 2009 | Jason Varitek
He’s the only position player to have bookended the Red Sox’s history-altering decade. He was anointed team captain, an occurrence that does not happen often. He’s Jason Varitek, the All-Aughts catcher of the decade for Boston. When Varitek retires,...
by evan brunell | Nov 13, 2009 | John Lackey, Quick Post
Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald: A major-league source said that the Red Sox met with free agent starter John Lackey’s agent at the GM meetings this week in Chicago. The Red Sox expressed preliminary interest in the right-handed starter, who is arguably the top...
