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No Edwin Jackson? No Roy Oswalt? No Problem.

By ⋅ February 6, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Boston Red Sox have been rumored to be after just about every starting pitcher for the past fifteen seasons. There will never be a winter where the Sox aren’t in the running, even if it’s hearsay, for a free agent. With a little less than three weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training, we know [...]

Red Sox Ink Jarrod Saltalamacchia to One-Year, $2.5 Million Deal

By ⋅ January 16, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Jason Varitek is gone. Now it’s Jarrod Saltalamacchia‘s turn. The Red Sox signed Saltalamacchia to a one-year, $2.5 million contract Sunday, the Boston Globe reported, avoiding arbitration and giving Saltalamacchia a $1.75 million bump over his 2011 salary.

Red Sox Pitching Preview: Health Key to Success in 2012

By ⋅ January 12, 2012 ⋅ 5 comments

While this Red Sox offseason has been relatively quiet outside of the trade for closer Andrew Bailey and the hiring of Bobby Valentine as manager, they have made a little noise lately with regards to their starting rotation. General manager Ben Cherington signed veterans Carlos Silva and Aaron Cook to minor league contracts to add [...]

Bobby Valentine Hiring Process Yet Another Misstep By Management

By ⋅ November 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

WEEI Red Sox reporter Alex Speier reported Wednesday that Bobby Valentine’s hiring as the new manager flies in the face of an administrative promise made earlier in the off-season that the team would not go after a disciplinarian. While the report did not state who made the promise or to which player, a similar report [...]

2011 Turkey of the Year: Josh Beckett

By ⋅ November 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Josh Beckett spent much of his 2011 season pitching well…really well actually. He had his best season as a Red Sox, finishing 13-7 with a career-best 2.89 ERA and 1.026 WHIP. But when his team needed him most, he tanked. Plagued by his perceived addiction to eating fried chicken and drinking beer during games he wasn’t pitching [...]

Ex-Red Sox Strength Coach Dave Page Comments on Poor Conditioning

By ⋅ November 4, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

In an interview with WEEI on Friday, former Boston Red Sox strength and conditioning coach Dave Page revealed his perspective on this past season. Fired on Tuesday, Page shared his observations on the players’ late-season training regimen, the lack of support from the front office, the consumption of beer and fried chicken, and his feeling [...]

Red Sox Fire Strength and Conditioning Coach, Assistant Trainer

By ⋅ November 4, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

According to a report by WEEI’s Rob Bradford, the Red Sox have fired strength and conditioning coach Dave Page as well as assistant trainer Greg Barajas. The move hardly comes as a surprise after players admitted to drinking beer and eating fried chicken in the clubhouse this past season. There were also allegations of players [...]

Should Red Sox Target C.J. Wilson, CC Sabathia, or Mark Buehrle?

By ⋅ October 24, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

C.J. Wilson and CC Sabathia will both be free agents in a matter of days, but that does not mean that the Red Sox need to pay hand over fist for either of these pitchers. Yeah, what a concept, free agents that the Red Sox don’t have to sign. Call me crazy, but the Sox [...]

How Can the Red Sox Trade John Lackey?

By ⋅ October 21, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

When the Red Sox signed John Lackey to an $82.5 million contract following the 2009 season, they had their sights set on establishing a trio of aces for the next several years. Lackey would be joining a rotation with Josh Beckett and Jon Lester, giving the Red Sox a team strength in pitching. However, things [...]

Report: Beckett, Lackey, Lester Drank Beer in Dugout During Games

By ⋅ October 18, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

UPDATE (11:45 p.m.) – The Red Sox have denied the report that said Josh Beckett, John Lackey and Jon Lester drank beer in the dugout during games. Beckett, Lackey, Lester and former manager Terry Francona all issued statements through the team. “I cannot let this allegation go without response; enough is enough,” Beckett said in [...]

Video: Taiwanese NMA-TV Animation Recaps Epic Red Sox Collapse

By ⋅ October 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

In case you somehow forgot what happened to the Red Sox during the 2011 season, Tawain’s NMA-TV put together a little computer animation video. The video features David Ortiz with a hobo’s bindle, Theo Epstein with a Chicago Cubs briefcase, the ghost of Babe Ruth, and of course, fat versions of Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, [...]

Beckett, Lackey, Lester Drank Beer, Played Video Games, Ate Fried Chicken During Games

By ⋅ October 12, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

In a bombshell report released by the Boston Globe regarding the historic Red Sox September collapse, reporter Bob Hohler revealed that starting pitchers Josh Beckett, John Lackey and Jon Lester (who were all joined at times by Clay Buchholz) drank beer in the clubhouse, ate fried chicken, and played video games during games on their [...]

Why is Josh Beckett so Hated?

By ⋅ October 8, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

With the collapse of the 2011 Red Sox a week into the past, we can finally begin to rationally decide who to irrationally blame. While I’m all for the torches and pitchforks, one member of the Red Sox is receiving an unfair amount of the heat. Then again, Josh Beckett always has constantly received undeserved [...]

2011 Red Sox: Don’t Blame the Game, Blame the Player(s)

By ⋅ October 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The 2011 season is the low-point for the John Henry-owned Red Sox. Not since 2003 has Red Sox Nation faced such a tragedy. This year, however, there was no Aaron Boone moment to provide a quick death to Boston’s World Series ambitions. This was a death by a thousand paper cuts. Eight-year manager Terry Francona [...]

MLB Playoff Predictions: What the Red Sox Woulda/Coulda/Shoulda Done

By ⋅ October 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Despite doing everything they possibly could to throw away their chances at the postseason in the month of September, the Boston Red Sox somehow still found themselves one strike away from at least forcing a one-game play-in against the Tampa Bay Rays. Then, in the course of three agonizing minutes, two walk-off wins left the [...]

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