Feb 5th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
Colorado Rockies General Manager Dan O’Dowd certainly knows how much stronger the American League has gotten this offseason. Everybody in baseball knows it. “Obviously, the AL has what you would consider super teams beyond the Yankees and (Red) Sox,” O’Dowd told The Eagle-Tribune last week. The Tigers, Angels, Yankees and Rangers have all added talented [...]
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Feb 5th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
Only three players in Boston Red Sox history have had hitting streaks of 30 or more games. Dom DiMaggio has the longest streak in Red Sox history. He hit in 34 straight games during the 1949 season. Tris Speaker hit in 30 straight games in 1912 and Nomar Garciaparra had a 30-game hit steak it [...]
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Feb 5th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
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Feb 5th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
The Boston Red Sox have agreed to terms with right-hander Alfredo Aceves on a one-year, $1.2 million contract, avoiding salary arbitration. Aceves, 30, went 10-2 with two saves and a 2.61 ERA in 55 games, including four starts, in his first season with the Red Sox last year. DH David Ortiz is the only remaining [...]
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Feb 5th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
Final score: New York Giants 30, Patriots 27 MVP: Eli Manning Surprise of the game: Chad Ochocinco actually plays a down
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Feb 2nd, 2012 by Christopher Smith
The Red Sox have hired Gary Hughes to assist their major league scouting staff. Hughes scouted New England Patriots QB Tom Brady as a baseball player in high school and told the Montreal Expos that they should draft him. “(Tom was) a definite prospect,” Hughes was quoted as saying in Matt Doeden’s “Tom Brady: Unlikely [...]
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Feb 2nd, 2012 by Christopher Smith
Edwin Jackson has signed a one-year deal with the Washington Nationals. The Red Sox had made Jackson an offer. How about those Nationals? Since the Montreal Expos became the Washington Nationals in 2005, the organization hasn’t posted a winning percentage above .500 in any season. Washington had a .500 winning percentage for 2005, but has [...]
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Feb 1st, 2012 by Christopher Smith
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Feb 1st, 2012 by Christopher Smith
Did you know former New York Yankees catcher Elston Howard is believed to be the creator of the batting donut? Howard was the first African American to play regularly for the New York Yankees. He was a Yankee from 1955 through 1967, batting .279 with a .324 on-base percentage, .436 slugging percentage and .760 OPS. [...]
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Feb 1st, 2012 by Christopher Smith
GM Ben Cherington said the Red Sox likely will not add Roy Oswalt or Edwin Jackson. With that said …
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