Boston Red Sox Rumors & News
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Sox Blog | Providence Journal — The weather has finally cleared up here in supposedly sunny Florida, and expected to be back in action today against the Pittsburgh Pirates following yesterday's rainout. For the first time this spring, all nine anticipated regular players are in the lineup, and the batting order may look very much like this to start the season. Yesterday's rained-out game with the St. Louis Cardinals was rescheduled for March 22. Today's real game will be followed by an intrasquad contest, to get work for the players who missed out on their at-bats or innings due to yesterday's rainout. LF Ellsbury 2B P...
28 mins agoRed Sox meet with MLB over security matters
The Republican — Boston Red Sox players and staff met with Major League baseball security personnel Saturday morning at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, Fla. The meetings are standard baseball procedure. All 30 teams meet with MLB experts to review security...
48 mins agoDice-K will throw Saturday morning at Red Sox camp
The Republican — The Red Sox pitcher was limited to 12 starts by shoulder problems in 2009, and has yet to pitich in a spring training game.
48 mins agoBack to normal, with Red Sox posting stellar lineup
Clubhouse Insider | Boston Herald — FORT MYERS — No rainouts today, the Florida weather is exactly as it should be: sunny and in the 70’s. The media left the clubhouse a half hour earlier than usual so the players could be educated about the dangers that lurk around the periphery of their high-profile lifestyles: gambling, drugs, crime and other assorted vices, [...]
49 mins agoPedroia has the need for speed
Full Count | WEEI — FORT MYERS, Fla. — The line of questioning to Dustin Pedroia stemmed from a few home-to-seconds, and second-t0-homes. Do you feel faster this year? “Yes,” the second baseman said with a one-word exclamation. Do you think you can steal 30 bases this year? “Maybe. I don’t know. If those situations present themselves 30 times, then yes,” he said. So you [...]
1 hour agoBard is given room to grow
Boston Globe — The vast difference between this year and last year for Daniel Bard was evident in a passing comment by manager Terry Francona . foo
5 hours agoWrist watch continues for Lowrie
Boston Globe — Taking a look at the names and numbers remaining, it’s difficult for Jed Lowrie to see himself on the big league roster. Barring injury or trade, it appears Mike Lowell, Bill Hall, Jeremy Hermida, and Jason Varitek will be on the Red Sox bench this season. foo
5 hours agoReturn of 'Dirt Dog'
Boston Herald — JUPITER, Fla. - As a senior, Ryan Kalish went through the entire season without ever swinging and missing at a...
5 hours agoWashout forces mound tinkering
Boston Herald — JUPITER, Fla. - Weather forecasters do get it right sometimes. But yesterday, when dawn came with rain and...
5 hours agoRandom spring training thoughts
Extra Bases | Boston Globe — A few jottings from the back page of the notebook so far this spring training ... * For a guy who signed for $82.5 million and has pitched brilliantly so far, John Lackey has kept a low profile throughout camp...
9 hours agoNext game vs Pittsburgh Pirates on Sat, Mar 13 1:05 pm EST
Opponent news and rumors snapshot:
- Spring training: Pirates' rotation off to slow start Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Pirates tread lightly in slippery conditions Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- Bucs' Crosby refuses to discuss allegations Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- Rays vs. Marlins Rays Report | Tampa Tribune Beautiful day here at Charlotte Sports Park. Blue skies and plenty of sunshine. The bases are clean and ready for today’s action against the visiting Marlins. Former Rays Jorge Cantu is in the Marlins lineup. So are Hanley Ramirez and Dan Uggla. Here is the Rays lineup: Jason…
- How to get jump in arms race New York Post In the fourth of a six-part series to get you prepared for your fantasy draft, Roto Files analyzes starting pitchers. Next week: closers and catchers. What do aces CC Sabathia, Roy Halladay, Zack Greinke, Felix Hernandez and that creepy digital doppelganger of Tim Lincecum from the video-game commercials have in...
- Split-squad lineups The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News Home vs. Baltimore Gardner CF Johnson DH Posada C Cano 2B Granderson LF Winn RF Miranda 1B Laird 3B Pena SS Road vs. Detroit Jeter SS Swisher RF Teixeira 1B Rodriguez 3B Thames LF Cervelli C Hoffmann CF Winfree DH Nunez 2B Before Sam came down here for a few days, he and I talked about breaking up the game posts a little bit so that information doesn’t get lost in the shuffle. That’s why [...]
- Sternberg favors more teams in playoffs Rays Report | Tampa Tribune As badly as the Rays faded late last year, they almost surely would have gone to the postseason if they hadn’t had to play the Yankees and Red Sox a combined 36 times and there had been a couple more…
- Reggie defends Torii's 'imposter' story New York Daily News Torii Hunter created a firestorm when he recently called dark-skinned Latin players "imposters," but Reggie Jackson believes that the popular Angels outfielder was simply misunderstood.
- Pettitte forced to keep it inside New York Daily News Rain washed away the Yankees' game for the second straight day, forcing Andy Pettitte to follow A.J. Burnett's lead and throw a simulated game on an indoor mound Friday. Unlike Burnett, however, Pettitte had taken part in the same exercise five days earlier.
- Seidenberg is fitting right in Boston Globe Five shots. Two assists. On the ice for three Bruins goals. Twenty-eight shifts for 22 minutes 15 seconds of ice time. foo
- Watson catches on with Browns Boston Globe Benjamin Watson began the 2009 season uncertain of his future with the Patriots. A hamstring injury limited him in the exhibition season and when it came time for the final cuts, Watson had to answer questions about the possibility of being released. foo
- Welker had shoulder surgery Boston Globe Wes Welker’s reconstructive knee surgery was going to be enough to set him back for the 2010 season. foo
- Celtics turn the switch Boston Globe He couldn’t hide how much it bothered him. The boos rained down late in the first quarter of the Celtics’ blowout loss to Memphis Wednesday, the fans left early, and Paul Pierce took the sights and sounds home with him. foo
- Second chance from revamped second unit Boston Globe When the Celtics opened the season in October with a victory in Cleveland, the second unit was Marquis Daniels, Eddie House, Rasheed Wallace, and Shelden Williams. J.R. Giddens, Lester Hudson, and Brian Scalabrine were in the reserve mix the rest of that first week. foo
- This LA story has really hit home Boston Globe With the Celtics reeling after another embarrassing loss at home, coach Doc Rivers ripped a motivational tactic from the headlines. foo