Sox don't tender Donnelly
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Up against last night's midnight deadline to tender contracts to unsigned players with less than six years of service time, the Red Sox decided to tender 20 of the 21 candidates on their 40-man roster, leaving Brendan Donnelly as a free agent. Donnelly, whom the Red Sox were trying to sign as he rehabilitates from Tommy John surgery, can now ...
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Of all the questions swirling around the Red Sox this offseason, from the future address of outfielder Manny Ram&#xED;rez, to the role of pitcher Jonathan Papelbon, to the keep-him-or-not debate over shortstop Alex Gonzalez, there is one that evidently has been put to rest, perhaps with no more than a handshake. No signature required. No furtive departures on the agenda.
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So there. For the 86th consecutive autumn, the Red Sox are not going to win the World Series.
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With the decision yesterday to option Jon Lester to Double A Portland for one start, the Red Sox gained a lefthander out of the bullpen, something they didn't have last season during a crushing five-game sweep at the hands of the Yankees, who have plenty of lefthanded firepower on offense. The Sox have a three-game series against the ...
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Jon Lieber stopped the hard-charging Boston Red Sox in what might turn out to be a key game in the American League East race. Lieber no-hit the Red Sox until David Ortiz&#39;s two-out
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When Mike Lowell woke up in a Cleveland hotel yesterday morning, his team down, 3-1, in the American League Championship Series to the Indians, he wasn't contemplating his Red Sox mortality.
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In order to get back in this series with the Yankees, the Red Sox don't need divine intervention or a roster turnover. They need base runners.
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It's a relatively recent story, and a familiar one. The Red Sox had two big sluggers in the middle of their lineup -- one a lefthanded hitter, the other a righty, both .300 hitters, one a former MVP, one who would soon be named one. They were the linchpins of a Sox team that had high hopes of playing deep ...
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Red Sox manager Terry Francona said he held off on making the announcement in case he needed to use Clay Buchholz out of the bullpen during last night's 6-1 loss to the Blue Jays, but after the game he announced that the 23-year-old rookie righthander will start against the Blue Jays tomorrow night.
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Tim Wakefield is a knuckleballer. The normal rules do not apply.
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In just 19 days, the Boston Red Sox have cut the New York Yankees' 10 1/2-game AL East lead to 2 1/2 games. "We're just going to take care of what we can take care of," Boston reliever Mike Timlin said after the Red Sox beat Texas 2-0 on Friday night for their 10th straight victory. "We won today. We're going to win tomorrow."
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The Chicago White Sox may not have the chance to defend their World Series title.
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The Sporting News - 1. Neither starting pitchers -- Boston's Jon Lester and Colorado's Aaron Cook -- have started a postseason game in the majors. Whoever can conquer his nerves gives his team the best shot at winning. Given that Lester will be pitching with a 3-0 series lead and staff ace Josh Beckett is in line for a Game 5 start, if necessary, Lester has more reasons to relax and let it go.
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This is why manager Terry Francona never did tighten the reins on the free spirits in the Red Sox clubhouse. Free spirits can bounce back with the best of them.
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Perhaps he was trying to be too fine with his pitches. Perhaps he was trying too hard to pinpoint his location. And perhaps Fausto Carmona wasn't being as aggressive as he should have been against the Red Sox in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series.
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Okay, so Todd Bertuzzi is not going to jail. Be honest. You knew that was never going to happen anyway. The courts have been meticulous about this: They don&#39;t want any role in the ongoing debate on hockey violence.
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Whaddya think? Let him close tonight? He threw only 99 pitches and he was still pumping high-octane gas at the end. Curt Schilling might be good for a batter or two in a pinch tonight.