Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The Boston Red Sox have been looking for starting rotation help all offseason and now they've started to make moves to add some guys there.
The Red Sox have now made offers to both Edwin Jackson and Roy Oswalt, the two best starters left on the free agent market. After moving ...
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Monday, January 16th, 2012
The Boston Red Sox suffered an all-time meltdown in 2011, missing the playoffs despite having what looked to be a stellar roster on paper. This offseason has seen a ton of change in Beantown as the Theo Epstein and Terry Francona are gone, and there has been an attempt to ...
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Last year, we began what we hope becomes a tradition here at Rumors and Rants and tipped our hats to Cheap Trick by naming the losers of the year in every sport we pay attention to.
In case you are wondering, there is no scientific formula to being named loser of ...
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Friday, December 23rd, 2011
The Boston Red Sox were in the chase for left-handed starter Gio Gonzalez until the last minute, but were beaten out by a better package from the Washington Nationals. The Nats sent an impressive group of prospects to the Oakland A's in exchange for Gonzalez and now the Red Sox ...
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Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Since Bobby Valentine was hired as the new manager of the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday numerous sources have surfaced saying the hiring was not popular among the team's players.
Valentine was always known as a no-nonsense manager during his 15 years with the Texas Rangers and the New York Mets, ...
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011
One of the key baseball free agents this winter is Japanese starting pitcher Yu Darvish. The 25-year-old right-hander has spent the last few seasons pitching for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and is supposed to be posted for bidding at some point this offseason. When he is, a bunch of ...
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
As if the fallout from the Boston Red Sox collapse that ended the season wasn't bad enough, now another report has made Boston's clubhouse look like an absolute joke.
Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester admitted Monday that he and other pitchers had "an occasional beer" in the clubhouse during days when ...
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
So will they end up calling it The Curse of Theo, or The Curse of Tito?
According to media reports from all corners of the country -- well, maybe not the southwest corner -- Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein to the Cubs is essentially a done deal. It's just another ...
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
So, remember back in December when the Boston Red Sox signed outfielder Carl Crawford to a ridiculous seven-year, $142 million contract when they already had several expensive outfielders under contract, plus a few solid prospects in the minors? Yeah, that turned out well.
The 30-year-old Crawford finished his first year in ...
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Boston Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis has not played since September 15 due to a sports hernia and bursitis in his left hip. Youkilis has taken some swings off a tee over the past few days which has given hope to some Sox fans hope that he could return ...
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