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Red Sox vs AngelsGame 1: Wednesday 10:00pm (Lester vs Lackley) TBSGame 2: Friday 6:00pm (Matsuzaka vs Santana) TBSGame 3: Sunday TBD (Beckett vs Saunders) TBSGame 4: Monday TBD (Lester vs Lackey) TBSGame 5: Wednesday TBD (Matsuzaka vs Santana) TBS
Prediction: Red Sox continue dominance of Angels in playoffs 3-0
White Sox vs RaysGame 1: Thursday 2:30pm (Vazquez […]

There are probably a great number of readers here who many not be familiar with the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision, formerly I-AA) but I follow it closely since that is where the New Hampshire Wildcats play.
Several other New England schools also play in the FCS including Maine, Massachusetts, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Northeastern.
For the third […]

This should come to no surprise to anyone. Hank Steinbrenner is whining over Major League Baseball’s playoff format the day after the Boston Red Sox officially eliminated the New York Yankees from the playoff race.
“The biggest problem is the divisional setup in major league baseball. I didn’t like it in the 1970s, and I hate […]

This weekend the Boston Red Sox will break franchise protocol and honor Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky.

Pesky has been a part of the Red Sox franchise in several roles for 57 of the past 69 years, he will finally receive and honor he so truly deserves.
The Red Sox have requirements that must be met […]

Today was the perfect time to open the Patriots offense for Matt Cassel and let him start airing the ball out. Instead the Patriots stuck with their past games plans and continued to work on short passes that made the completion percent look nice but nothing else.
If Matt Cassel can’t be the quarterback who can […]

Well numerous Red Sox bloggers wont spend weeks this year patching together the Red Sox schedule as the team today announced it’s 2009 schedule.
Here is a link to the schedule, I will be back in a bit with more on it.
More: continued here

The Boston Red Sox and Theo Epstein have agreed on a new contract. Terms of the deal were not announced.
‘‘We are all on the same page with regard to our vision for the organization,” Henry wrote in an e-mail this afternoon. “The negotiations were pleasant and were all about rewarding Theo for the great, great […]

This is a listing of players the Red Sox have under control for 2009. This list will be updated regularly. Some lists maybe incomplete.
Players under Red Sox control who will be with Boston on opening day.
Pos….Player………………..2009 Salary.C…..1B…..Kevin Youkilis…………TBD2B…..Dustin Pedroia…………TBD3B…..Mike Lowell……………$12,000,000SS…..Jed Lowrie…………….TBDLF…..Jason Bay……………..$7,500,000CF…..Jacoby Ellsbury………..TBDRF…..JD Drew……………….$14,000,000DH…..David Ortiz……………$12,500,000.C…..IF…..OF…..UT…..SP…..Josh Beckett…………..$10,500,000SP…..Daisuke Matsuzaka………$10,000,000*SP…..Jon Lester…………….TBDSP…..Justin Masterson……….TBDSP…..RP…..Jonathan Papelbon………TBD&RP…..Hideki Okajima…………$1,750,000%RP…..Manny Delcarmen………..TBDRP…..RP…..RP…..RP…..*Matsuzaka is scheduled to […]

From Kyodo News
Right-handerJunichiTazawa, who helped Nippon Oil to its first title in 13 years at the national corporate baseball tournament that ended Tuesday, will try to sign with a major league club without playing in Japan, baseball sources said Wednesday.
The highly unusual news came as a shock as the 22-year-old Tazawa was expected to draw […]

I’m sure by now most of Red Sox nation has gotten a whiff of the article Tony Massarotti wrote today writing off any importance of winning the American League East and suggesting the Red Sox would be better off resting players and taking the Wild Card then going full force at Tampa Bay for the […]