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After surgery, Wakefield upbeat and excited to begin rehab

4:15 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

A day after undergoing surgery to repair a herniated disk in his lower back, Tim Wakefield was upbeat and said he fully expected to be ready to pitch to start 2010 season, and possibly beyond. "Everything was awesome, the whole......

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 Tags  Boston Red Sox   Dan Barbarisi   Theo Epstein   Tim Wakefield  

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Sports memorabilia dealer selling used Red Sox player underwear

10:33 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

In a disturbing story from The Boston Herald's Inside Track, Saugus, Mass., sports memorabilia dealer Phil Castinetti says he has obtained pairs of "game-worn" underwear from Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, catcher Victor Martinez and relief pitcher Hideki Okajima,......

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 Tags  Alex Rodriguez   Dustin Pedroia   Hideki Okajima   Victor Martinez  

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Mills said to be a front-runner for Astros managing job

10:25 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

According to the Houston Chronicle, Red Sox bench coach Brad Mills is one of three front-runners for the vacant Astros managing job. The newspaper reports that Mills, along with former Nationals manager Manny Acta, received a second interview with the......

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 Tags  Brad Mills   Manny Acta   Phil Garner  

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Report: Padres may pick Sox' Jed Hoyer as GM

10:17 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

ESPN's Buster Olney reports that the San Diego Padres "are moving closer" to hiring Jed Hoyer, the Red Sox' assistant general manager, as their GM. The 35-year-old Hoyer would replace Kevin Towers, who is out after 14 years leading San......

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 Tags  Jed Hoyer   Kevin Towers   San Diego Padres  

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Phillies fans showered Manny with taunts

9:37 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Manny Ramirez -- who on Tuesday admitted that he went to the showers after being removed for a defensive replacement in the ninth inning of the NLCS Game Four, and therefore missed his team's loss in the final inning --......

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 Tags  Casey Blake   Los Angeles Dodgers   Manny Ramirez   Philadelphia Phillies  

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Ozzie Guillen should add some spice to World Series

9:25 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, whose news conferences were always fun to watch with their frank, often profane criticisms of players, will be a pregame and postgame analyst for Fox for the World Series, which begins next week. Guillen......

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 Tags  Ozzie Guillen   World Series  

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Wakefield doing well after back surgery today

4:00 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (2)
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

Tim Wakefield is recovering well after undergoing surgery earlier today to repair on a herniated disk in his lower back, and he expects to be ready to pitch well ahead of spring training. The surgery was reportedly successful, and the......

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 Tags  Boston Red Sox   Dan Barbarisi   Tim Wakefield  

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Sox outfield prospect Daeges recovering well after surgery

3:41 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

Sox outfield prospect Zach Daeges is recovering well following ankle surgery to remove an extra bone in his foot last month, and expects that the problem that caused him to miss the entire season is behind him. "It's going good.......

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 Tags  Boston Red Sox   Dan Barbarisi   Mike Hazen   Pawtucket Red Sox   Zach Daeges  

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Cal Ripken losing big to Ravens cheerleader in Baltimore Sun celebrity poll

3:37 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Who's the biggest celebrity in Baltimore? Well, I don't know, but Orioles ironman Cal Ripken Jr. would certainly be a candidate. Ripken's fan base, however, is not playing a big part in the Baltimore Celebrity Smackdown. An online contest put......

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 Tags  Baltimore   Cal Ripken   Stacy Keibler  

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For now, Pedro won't talk about the Yankees

1:15 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Journal files / Bob Breidenbach Pedro Martinez is one win away from a return to the World Series -- this time with the Philadelphia Phillies -- and if the Phillies can close out the Dodgers tonight at Citizens Bank......

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 Tags  New York Yankees   Pedro Martinez   Philadelphia Phillies   Yankee Stadium  

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ESPN's Steve Phillips at center of 'Fatal Attraction' affair revelations

8:50 AM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

The New York Post today reports that Steve Phillips, the former New York Mets general manager who is now a baseball analyst for ESPN, had a sexual relationship with a 22-year-old production assistant who then allegedly made threatening and taunting......

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 Tags  ESPN   Steve Phillips  

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Manny Ramirez left Game Four early, missed his team's dramatic loss

7:43 AM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Manny Ramirez was not on the field in the ninth inning of Monday night's playoff game in Philadelphia, when the Dodgers lost a 4-3 lead on Jimmy Rollins' walk-off two-run double that brought Los Angeles to within one game of......

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 Tags  Los Angeles Dodgers   Manny Ramirez  

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MLB backs Mariano Rivera in 'spitball' controversy

2:25 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (3)
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Major League Baseball Commissioner's Office has reviewed a video from yesterday's Angels-Yankees game that showed Yankees closer Mariano Rivera spitting in the general direction of the baseball -- as well as still photography from the incident -- and determined......

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