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Report: Sox to help Twins open new field in Minnesota next April

7:20 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The Associated Press reports the Red Sox will play the Twins in the first game at Target Field in Minneapolis next April. Target Field is the open-air facility being built to replace the Metrodome. According to AP, the Sox and......

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 Tags  Boston Red Sox  

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Report: Sox in serious talks with coveted Cuban shortstop

5:28 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mark Divver    Email

Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman reports that the Red Sox are in serious discussions with Cuban shortstop whiz Jose Iglesias, 19, who defected last year. According to Heyman, Iglesias compares to Ozzie Smith defensively. "His hands and arm are deluxe,'' one......

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Red Sox Lineups

4:17 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

With Feliz Hernandez on the mound for Seattle, Terry Francona has shuffled his lineup slightly for tonight's game against the Mariners. He says wants to avoid a long stretch of right-handed hitters and that's put David Ortiz back in......

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 Tags  David Ortiz   JD Drew   Red Sox lineups  

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Red Sox erase 5-1, ninth-inning deficit, beat Orioles in 11

4:46 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BALTIMORE -- It wasn't as dramatic a comeback as the Orioles mounted against the Red Sox on Tuesday night at Camden Yards, but Boston pulled off its own in the series finale Wednesday afternoon. The Red Sox trailed by......

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 Tags  Jacoby Ellsbury   Jeff Bailey   Jonathan Papelbon   Kevin Youkilis   Rocco Baldelli  

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Red Sox sign Fuentes, their No. 1 draft choice

2:54 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BALTIMORE -- The Red Sox just announced they have signed their 2009 top draft choice, Reymond Fuentes. The 18-year-old outfielder from Puerto Rico has been assigned to the Gulf Coast Red Sox of the Rookie League. The 6-foot-1, 170-pounder hit......

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 Tags  draft pick   Red Sox   Reymond Fuentes  

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Lowrie returns to Boston to have his knee checked

2:50 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BALTIMORE -- Jed Lowrie returned to Boston Wednesday morning to meet with team physical therapist Scott Waugh. Lowrie, in Pawtucket on rehab assignment as he recuperates from wrist surgery, was hit by a pitch in the back of his left......

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 Tags  Jed Lowrie   Terry Francona  

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Red Sox at Orioles lineups

12:31 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BALTIMORE _ After Tuesday's meltdown at Camden Yards, the Red Sox players were smiling and joking around in the clubhouse Wednesday morning. The Orioles erased a 10-1 deficit and won 11-10. After the game the Sox players said they......

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 Tags  lineups   Orioles   Red Sox  

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What they are saying about Red Sox meltdown

9:36 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike Szostak    Email

Here's what some are saying about the Red Sox meltdown Tuesday night in Baltimore; Baltimore Sun blogger Peter Schmuck observed that the Orioles "were surprisingly subdued" after their record-setting rally and quoted Terry Francona: "We just had no answer......

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 Tags  Boston Red Sox  

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Bullpen implodes, Sox lose

1:21 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BALTIMORE -- The Red Sox played two completely different games against the Orioles Tuesday night. In the first, John Smoltz pitched exactly as the Sox hoped he would when they signed him and was backed by an unrelenting offense that......

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 Tags  bullpen   Jonathan Papelbon   Justin Masterson   Orioles   Red Sox   Terry francon  

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Smoltz solid in second outing

12:58 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BALTIMORE -- It was a bittersweet night for John Smoltz. The veteran right-hander made his second start for Boston Tuesday night at Camden Yards and was in the midst of a solid performance when the rains came in the top......

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 Tags  John Smoltz   Justin Masterson   Terry Francona  

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