the joy of sox

Miami New Times: A Miami Clinic Supplies Drugs to Sports' Biggest Names Open the neat spreadsheet and scroll past the listing of loc...

Alan Seigel, Boston Magazine : In journalism, it's worth noting, there's nothing more embarrassing than having a reporter from the ...

Four Red Sox players are slated to play in this spring's World Baseball Classic : Shane Victorino - USA Alfredo Aceves - USA M...

UPDATE : Pedro talks to the press ! *** Pedro Martinez has taken a job as a special assistant to General Manager Ben Cherington. Pedr...

GM Ben Cherington : I think a lot of our heavy lifting is done ... [W]e've added strength to a lot of different areas to the roster, a...

On January 22, 2003, the Red Sox signed former Twins designated hitter David Ortiz. Chris Jaffe (The Hardball Times) has a look at the si...

Earl Weaver (82) and Stan Musial (92) have died. This was staged, but it's pure Weaver - who hated wasting outs (naughty language g...

The Red Sox came to terms with seven arbitration-eligible players yesterday. 2013 Salary Jacoby Ellsbury 9,000,000 J...

Rob Bradford, WEEI : According to multiple major league sources, the Red Sox and Mike Napoli have reached an agreement on a one-year deal....

Sports Illustrated will be (or already is) is running an excerpt from Terry Francona's book Francona: The Red Sox Years (written with D...

Bryan Grosnick, Beyond the Box Score , January 9, 2013: When a player uses a substance banned by Major League Baseball, they immediately ge...

If I was in the market for a Red Sox shirt, I'd snap up a Francona jersey if I saw one. An neat observation: Tito wore #47 and he he...

Best wishes for a happy and peaceful new year!

The Atlanta Braves have changed their batting practice caps for next season, getting rid of the "A" and bringing back the "sc...

UPDATE, December 26 : Finalized deal: Joel Hanrahan and Brock Holt from the Pirates for Mark Melancon, Stolmy Pimentel, Ivan De Jesus, ...

Due January 22, 2013! *** Also: Gordon Edes reports that the Red Sox are "moving toward acquiring closer Joel Hanrahan from the Pi...

And best wishes for the new year from Tala and Diego!

We all assume the Red Sox will finish 2013 with a better record than they managed last season (69-93). They almost have to. But how much be...

The world will end tomorrow.

UPDATE! : Part 2 . *** A must-read, obviously. Rob Trump, The Classical: Fire Joe Morgan (2005-2008) has a cult reputation that can...