the joy of sox

If David Wells is traded, it won't happen until after spring training begins. Theo Epstein has apparently told Padres GM Kevin Towers t...

I removed some no-longer-being-updated blogs from the lists on the right, and fixed the minor league team links. There are some new Red Sox ...

The Red Sox had their eyes on Coco Crisp for the last year and a half. Both Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer praised Crisp's on- and off-fi...

The Coco Crisp deal is official . Concern on Cleveland's part about Guillermo Mota's physical meant that Boston had to sweeten ...

Just pretend the last 85 days never happened. Theo Epstein has returned to his old job -- executive vice president and general manager -- w...

Jeff Horrigan, Herald : Over the weekend, the Red Sox and Cleveland Indians reached an agreement that would send 26-year-old outfielder Cris...

I was about to add a sentence to the top of the last post, noting that the Crisp deal has not been officially confirmed, when I read on SoSH...

Herald : According to baseball sources, the Red Sox and Cleveland Indians have agreed in principle on a deal that will bring outfielder Cris...

Dan Shaughnessy is writing crap about the return of Theo Epstein. The CHB ominously states, regarding the "embarrassing" turn of ...

Bronson : I agreed to this contract with strong advice from [my agents] not to sign it, simply for the reason that I want to play in this to...

Can he play center field? 2½ months later, Epstein rejoining Sox Unspecfied role for former GM By Chris Snow, Globe Staff Two-and-a-half mon...

Bronson Arroyo (who will be 29 this season) agreed Thursday to a three-year contract worth about $11.5 million, avoiding arbitration. The H...

Josh Beckett and Mark Loretta were in Boston on Friday . Beckett: I wasn't really thinking about [Fenway] too much. I was kind of tired...

The Red Sox signed the (probably) unstable but talented righthander Julian Tavarez to a two-year deal worth $6.7 million, after being unabl...

Since "Zenslinger" and I agree on quite a bit regarding The Manny Debate, I don't want this to sound like an attack, but near ...

Ramirez was in Miami and spoke to ESPNdeportes.com : There will be no trade, I'm staying in Boston, where I'm familiar with the syst...

When it was a straight Manny Ramirez for Miguel Tejada swap, with no contract restructuring, the trade made sense on many levels. I wouldn...

Bob Elliott , Toronto Sun, December 29, 2005: The Jays are better than the Red Sox and will win more games in 2006. Yes, I'm keeping a l...

The Manny Ramirez/Miguel Tejada trade rumours have returned in the last two days -- with a bizarre twist. Boston has tossed Matt Clement int...

For 5/60 . Good Lord. You'd think Texas would have learned its lesson with Chan Ho Park. Millwood's career ERA+ is 114 -- his last ...