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Is it possible for Jonathan Papelbon to be pissed off? WMYM isn't sure. Even when he tosses darts at the Red Sox front office, they seem to be tipped with honey from his "aww, shucks, that's the way it is"...
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Well, that's what WMYM gets for predicting the first undefeated baseball season in modern history.After building a 2-0 lead in the annual series of Red Sox-Twins matchups that comprise the Mayor's Cup, Boston was thoroughly trounced Sunday in a game...
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Let's not beat around the bush here, eh? Japanese pitchers are incredibly frustrating to gauge in Spring Training. For the second straight year, Daisuke Matsuzaka - that beautiful photo of the Gun from the Rising Sun below comes courtesy Reuters...
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Sure, they were only college kids, but how do you complain about 24-0 and, well, it's 15-0 in the bottom of the sixth right now, so we're betting the Northeastern Huskies just aren't coming back. While, understandably, it's hard to...
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Finally! While the start of Spring Training is an exciting yearly pastime, a reassurance that winter is ending soon perhaps, things don't really count until pitchers start tossing off a mound. Thankfully, we're finally there. Masterson: Gets early Spring Training...
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If you ever needed proof that the press needs time to warm up to midseason form, today's breaking Red Sox news should serve plenty of notice. The Globe's Extra Bases has exactly one entry, and that's a one-graph blip about...
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Not the Sox. That was apparent today, when positional players arrived and started the following dominoes on their falling path: 1) Coco Crisp would rather be traded than sit on the bench2) Manny not only wouldn't be late, he wouldn't...
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Well, we shouldn't have expected him to keep quiet. After all, he's Curt Schilling.Isn't that the way it seemed, after Schilling opened his mouth and chalked the medical debate over his injured shoulder up to "a conflict of medical egos"...
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That's right folks, the 2008 season is off and running. Of course, there's more running than pitching going on right now, but that counts as working out, which means that all 21 pitchers and non-roster invitees were in action today. Of...
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When another writer hits on a fabulous and unexplored tangent that's right in front of everyone, sometimes you just have to top your hat to them.There should be a lot of tipped hats in the direction of Tommy Craggs, who...
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