What are the Red Sox doing in Japan anyway?

 
The Red Sox managed to get some male bonding in, the fans in Florida finally got a game, and Bud Selig got two baseball teams on planes to Japan. Everyone won in Wednesday's... [link]

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The Boston Red Sox are threatening to boycott their season-opening games in Japan unless their coaches and other staff are paid for making the trip. Mike Lowell has told The Boston Globe the team voted unanimously not to take the field for their final ...
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No go: Red Sox send Colon to minor league camp

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Steve Forbes Goes After Mitchell, Bud & Fehr

Via Steve Forbes from the magazine with his name: Two years ago, to mollify critics, Selig contracted former Senator George Mitchell to conduct an investigation. Mitchell is a director of the Boston Red Sox, so it came as no surprise that his report named twice as many Yankees as Red Sox players. His list of suspected players was acknowledged to be woefully incomplete. Moreover, ...
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