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	<title>A motivated David Ortiz</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/a-motivated-david-ortiz/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/20/a_motivated_david_ortiz.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="A motivated David Ortiz" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;David Ortiz met with the media in the interview room at Fenway Park Thursday afternoon to talk about his upcoming Second Annual David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic, along with the event&amp;#8217;s auction, both of which will benefit the David Ortiz Children&amp;#8217;s Fund. (The charity provides&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 43 hours ago on fullcount.weei.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Reports: Giants not interested in Jason Bay, but the Angels are</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/reports-giants-not-interested-in-jason-bay-but-the/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/20/reports_giants_not_interested_in_jason_bay_but_the.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Reports: Giants not interested in Jason Bay, but the Angels are" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Where will the free agent Red Sox outfielder play in 2010?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dmothe30 posted 34 hours ago from blog.masslive.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jason_bay/"&gt;Jason Bay&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/san_francisco_giants/"&gt;San Francisco Giants&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/theo_epstein/"&gt;Theo Epstein&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Red Sox Links: Bay, Ortiz, Ellsbury</title>
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WEEI Full Count - Ortiz says Sox needed a 30 HR guy LAST year.


“I say that like a year ago and everybody looked at me like I was a (expletive) clown. I say, ‘We need another 30 home run hitting guy.’ ‘What, you crazy!’ [...]&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;raynergl posted 28 hours ago from bottomlinesox.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jacoby_ellsbury/"&gt;Jacoby Ellsbury&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jason_bay/"&gt;Jason Bay&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic Online Auction Features a Host of Once-in-a-Lifetime Experiences</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/david-ortiz-celebrity-golf-classic-online-auction/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/19/david_ortiz_celebrity_golf_classic_online_auction.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic Online Auction Features a Host of Once-in-a-Lifetime Experiences" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  
  Auction Will Benefit the David Ortiz Children’s Fund  
 BOSTON, MA  November 16, 2009 -  Can’t make it to Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic for the 2 nd Annual David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic this year?  You can still help David Ortiz raise funds for children in need by participating in&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;beisbolct posted 48 hours ago from soxanddawgs.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/fenway_park/"&gt;Fenway Park&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Ortiz says the Sox need more power</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;David Ortiz held a little get-together with the media this morning to discuss his upcoming charity golf event in the Dominican Republic. He has an impressive guest list that includes Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Lowell, newly married Clay Buchholz, Daniel... 
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
  
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	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>The 2009 Alternate Universe Carter-Batista Award: RE24 (and Sitch?)</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Following up an earlier post on &quot;overrated RBI guys,&quot; this posts looks more closely at situatoinal numbers to see if there might be something of a &quot;knack&quot; to driving runs in that is lost in non-contextual stats.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;devil_fingers posted 2 days ago from fangraphs.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/chase_utley/"&gt;Chase Utley&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/albert_pujols/"&gt;Albert Pujols&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jose_lopez/"&gt;Jose Lopez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/michael_cuddyer/"&gt;Michael Cuddyer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/cody_ross/"&gt;Cody Ross&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Francona on Lackey, Bay, Ortiz and more</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Terry Francona visited with the hosts of WEEI&#39;s &quot;Dale and Holley&quot; show this afternoon, taking questions from the hosts as well as calls and texts from listeners. Sounding refreshed and answering with some candor, here are a number of topics... 
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
  
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	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Happy Birthday Big Papi!</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/happy-birthday-big-papi/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/18/happy_birthday_big_papi.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Happy Birthday Big Papi!" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  
 David Ortiz turns 34 today. 
    
   
  
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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>David Ortiz charity event gets boost from Jonas Brothers, other celebrities</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/david-ortiz-charity-event-gets-boost-from-jonas/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/18/david_ortiz_charity_event_gets_boost_from_jonas.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="David Ortiz charity event gets boost from Jonas Brothers, other celebrities" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;David Ortiz has launched another charity event, and this time he&#39;s getting by with some help from his friends.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dmothe30 posted 3 days ago from blog.masslive.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>The 2009 Carter-Batista Award</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Which players&#39; offensive value was most distorted by RBI totals in 2009? There&#39;s only one way to find out: a junk stat.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;devil_fingers posted 3 days ago from fangraphs.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brandon_phillips/"&gt;Brandon Phillips&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jose_lopez/"&gt;Jose Lopez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tony_batista/"&gt;Tony Batista&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/chase_utley/"&gt;Chase Utley&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jorge_cantu/"&gt;Jorge Cantu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Good Stuff in Big Papi&#39;s Auction</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;  
 David Ortiz is holding an online auction as part of his Celebrity Golf Classic.  There are some interesting things for you to bid including a guitar signed by Big Papi, a football signed by Tom Brady, and a World Series Jersey signed by Mariano Rivera.  The most interesting item is a lesson&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;fenwaywest posted 4 days ago from fenwaywest.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/mariano_rivera/"&gt;Mariano Rivera&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tim_wakefield/"&gt;Tim Wakefield&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>MMA &quot;Youtube Roundup&quot; 11/16/09 - (UFC, Dana, Couture, Bisbing, Lesnar, Ortiz, Griffin)</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;MMA &quot;Youtube Roundup&quot; 11/16/09 - (UFC, Dana, Couture, Bisbing, Lesnar, Ortiz, Griffin)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kocosports.com posted 4 days ago from kocosports.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/combat/"&gt;MMA &amp; Boxing&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/combat/mma/"&gt;MMA&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/combat/ufc/"&gt;UFC&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/combat/brock_lesnar/"&gt;Brock Lesnar&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/combat/randy_couture/"&gt;Randy Couture&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/nba/blake_griffin/"&gt;Blake Griffin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Boston Red Sox Fantasy Report</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/boston-red-sox-fantasy-report/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/16/boston_red_sox_fantasy_report.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Boston Red Sox Fantasy Report" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Last offseason the Red Sox made a concerted effort to bolster their offense by signing Mark Teixeira . There were also several rumors of them attempting to trade for various offensive stars. They also seemed determined to upgrade their captain Jason Varitek with a younger, more offensively&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;bigjonempire posted 4 days ago from advancedfantasybaseball.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/fantasy_baseball/"&gt;Fantasy Baseball&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/clay_buchholz/"&gt;Clay Buchholz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jason_bay/"&gt;Jason Bay&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jonathan_papelbon/"&gt;Jonathan Papelbon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>2009 David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Hosted By: David Ortiz Children&#39;s Fund Events.org Online Auction Auction Categories: (select from the categories below to preview) Featured Items All Experiences Other Sports Memoribilia # - Title Value Bids Current Bid  Las Vegas Getaway Donated By: Palms Hotel &amp; Casino, JetBlue What&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog found this 4 days ago on events.org &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/mariano_rivera/"&gt;Mariano Rivera&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>MLB Update: The Curse of Big Papi, Yankees Free Agent Frenzy, and Joe Mauer&#39;s Future With The Twins</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/mlb-update-the-curse-of-big-papi-yankees-free-agent/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/mlb-update-the-curse-of-big-papi-yankees-free-agent/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/13/mlb_update_the_curse_of_big_papi_yankees_free_agen.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="MLB Update: The Curse of Big Papi, Yankees Free Agent Frenzy, and Joe Mauer&#39;s Future With The Twins" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   I&#39;m a guy who likes a challenge.&amp;nbsp; Overtime, extra innings, championship game; you name it and it gets the blood flowing.&amp;nbsp; Now I don&#39;t swing freely, I take on calculated bets.&amp;nbsp; I know when I step into the ring that odds are pretty good that I leave victorious.&amp;nbsp; In fact,&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MJColligan posted 7 days ago from sportsjudge.blogspot.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_yankees/"&gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/joe_mauer/"&gt;Joe Mauer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/minnesota_twins/"&gt;Minnesota Twins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/fantasy_baseball/"&gt;Fantasy Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Red Sox pick up 2010 option for Victor Martinez</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/red-sox-pick-up-2010-option-for-victor-martinez/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/red-sox-pick-up-2010-option-for-victor-martinez/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/09/red_sox_pick_up_2010_option_for_victor_martinez.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Red Sox pick up 2010 option for Victor Martinez" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  
 It&#39;s confirmed.
 
 V-Mart will be back in Boston for 2010. 
 
This is great news, since Martinez&#39; arrival on July 31st snapped David Ortiz out if his funk and sparked the offense for the entire second half. If the Sox can re-sign Bay, we&#39;ll have a nice looking heart of the order with Bay,&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;raynergl posted 11 days ago from bottomlinesox.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/victor_martinez/"&gt;Victor Martinez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jason_varitek/"&gt;Jason Varitek&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/adrian_gonzalez/"&gt;Adrian Gonzalez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
	
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		<category>Boston Red Sox</category>
	
		<category>Victor Martinez</category>
	
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	<title>Royals in the Caribbean: Puerto Rico League Primer</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/royals-in-the-caribbean-puerto-rico-league-primer/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/royals-in-the-caribbean-puerto-rico-league-primer/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/12/royals_in_the_caribbean_puerto_rico_league_primer.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Royals in the Caribbean: Puerto Rico League Primer" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Today the Puerto Rico Winter League kicks off.  In the spirit of consistency, here is a look at Royals&amp;#8217; players who are currently assigned to rosters.
Puerto Rico Winter League:

RHP-Mario Santiago (24) [Gigantes de Carolina]:  The Royals drafted Mario in the 16th round of the 2005 draft&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;fansided posted 8 days ago from kingsofkauffman.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/kansas_city_royals/"&gt;Kansas City Royals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/mike_aviles/"&gt;Mike Aviles&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/alex_rodriguez/"&gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Red Sox Hot On Matsui?</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/red-sox-hot-on-matsui/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/red-sox-hot-on-matsui/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/12/red_sox_hot_on_matsui.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Red Sox Hot On Matsui?" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  A story on Nikkansports.com and translated by NPB Tracker reported Wednesday that the Red Sox were preparing a multi-year offer for Hideki Matsui to be the team&#39;s regular left fielder.  I wouldn&#39;t mind this at all. Hideki would be an upgrade for Ortiz at DH and I trust him enough to play&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dueling couches posted 9 days ago from duelingcouches.blogspot.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/hideki_matsui/"&gt;Hideki Matsui&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Agent: Japan isn&amp;#39;t option for World Series MVP Hideki Matsui</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/agent-japan-isnt-option-for-world-series-mvp-hideki/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;CHICAGO - Hideki Matsui may or may not return to the Yankees next season, but according to his agent, the World Series MVP won&#39;t be heading back to his native Japan to play in 2010. Arn Tellem said his client will be playing in the majors next season one way or another. &quot;The goal right now is&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankee Universe found this 9 days ago on nydailynews.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/hideki_matsui/"&gt;Hideki Matsui&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_yankees/"&gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/arn_tellem/"&gt;Arn Tellem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>In Retrospect:  The 2002 Twins</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/in-retrospect-the-2002-twins/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/10/in_retrospect_the_2002_twins.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="In Retrospect:  The 2002 Twins" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; As I  promised 
(threatened?) earlier, I am planning to spend the offseason examining
notable Twins teams and former players.  First up, let&#39;s look at the
2002 Twins.  It was the first Twins team to make the playoffs since
1991, and the last Twins team to win a postseason series.  They
finished&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BillZe posted 10 days ago from myteamrivals.typepad.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/minnesota_twins/"&gt;Minnesota Twins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/joe_mays/"&gt;Joe Mays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/eddie_guardado/"&gt;Eddie Guardado&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/johan_santana/"&gt;Johan Santana&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brad_radke/"&gt;Brad Radke&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
	
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