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Red Sox News & Notes - 11/8
SOX & Dawgs — ... to talk about Boras’ other clients he has with the Sox but presumably Alex Rodriguez was probably talked about a little. Also, the Red Sox are unsure about opening up the 2008 campaign in Japan. You can read about it in the links below. Red Sox victory should be about celebration - not sexual exploitation [Maine Campus] Paps and Kap at Spinners dinner [Boston Globe] It’s Japan or bust [Boston Herald] All quiet in Lowell talks [Boston Herald] For more headlines and stories, head over to the Boston ...

Lowell will need three years to stay in Beantown
MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports — ... . Talks will likely will go on for a few more days, with the urgency building up to midnight Monday, when teams can officially begin talking dollars and cents with Lowell. Source: Boston Herald Related: ...

Japan Opener Still Uncertain
The Joy of Sox — Will the Red Sox and Athletics open the 2008 season in Japan on March 24? Theo Epstein says the team has not yet reached a decision. "It's up in the air. ...[I]f you want to speculate enough you could say approval of our players is the primary factor ..." The Globe reports that according to "at least two prominent members" of the team, the players do not want to make the trip. (The A's want to go.) Negotiations with Mike Lowell continue. The Globe's Nick Cafardo has heard that the Sox are willing to go three years to keep the Doctor ...

Hot Stove Update
Center Field — The general manager meetings concluded today in Orlando, and Theo Epstein and the other GMs have departed town and headed home. Unfortunately, the meetings concluded without a deal for Mike Lowell in place (which was not too surprising, considering this report- but there are positive signs that negotiations are ...