latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/9/2008
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LAS VEGAS -- One team that is expected to engage the Angels in trade talks this week is the Boston Red Sox, who are looking for a potential replacement for veteran catcher Jason Varitek (a free agent who declined arbitration) and are in interested in both of the Angels' young catchers, Mike ...
Boston Red Sox Winter Meetings Update - Day 4
soxanddawgs.com 12/12/2008 — With the Rule 5 Draft having ended, the 2008 Baseball Winter Meetings in Las Vegas are over. As we know, the Red Sox selected Miguel Gonzalez from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the MLB phase and Miguel Marquez from the Seattle Mariners in the Triple-A phase. Last night, Scott Boras ...
Boston Red Sox Winter Meetings Update - Day 1
soxanddawgs.com 12/9/2008 — Day 1 of the Baseball Winter Meetings in Las Vegas is just about over and of course as you would expect, there’s some news that involves the Boston Red Sox. As I thought yesterday with the trade of Gerald Laird to the Detroit Tigers from the Texas Rangers, the rest of the Rangers
Report: Angels Drop Out of Teixeira Sweepstakes
soxanddawgs.com 12/22/2008 — According to Tim Brown, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have dropped out of the bidding for Mark Teixeira leaving just the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals and New York Yankees vying for his services. The Los Angeles Angels on Sunday ...
Boston Red Sox Winter Meetings Update - Day 2
soxanddawgs.com 12/10/2008 — While the night is young in Las Vegas, midnight is almost upon here on the east coast. This means it’s time to recap the happenings and rumors of the Boston Red Sox. I think I’ll just let Red Sox GM Theo Epstein recap it for us. “I actually think I have less to tell you ...
Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 11/26
soxanddawgs.com 11/26/2008 — When the Boston Red Sox announced their 2009 spring training schedule yesterday, they also announced the dates for pitchers and catchers to report along with the full squad. Pitchers and catchers will report on February 12th, 2009 and they will hold their first workout on Valentine’s ..
Shoulda stuck with “California” in the first place
hardballtimes.com 12/10/2008 — We've all made jokes about the Angels' name, but I didn't realize that someone was suing over it :
The legal fight over the Angels' name went into overtime on Tuesday, when a state appellate court said it would delay a scheduled ruling for as long as three weeks . . .
. . . By playing as ...
Angels back in the game with K-Rod?
hotstove.mlblogs.com 12/6/2008 — All along, it has been the Mets and then everyone else with respect to Francisco Rodriguez, the big prize in a crowded market of closers. And all along, Mets GM Omar Minaya has been coy about how long he'll go...
Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 11/20
soxanddawgs.com 11/20/2008 —
The big news for the Boston Red Sox yesterday was not the signing of a free agent such as Jason Varitek or A.J. Burnett but rather the trade of center fielder Covelli “Coco” Crisp .
In an effort to shore up their bullpen for the 2009 ...
Boston Red Sox Meets with CC Sabathia —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/9/2008
(Zell's Pinstripe Blog)
The Red Sox have responded to the Yankees by meeting with CC as well. I don’t know exactly what they are up to, but many doubt that they are serious about landing him.
Red Sox Meet with Sabathia
It did not ...
Nats Mulling an Offer to Slugger Teixeira —
Wash Post MLB 12/9/2008
On the opening day of baseball's winter meetings, Nationals GM Jim Bowden says the team is involved in discussions with "three to five" top free agents, of which Mark Teixeira is almost certainly the No. 1 target.
