mlb.mlb.com - 1/9/2009
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BOSTON -- Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein continued his busy week by filling the backup first-baseman's job with a familiar face. The club has agreed to terms with Mark Kotsay on a one-year deal. Kotsay was acquired by the Red Sox on Aug. 27 in a waiver deal with the Atlanta Braves, and ...
msn.foxsports.com - 1/10/2009
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msn.foxsports.com —
The Red Sox, taking another low-risk, high-reward gamble,
have signed free-agent reliever Takashi Saito to a one-year...
contract with a club option for 2010 according to major-league sources.
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Red Sox sign free-agent reliever Saito
bostonherald.com - 1/9/2009
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bostonherald.com —
A fter adding one role player yesterday by
signing outfielder Rocco Baldelli to a one-year, $500,000 deal...
with incentives, the Red Sox [ team stats ] are poised to add another soon. Mark Kotsay, whom the Sox obtained from Atlanta last August, has ...
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Mark Kotsay set to re-sign
boston.redsox.mlb.com - 1/10/2009
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boston.redsox.mlb.com —
The Red Sox continue to stay busy this
offseason. On Saturday, they officially announced they have signed...
reliever Takashi Saito to a one-year contract with a club option for 2010. Saito is the fourth player Boston has signed this week, joining ...
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Busy Red Sox add reliever Saito | redsox.com: News
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Red Sox sign Mark Kotsay
Over the Monster —
... Everybody wanted him back, so guess what? He's back! The Red Sox signed Mark Kotsay to presumably be a backup first baseman and 4th/5th outfielder: ...
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Empyreal Environs —
... Lastly, Mark Kotsay has a return engagement at a $1.5M price tag. Say, say, say what you want, but don’t play games with my affection. Take, take, take what you need, but don’t leave me with no direction. ...
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