bugsandcranks.com - 1/13/2009
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Top Red Sox scientists are working feverishly to have a time machine ready for Spring Training, with a budget of the $180 million the Red Sox saved when Mark Teixeira went to the Yankees. The Sox hope to use their time machine to bring their new pitchers back to the time when other teams wanted ...
sports.espn.go.com - 1/13/2009
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sports.espn.go.com —
John Smoltz said Monday night that he will
be a starter once he is ready to pitch
for the Boston Red Sox after missing most of last season following major shoulder surgery.
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Smoltz plans to join Sox rotation
bostonherald.com - 1/11/2009
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bostonherald.com —
W riting about the Red Sox [ team
stats ] and Mark Teixeira seems so old. Eventually,
we all are going to have to move on. But even as the Red Sox do their best to forget the loss of the marquee free agent to the Yankees and get on with their lives, ...
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Mark Teixeira saga sours Red Sox on Scott Boras
boston.com - 1/13/2009
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boston.com —
John Smoltz had not held up a new
jersey and slapped on a new cap for 23
years, since he was an 18-year old draft choice of his hometown Detroit Tigers. He spent 22 years with one team, the...
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Smoltz introduced
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time machine, red sox.jpg Theo Epstein and the Red Sox have taken a unique approach to building the 2009 squad this offseason. Rather than handing out hundreds of thousands of dollars to the top free agents on the market, the Red Sox have chosen to sign a number of previously injured players with a history of success in the hopes that they will bounce back and contribute in 2009. It was a curious philosophy at first, but Bugs & Cranks found out that the Red Sox had one more trick up their sleeves: a time machine. "We're optimistic about how Brad Penny and John Smoltz will ...
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bottomlinesox.com 2/10/2009 — The Bottom Line polled Red Sox bloggers from across the Nation and asked them five questions about the upcoming season. You can find all the answers here.
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