Red Sox Sign Bartolo Colon To A Minor League Deal

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Colon Signs Minor League Deal
Published 2/25/2008 by Sooze at Babes Love Baseball
... 2007 season was plagued by injury for the former Los Angeles Angels hurler, as he finished with a 6-8 record and 6.34 ERA, the crappiest mark of his 11-year career. However, he's still a two-time 20-game champ and 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner, boasting a career 146-95 record and 4.10 ERA. Get ready for a 4-way slugfest for the 5th spot in the rotation between Colon, Clay Buchholz, Julian Tavarez and Kyle Synder. [ESPN] | [SOX & Dawgs] | [Extra Bases] | [Over the Monster]

Colon gets minor-league deal with Red Sox
Published 2/25/2008 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... Reportedly, Bartolo Colon and the Red Sox have agreed on a minor-league deal. Odds are, Colon won’t return to his Cy Young form, but for a minor-league deal, the risk is definitely worth it. Worst case scenario for the Sox, Colon continues to show he can’t pitch anymore and never makes it to the big-league roster. Best-case scenario, however unlikely it may be: he becomes the ...

The Roundup: Quit Yelling, GET IN THE HOLE!, Folks
Published 2/25/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... when golf fans yell, ‘GET IN THE HOLE!’ (USA Today) Everyone still hates Duke, but hopefully, for the right reasons. (Big Duke Balls) Reaction to LZ Granderson’s column about getting gay-bashed in New Orleans. (MC Bias) Overlooked sports films. (OC Register) Surgery for Brad Lidge’s knee, meaning he’ll possibly miss the opener. (700 Level) Portly Bartolo Colon signs with the Red Sox. (Sox and Dawgs) After Derrick Rose was such a beast against Tennessee - it’s ...