Red Sox Select Miguel Gonzalez In Rule 5 Draft
soxanddawgs.com 12/12/2008 — For those of you who don’t understand what the Rule 5 Draft entails, I will use the explanation that I used in last year’s post. Included in the new CBA, which went into effect last October, was an alteration to the Rule 5, giving teams an extra year of protection to further ...

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 ...

The 10 most interesting Rule 5 draft picks, 1981-2007
hardballtimes.com 12/2/2008 — Joe the Plumber? Big deal. We've got not one but two Joe the Baptists, plus something wild, and, of course, the so-far-second-greatest Rule 5 pick ever. Order the Hardball Times Annual 2009 today !

Rule 21(d)
hardballtimes.com 12/9/2008 — You know, until I read this story , the historical weirdness of baseball -- the most anti-gambling of all of the major sports -- holding one of its biggest events in a casino hadn't occurred to me. Really, it was not that long ago when Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays -- Mantle and Mays! The two ...

Red Sox Sport New Look
joshqpublic.com 12/12/2008 — The Red Sox Thursday night unveiled new team logos, uniforms, and caps that will make their debut on the field at the start of the 2009 season.

Vegas Update: Rule 5 Draft
baseballamerica.com 12/11/2008 — LAS VEGAS—Usually, scouts, front-office types and media schmooze and meet informally in the lobbies and bars of hotels during the Winter Meetings. At the Bellagio, though, nothing is routine. Baseball officials are spread out throughout the ...

3 pitchers claimed in the Rule 5 draft
boston.com 12/13/2008 — In four days of talking and dealing at the winter meetings, the Red Sox had just one move to announce: the selection of three righthanded pitchers in the Rule 5 draft yesterday.

New Red Sox Logo to Feature More Hanging Sox
mlb.fanhouse.com 12/12/2008 — The Red Sox are unveiling a brand new logo. Well, kind of -- they're actually rolling back the clock to create a different look than most fans are used to. The problems is that new uniforms and new logos are always nice in principle, but can oftentimes fail miserably (hellloooooo, Minnesota ...

A Thank You From The Red Sox
soxanddawgs.com 10/22/2008 — The Red Sox say thanks.

Angels and Red Sox may have something to talk about | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times
latimesblogs.latimes.com 12/9/2008 — 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 ...

Putz goes to Mets in 3-team trade with Indians — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 12/11/2008
The New York Mets obtained J.J. Putz from Seattle on Wednesday night as part of a three-team, 12-player trade that gives them ...

Rangers get reliever from Red Sox, sign 2 pitchers — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 12/11/2008
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Texas Rangers acquired right-handed reliever Beau Vaughan from Boston on Thurs...

Rangers get reliever from Red Sox, sign 2 pitchers — Boston.com -- Baseball News 12/11/2008
The Texas Rangers acquired right-handed reliever Beau Vaughan from Boston on Thursday to complete a previous trade and signed pitchers Brian Gordon and Joe Torres to minor league contracts.

Prediction: Red Sox Will Nab Mark Teixeira — Bleacher Report - MLB 12/11/2008
ESPN is reporting that the Nationals have offered Mark Teixeira an eight-year, $160 million contract. At the same time, SI.com is reporting, “The Red Sox are one of the most aggressive pursuers of Teixeira, with several executives predicting ...

Business unfinished, but well on its way — Major League Baseball News 12/11/2008
Though Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein doesn't discuss his status with individual free agents, he discussed the market in a broad sense before leaving Vegas, confirming that he has made offers to three different free agents.