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The Hardball Times:Why Jason Bay makes the Red Sox a better team
hardballtimes.com - 8/5/2008
The Hardball Times:Why Jason Bay makes the Red Sox a better team
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Jason Bay has already made some big plays for the Sox. Alex explains why he isn't surprised.

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  • MBrannon MBrannon
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    Nice article.

    Phillips, as is the case for most of the BBTN talking heads, is an idiot.

    Posted 8/5/2008 respond (flag)
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Baseball Today: Tuesday, August 5
Projo Sox Blog — ... THE NEVER-ENDING STORY: More -- and more and more and more -- on the Manny Ramirez trade, and now sentiment is beginning to swing a bit in the Red Sox' favor; The Hardball Times, for instance, says they may have gotten the best player in the deal in Jason Bay. In a three-person roundtable discussion on the blog Statistically Speaking, the Sox ...

Daily Links - 8/5/08
Watching the Game — ... This article argues that the Red Sox are better with Jason Bay than Manny Ramirez (and it also includes some nice scouting video of Bay's swing). This is an argument that resonates with me. I've always liked Jason Bay and I tend to think that playing in Feway and in a big media market like Boston, will make him a super star. Also, the Hardball Times ...

G114: Red Sox at Royals, 8 PM
The Joy of Sox — ... group of baseball fans that were kind of outcasts, or ignored, or everyone said they were crazy. The truth is coming out that they have some interesting things to say. If I can bridge that gap a little bit, I'm happy to do that."SI's Jon Heyman has an article examining the apparent nuts and bolts of last week's trade. (Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette also has a few nuggets. Alex Eisenberg (who runs Baseball Intellect) has an article at The Hardball Times: "Why Jason Bay Makes The Red Sox A Better Team". Scoreboard ...

Hardball Times: Jason Bay vs. Manny Ramirez
The Disabled List Informer — Hardball Times: Jason Bay vs. Manny Ramirez Alex Eisenberg from The Hardball Times breaks down the production of Jason Bay versus that of Manny Ramirez , and also examines the differences between Bay’s hitting mechanics in 2007 vs. 2008. Looks to me like his knee pain had some part in his down year in ‘07. This was written by Fantasy Sports PT . Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at 8:13 pm . Filed under ...

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