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Farewell, Coco Crisp.
via soxblog.projo.com Yeah, I'm going to miss Coco Crisp. At times, it wasn't easy. Coco was brought in to replace Johnny Damon, a fan-favorite player who, in Boston, covered a lot of ground defensively and was a pretty solid offensive threat every season here. It'd be untrue to say that Coco...
Red Sox's first full workout
No more messing around. It's go time. The Sox have their first full workout today. The Globe reports it's "quiet" right now because everyone is in meetings before getting out onto the field. A few hitters -- including David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia and Jason Bay -- were in the batting cages to start...
Top 10 of '08: Honorable Mentions
UPDATE: Poll attached! Coco "Neo" Crisp dodging Shields' fist of furry. This is an honorable mention in OTM's top 10 Red Sox moments of the year. (via d.yimg.com) While the hot stove continues to sizzle, we here at Over The Monster are going to start our second annual top 10 Red Sox moments of...
Sunday Rockpile: Blurg
Once again, what I wanted to write and post by this morning is turning out to be a much more in depth project than I initially thought, so expect a post about what to expect from our left-handed starters in 2009 later tonight or early tomorrow, but for a preliminary discussion on the topic in the...
Random Red Sox (and other) thoughts before Game 3
What you got to say, Randy? I'm listenin'. (via d.yimg.com) With three hours until game time, I don't have one cohesive thing to say -- just a lot of little random things. Stick with me for a moment: Thank god the series has shifted to Boston. Not just because Fenway Park is the greatest...
Drew's HR beats K-Rod, Angels, 7-5
K-Rod after JD Drew's home run in the ninth inning. (via d.yimg.com) Youk reacts after his great ninth inning catch. (via d.yimg.com) Paps being Paps. (via d.yimg.com) Games like this seperate the champions from everyone else. After the Red Sox took a 4-0 lead in the first inning, the Angels...
Got Momemtum?
A funny thing happened after the Red Sox traded Manny Ramirez: they started to win. Since Jason Bay came over on August 1st, the Sox have gone 20-9. Offense has been the key factor here: our pitching has allowed 124 runs (for a 4.18 ERA), but has received 191 runs in support. That's an average of...
Kotsay to Sox, says Edes
Gordon Edes, now of Yahoo!, wrote tonight the Mark Kotsay to the Red Sox deal is complete ... but it hasn't been confirmed: The Boston Red Sox acquired outfielder Mark Kotsay from the Atlanta BravesT on Tuesday night pending a physical, according to a baseball source with knowledge of the deal....
Sox to trade for Brian Giles?
via www.fbltalk.com The Red Sox put in a claim for Brian Giles, meaning they could trade for the Padres slugger within the next few days: The Red Sox claimed Padres outfielder Brian Giles off waivers from the Padres yesterday in an effort to bolster their lineup down the stretch, according to a...
Sox sweep A's, 5-2
Jason Bay slides home on one of Coco Crisp's sacrifice flies. (via d.yimg.com) Hey, what do you know? This actually looks like a ballcub. The Sox completed a three-game sweep of the A's with an easy 5-2 victory Sunday afternoon. Daisuke Matsuzaka earned his 12th win of the season after working...
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