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And with how many laptops and open browser windows?
OK, so Curt Schilling was just boasting he went to the gym, rather than signaling a return to pro ball. Red digs up some other tweets:
@TerryFrancona: "Had that dream again where Julian Tavarez, dressed as a pilgrim, chases me through the woods. Might be time to cut back on the pre-bedtime Bigelow."
At least Truck Day is Feb. 12. Read more
Daigo Fujiwara posts a translation of his interview with a Japanese magazine.
Peter Abraham reports everybody's favorite tightly wrappped Japanese pitcher is now admitting he injured himself before last spring's WBC - but refused to tell anybody on the Red Sox out of a sense of honor or something.
George analyzes a Red Sox defense with Beltre at third and Jacoby in left; likes what he sees.
Kat found herself wondering today how to explain to her fiance's four-year-old cousin that his favorite player, Jason Bay, isn't on the Red Sox anymore:
... Was I supposed to be the one to have the “free agency” talk with Favorite Four-Year-Old, or was this a talk that his father or grandfather needed to have with him? This was an important talk in the life of a young sports fan, and I felt that it needed to come from a close relative, and not just little ol’ me.
I looked around, trying to find Favorite Four-Year-Old's father. He was busy in another room eating. His grandfather was no where in my sightline either. Favorite Four-Year-Old didn't seem to sense the turmoil within me. ...
Red ponders Mike Lowell's thumb:
... My question is, how does something like this get uncovered by another team's medical staff? Did Scenic know his thumb was hurtin' but figured it to be no biggie--just a side effect of all those hours playing Halo? Did the Boston medical staff and/or Theo know Lowell was damaged goods, hence the willingness to pay most of his salary (hey, what do you want for 3 million bucks)? If there was prior knowledge of the tear, did Lowell or anyone else ever consider getting it fixed sooner rather than later so that he could be some kind of factor in 2010? Was this all part of some insidious front office plot to create the single most awkward spring training ever? ...
Pete Abraham tweets the Rangers don't want a guy who turns out to have a torn ligament in his right thumb.
Jimmy explains why Mike Cameron's acquisition is Boston's best move of the offseason.
ESPN reports a five-year deal similar to the one they didn't want to give Jason Bay.
Red: Josh Beckett no longer the Red Sox's angriest pitcher.
Beth says good bye:
I may crush a lot on pitchers, but somehow it's the third basemen that always break my heart. ...
So it's not enough the Sox are looking to hire back players they got rid of, now they're signing players with the same name as players they already have (oh, and you know who the Sox got when they traded Crisp? Yep, the first Ramon Ramirez).
The Daily Telegraph of Sydney, Australia, reports: Red Sox heading to Australia:
THE Boston Red Sox, one of the world's most famous baseball teams, are coming to Australia for a Major League game at our own field of dreams - the Sydney Cricket Ground - next year.
But WBZ-TV reports the Red Sox are saying, no, matey, they won't be tossing a shrimp on the barbie - the story just isn't true. Read more
Even on Glee (notice how the one guy who doesn't join in is wearing a pinstriped shirt).
Three words: ALCS, Game 7.
Sad, sorry, and irritable now that the Sox have been booted from the playoffs? There's a cure for the post-season elimination blues!
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