Anthony Richardson from the British comedy group The Exploding Heads decided to take on the job of baseball sports commentator for a bit. The problem? Brits don't play baseball... like, at all...
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American baseball legend Manny Ramirez quit Taiwan's EDA Rhinos Wednesday, breaking local fans' hearts just three-months after joining the team despite being the highest paid player in the league's history.
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Fox News | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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While the Bruins and Red Sox continue to roll along, both the Patriots and Celtics have had pretty awful offseasons thus far. The latest is of course the two incidents around Aaron Hernandez, who appears to be in some pretty deep trouble, if you believe...
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Hunter Golden takes a look at some of the names that have found their way into trade rumors and how they might fit with the Red Sox.The post Getting a handle on the emerging trade market appeared first on Fire Brand of the American League....
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The Red Sox have announced (complete with picture) the signing of Trey Ball, the seventh overall pick in the 2013 MLB Draft. We learned earlier today that Ball had passed his physical, and was expected to sign a slightly under-slot deal with the team,...
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Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz, who has a strained trapezius muscle in his neck, was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 9.
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Someone better corner Manu Ginobili and talk him off the ledge.
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David Ortiz was supposed to be on his last leg. An Achilles injury that limited him to only 90 games in 2012 and related issues with his heels that kept him under wraps for most of spring training were supposed to be the telltale signs that the power-hitting...
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Though Red Sox manager John Farrell knows that Andrew Bailey needs to start pitching better, he is not ready to make a change in the vital role of closer.
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Red Sox first-round selection Trey Ball made his first of what he hopes are many visits to Fenway Park on Wednesday afternoon prior to the Red Sox game against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Red Sox selected Ball with the seventh overall pick in the 2013 Major...
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Ahh, the wonders of interleague play.Houston's move to the American League before the 2013 season had to be done. Before this season, teams from the American League West had a statistically better chance to make the playoffs than anyone else, while teams...
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After taking the nightcap of the Red Sox-Rays doubleheader off, Mike Napoli will bat fifth and play first base as Boston faces off against Jeremy Hellickson. Jonny Gomes will start his second game in a row against a right-hander. He was the hero of the...
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We check in with Red Sox skipper John Farrell for our weekly Sox update and get the latest on the injury to Clay Buchholz, and a whole lot more.[0:00:00] ... Well let's bring John Farrell and Red Sox manager who we know had an incredibly long day at...
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WEEI | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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For the second straight game, the Baltimore Orioles rode the home run ball to a win over the Detroit Tigers. Chris Davis and Taylor Teagarden both took Rick Porcello deep as part of a six run fourth inning, paving the way for a 11-3 blowout victory....
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Jose Alvarez makes his second big league start as the Tigers open a series against John Lackey and the Red Sox on Thursday at Comerica Park.
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It’s official. Trey Ball is a member of the Red Sox organization. The Red Sox announced Wednesday that they have signed Ball, whom they selected in the first round (seventh overall) of this year’s MLB draft. The 18-year-old left-handed pitcher was...
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The first four innings of Wednesday's game were a contest between Chris Tillman and Rick Porcello to see which pitcher with underwhelming stuff could survive the longest without giving up any runs. Porcello lost, as so many pitchers have lost, thanks...
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After belting a two run-walk off home run in the ninth on Tuesday, Jonny Gomes gets the start in left field as the Red Sox look to sweep the series from the rival Rays. Jose Iglesias, who went 1-for-3 in game two of Tuesday’s double header, remains...
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By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff A few pregame Red Sox notes: Â NESN's Jerry Remy says he will be back on Tuesday. Â Mike Carp is available as a pinch hitter. Â John Farrell said Jarrod Saltalamacchia feels fine after...
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Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays have lost 8 of 10 and are now 7 games behind the Red Sox. The last time the Rays were 8 games out of first place before the all-star break was 2007…Rays starting pitchers have only pitched 6 innings once in the last...
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After belting a two run-walk off home run in the ninth on Tuesday, Jonny Gomes gets the start in left field as the Red Sox look to sweep the series from the rival Rays. Jose Iglesias, who went 1-for-3 in game two of Tuesday’s double header, remains...
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5:12 p.m.: Jarrod Saltalamacchia is earning his paycheck. Salty caught both games of the doubleheader on Tuesday, and he’ll once again be in the starting lineup on Wednesday. Will Middlebrooks will be out of the lineup, as the left side of Boston’s...
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Red Sox television analyst Jerry Remy (left) will return to the broadcast booth Tuesday after illness sidelined the 60-year-old in late May.
Remy, who has broadcasted Red Sox games for NESN since 1988, has clearance from doctors to return...
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Good afternoon. Here are the lineups. RED SOX (44-29) Ellsbury CF Nava RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Saltalamacchia C Gomes LF Drew SS Iglesias 3B Pitching: RHP Ryan Dempster (4-7, 4.21). RAYS (36-34) Joyce LF Jennings CF Zobrist...
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The throwing session that everyone was waiting for finally happened yesterday, albeit a few hours later than expected. It ended with Clay Buchholz bumping fists with a bullpen catcher and jogging back to the Red Sox dugout.
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The Red Sox have signed their first-round draft pick, lefthander Trey Ball of New Castle, Ind. He was the seventh overall selection.
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According to multiple industry sources, the Red Sox’ deal with first-round pick Trey Ball is in the last stages before becoming official. The No. 7 overall pick in the 2013 draft is expected to sign today, with a media introduction to follow. UPDATE,...
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Say what you will about Jarrod Saltalamacchia' plate approach or skills behind the plate. There's no questioning his endurance. One day after playing catching 18 innings of baseball, Saltalamacchia is back behind the plate for nine more as the Red Sox...
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A Yankee-Dodger double-header. Who is going to kvetch more? Dodger fans have more reason to...
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Red Sox television analyst Jerry Remy, out since May 28 with illness, said he will return to the booth Tuesday.
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Trey Ball is going to have to change his Twitter profile.Even after being selected by the Red Sox with the seventh overall pick in the amateur draft two weeks ago, Ball's Twitter feed read, "Headed to the University of Texas #Hookem." But the Red Sox...
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In his weekly appearance on “Salk & Holley,” Red Sox manager John Farrell said Wednesday the target date for the return of righty Clay Buchholz is June 25th when the team returns home to face the Rockies. “We had planned [Tuesday] to have it...
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WEEI | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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The Royals allowed four runs Tuesday night. Fairly ordinary total, four runs. Not too few to score; not too many to allow. There were 16 games on Tuesday. In 13 of them, at least one team scored at least four runs. In two of them, both teams scored at...
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In his weekly appearance on “Salk & Holley,” Red Sox manager John Farrell said Wednesday the target date for the return of righty Clay Buchholz is June 25th when the team returns home to face the Rockies.read more...
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Let's get right to the trots! Your browser does not support iframes. Home Run of the Day: Jonny Gomes, Boston Red Sox - 24.36 seconds [video] It's taken long enough, but someone has finally revolutionized the walkoff celebration. No longer are we forced...
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Asked last night how his body would feel today after catching 18 innings of a day-night doubleheader, Jarrod Saltalamacchia smiled.But he may as well have winced."I don’t want to think about it yet," he said....
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The Red Sox announced Wednesday that they have signed left-hander Trey Ball, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft.
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You mean the people of Boston aren’t busy looking ahead to Boston College football right now? The sports fans in Boston have something better to keep them occupied? With the murder investigation linked to Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez, the Bruins leading...
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Tuesday was not a very good day for the New York Yankees, and for general manager Brian Cashman.First, they learned that first baseman Mark Teixeira—who missed the first two months of the season with a partially torn tendon sheath in his right wrist—would...
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Red Sox manager John Farrell said on Tuesday night that Andrew Bailey was his closer, even after the righthander blew his second save in three appearances. What else was he going to say right after a game?
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ESPN baseball columnist Buster Olney joined Mut & Merloni on Wednesday, following the Red Sox’ doubleheader sweep of the Rays on Tuesday. In Game 2, closer Andrew Bailey surrendered the tying run in the ninth inning before Jonny Gomes hit a two-run...
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Manny Ramirez has parted ways with the EDA Rhinos of the Chinese Professional Baseball League, the team confirmed Wednesday. There has been speculation that Ramirez might be preparing to join a team in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. A report...
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Manny Ramirez has parted ways with the EDA Rhinos of the Chinese Professional Baseball League, the team confirmed Wednesday. There has been speculation that Ramirez might be preparing to join a team in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. A report...
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The participation of Garin Cecchini in the High-A California -Carolina League All-Star Game might not have been noteworthy but for the fact that it may well have represented Cecchini’s last game as a representative of the High-A Salem Red Sox. Cecchini...
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Red Sox agreed to terms with first-round pick LHP Trey Ball.
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Felix Doubront did not have a good start to the 2013 season. The lefty starter struggled to begin the year, with both his velocity and mechanics far from where they needed to be in order for him to succeed. With prospect Allen Webster in Triple-A Pawtucket,...
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After four meek groundouts to second base May 20 in Chicago continued an early-season string of 0-for-4s, the Red Sox wondered when the real Jacoby Ellsbury would stand up.Four weeks later, it seems he finally has.The real Jacoby Ellsbury went 3-for-5...
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Alfredo Aceves has had a weird season, between his introduction to John Farrell, his World Baseball Classic beatdown at the hands of Canada*, his awful start to the year, a demotion to the minors, and then Aceves rattling off spot-start win after spot-start...
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