Not long after reportedly inquiring on San Diego Padres' starting pitcher Jake Peavy, reports have come up claiming that the Yankees are also interested in Padres' first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Although a trade that would bring Gonzalez to New York would likely be a "Plan B" to signing Mark   more...
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In anticipation of the League Championship Series, InGameNow will take a close look at each team still alive in the playoffs and tell you why they're going to move on to the World Series...or why they're heading home early.Follow the link to see what we think of the cinderella Tampa Bay Rays, and   more...
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After a poor September and 76 pitches in three games, are the Red Sox overusing Johnathan Papelbon and hurting their chances for the rest of their series vs the Angels?
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I'm becoming less and less enthused with the two leading free agent candidates for our current whole in the closers role. I keep hearing stories about how much the Angels over used K-Rod and that his velocity is down. Couple that with his violent delivery, clubhouse demeanor, the length of contract   more...
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Attention John Lackey:Stop whining (read full rant below). The Red Sox beat you for the 12th time in 13 playoff games. They own you. You're not better than them if you don't beat them and the Sox beat you without Mike Lowell and with Josh Beckett clearly not being right.The Red Sox aren't   more...
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As you all know, the Yankees are looking to boost their club using sources outside of their system. Meaning that Brian Cashman and the Yankees are expected to be extremely this winter. Part two of Decisions, Decisions will focus on free agent starting pitchers.Starting PitchersCC Sabathia- CC has   more...
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According to the Boston Globe, Japanese manager Bobby Valentine has sent emails to several Front Office executives hoping to land a managerial job. He has his sights set on the Brewers and Mariners jobs, but would likely take a bench coach job knowing he was in line for the job in a year or so. It   more...
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ALCSIn today’s matinee, the Red Sox will host the Rays at 96 year old Fenway Park in game 3 of their ALCS showdown. The series is tied at 1 game a piece going into these 3 games in Boston. The Rays need to win only 1 game in order to bring this series back to Tampa Bay and Tropicana   more...
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The next segment in the "Decisions, Decisions" series will take a look at free agent infielders. Although many believe that the only need is at first base, certain circumstances may arise that would cause the Yankees to need more than this. These circumstances will be explained before each infield   more...
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Brad Lidge, perfect in 41 save opportunities this season, was not named as a finalist for the 2008 Pepsi Clutch Performer award. What???
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Jon Lester will look to save the Sox from traveling west tonight... he's 11-1 at Fenway.
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Nobody said this was going to be easy. The Angels beat the Red Sox 5-4 last night in 12 innings to break an 0 - 11 playoff losing streak, It took a big offensive effort from catcher Mike Napoli (3 - 5 with two home runs, 3 runs scored, 3 RBI)
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Josh Beckett (12-10, 4.03 ERA )Terry Francona made it official today; Josh Beckett is the Game 3 starter."He's pitching," manager Terry Francona said before the Red Sox [team stats]' 7-5 win over the Angels in Game 2 last night. "I think we kind of needed to go about it the way we did.   more...
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This is the final interview for now.I had a couple of questions regarding the offseason and 2009, so I set out to find answers. Thankfully, Peter Abraham is a great guy and didn't mind giving me a quick Q & A session. Here's what I got:Q: Who will be the biggest free agent to be donning the   more...
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Sox 7, Angeles 5 Boston leads series, 2-0WP:Papelbon (1-0) LP: Rodriguez (0-1) SV: NoneHRs: BOS-Bay (2), Drew (1); LAA-NoneSummary:J.D. Drew hit a tie-breaking two-run homer off saves king Frankie Rodriguez with one out in the ninth inning, and the Red Sox won their 11th straight postseason   more...
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