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Twitter is known for having fake accounts for athletes and famous movie stars and singers. But now it's reached a new level particular to people who honestly have nothing better else to do. There was a fake Twitter account for former Boston Globe sports columnist and Around the Horn panelist Jackie MacMullan. I was one of those roughly 500-plus followers who was duped into following the account thinking it was the real ...

Is this really for real? John Lackey? Mike Cameron? Marco Scutaro? Adrian Beltre? It's almost a dream for Boston Red Sox fans, and if Adrian Gonzalez was in the picture, we'd be on Cloud Nine. Theo Epstein responded well after the New York Yankees won their 27th World Championship, and instead of nickel and diming álike last offseason, he signed big-gun Lackey and bolstered the defensive unit in Cameron, Beltre, and Scutaro. The Red Sox want to ...

There's something cooking in New York and no, it's not the Mets. Melky Cabrera got shipped away to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for Javier Vazquez and he'll have his second stint in pinstripes. With Curtis Granderson as one of the newest outfielders for the Yankees this doesn't seem surprising, but with Hideki Matsui off to California (even though he served as a designated hitter in 2009) and Johnny Damon more than ...

The Mike Lowell to Texas trade is officially off reported by Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe . Lowell needs to have surgery due to a torn ligament in his right thumb. He'll have that surgery later this month. The original deal was sending Lowell, along with $9 million of his remaining $12 salary, for the 2010 season to Texas in exchange for catcher Max Ramirez.á Maybe this trade not going through isn't ...

Mike Lowell, who was the 2007 World Series MVP, isáreportedlyábeing dealt over to the Texas Rangers along with $9 million of his remaining salary for catcher/first baseman Max Ramirez. FOXSports.com first broke the news late Wednesday night about the trade. However, Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston reported that the deal isn't done yet after he contacted Rangers GM John Daniels. Ramirez, 25, has only played in 17 Major League games, all in ...

With the MLB trade rumors in full force, I've been taking a break from the college newspaper reporting scene, but have concocted a masterful idea. In January 2010, Batter Up With Bruno will list the Top 20 college newspaper sites in the country. The list willásolelyáfocus on the papers' sites, not the actual newspapers. With the changing journalism industry, it's only fair. The rankings will be based on five categories: 1. Overall design and ...

Apparently the Boston Red Sox management is in complete panic mode. Last night there was quite a stir in New England when the name 'Dustin Pedroia' and the word 'shortstop' were all mentioned in the same sentence. With the shortstop position in complete crisis mode, one "solution" is possibly moving the current and Gold Glove winning second baseman to his old position in while playing for Arizona State in college. Is this really ...

If you haven't heard, Alex Gonzalez signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. Happy Thanksgiving Red Sox Nation. What does this mean? Well first off, it means Gonzalez will not be back in a Red Sox uniform. It also means there is currently no everyday proven shortstop on the roster. There's been talk of acquiring Marco Scutaro from the Jays. Wouldn't it be something if the two teams just switches shortstops? Scutaro hit ...

It's all over the Internet: the Boston Red Sox are making a huge push for Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay. Last July was only the beginning of the trade talks that could land him in either a Boston or New York Yankees uniform. Toronto knows that Halladay doesn't want to return after his contract is up in 2010, so why not get some value from him? The New York Daily News is ...