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This is nothing new to Red Sox fans. Ever since fan favorite Nomar Garciaparra was traded away in 2004 on the final day of the trading deadline, the shortstop position has been a revolving door. Here is a list of players (in alphabetical order) who appeared in at least one game at shortstop since 2004: 1. Orlando Cabrera2. Royce Clayton3. Alex Cora4. Cesar Crespo5. Nomar Garciaparraá6. Alex Gonzalez7. Nick Green8. Ricky Gutierrez9. Jed ...

Roy Halladay in pinstripes? This could very well be a possibility, but the question is, why? Why do the reigning World Series Champions need to add another ace toátheir already proven and capable starting rotation? Sports Illustrated'sáJon Heyman tweeted áthat the Yankees planáon inquiring about Halladay. New Yorkáwonáwithout former aceáChien-Ming Wang, who only pitched 12 games and compiled a 1-6 record and 9.64 earned run average. Pretty much everyone in New York forgot ...

Pitching wasn't exactly an issue last season for the Boston Red Sox, but as shown in years past, there's no such thing as having too much of it. There's noáguaranteeáthat a starter will be healthy asáDaisuke Matsuzaka went on the 60-day disabled list in June after being on the 15-day DL in April and didn't return to the mound and to his true form until September.á John Lackey leads the class of ...

Well its officially that time again. The time of, "who should the Red Sox sign, re-sign, drop, and trade for" time. There are, indeed, a lot of questions.á Here's a quick breakdown: The obvious Jason Bay and Jason Varitek The not as obvious Alex Gonzalez and Rocco Baldelli In question Mike Lowell and David Ortiz This was the 2009 starting lineup for the most part: 1. Jacoby Ellsbury CF 2. Dustin Pedroia 2B 3. Victor Martinez C/1B /Kevin Youkilis 1B/3B 4. ...

Discovered this evening, the boston.com sports page has a new fresh look. The page is full of color and graphic logos of all of the main Boston sports teams in the top navigation bar, which gives easier access to your favorite sports team pages. To find your favorite blog, click on the "More" button and a drop down menu will come up listing all of them along with the Globe columnists, and ...

In November of 2002, no one knew who Theo Epstein was. He was this 28-year-old kid who madeáhistoryábecoming the youngest to serve as a Major League Baseball General Manager, hired by the Boston Red Sox. He had the baby face going on and his full head of light brown hair. He was ready to prove all of his critics wrong. He accomplished that in 2004 and then again in 2007 by ...

It's not what they were hoping for, but the Boston Red Sox find themselves down two games to none against the American League West Champions, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, in the American League Division Series. The Angels have outscored their opponent 9-1 in the series, as the Sox bats have been in MIA mode. Jacoby Ellsbury is the only member to score after he hit a triple, and was ...

God we hope not. I tweeted that right after the Red Sox lost 4-1 to the Angels, putting them down 0-2 in the American League Division Series.á The Red Sox Nation loves and respects NESN play-by-play announcer Don Orsillo, but was this really the worst mistake ever having him announce the Red Sox-Angels series on TBS instead of the Yankees-Twins or one of the National League series?á It has to kill him being ...

Today, Ian Bethune relaunched the very popular SOX & Dawgs . He wrote a post entitled "The Return" explaining the temporary shutdown of the site and also some changes that will occur: "I donÆt expect to change too much in the Red Sox coverage other than I probably wonÆt be doing full game recaps. Although I really hadnÆt done a full one in a while, I was doing brief almost AP-like recaps. I ...

Ian Bethune, founder and blogger of SOX & Dawgs announced today on his Twitter page that he will be bringing back his website that he abruptly shut down onáSept. 18. He said that it would only cover the Boston Red Sox and UConn Huskies and he'd be dropping the New England Patriots and Boston Celtics. It is not known at this time when the site will be officially back up and running. "I ...