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So it looks like a couple of long, long-time teammates will be teammates at least a little longer still. The Red Sox didn't just pick up Tim Wakefield's option for 2010, (which would have been for $4 million), they turned it into a two year deal , giving him a first year at $3.5 and a second at $1.5 mil, plus incentives.á We needn't bid adieu toáBoston's elder statesman for a ...

After a World Series like this last one, we Red Sox fans take a lot of consoling. It's never been fun watching one's sworn enemies' jubilation.á Where, oh where, can a Boston loyalist turn for some trace of comfort? Try National Public Radio. I've just been listening to the latest podcast from Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, theáNPR weekly news quiz. It's always a fun listen,áfinding the humor inácurrent events, and makes ...

Last year, the seasonáended tragically, but I found solace in my brief tenure as a Phillies fan.á This year, I'm taking it to a new level.The Phillies helped me through a difficult recovery period in 2008; that world-shattering shock that followed Game Seven of the ALCS left me grieving, but the Philadelphia Phillies took this scarred and bitter fan and gave her a new reason to cheer. For that I ...

I'm still an optimist, you know.áá á True, for the second night running the Red Sox were held to just four hits. This time they did at least manage to get a run across. Ellsbury even had a two-hit game, the only man on the roster to pull that feat so far this series. á True, Beckett, like Lester, was good tonight, and yet not quite good enough for a win. But both of ...

First inning: Valbuena homers for Cleveland on the third pitch of the game, but the next three batters are knocked out in quick succession. Boston brings around three runs of its own for an early lead. Buchholz looks good. Second Inning: A ground out, a fly out, and a strike out, and Cleveland is out of the way again. Gonzalez homers, a solo shot, and itÆs 4-1, Boston. Buchholz looks good. Third ...

ItÆs mid-July.á I stand in a field, just beside the eucalyptus-lined road, and stare up at a night sky more star-filled than I could ever see in the states.á A little way in the distance, the surface of Lake Titicaca is shining with starlight, and the only signs of electricity I can see are pin-points across the water in Peru.á Here on the Bolivia side, the power has been knocked ...