Year of the Sox

Discussing and dissecting the Boston Red Sox

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Entries Tagged as 'Spring Training'

Mikey just wants to get out there and hit

February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · 2004, Mike Lowell

Mikey, as we all know, is on the block. I caught an interview with him earlier today and it confirmed what we all know. He’s a great guy. “Eleven years ago I was diagnosed with cancer and that was the farthest thing from my mind,” Lowell said to Tom Caron and Peter Gammons on NESN [...]

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Get used to it

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Jason Varitek, Tito

It’s only spring training, right? But there’s a telling omission in tomorrow’s lineup. No Tek. We probably should get used to it. “We didn’t want to catch him back-to-back on the first two days,” Francona said today, as reported by Boston.com. Hmmm. If they want to hold him back this early, it does make you [...]

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Gotta Love Lester

February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Jackie Gleason, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett

Steve Buckely drives me up a wall most of the time, but he’s got a nice piece on Jon Lester. Then again, how could anyone write anything but a nice piece about him? This guy was steeled by a fight with cancer, so the fact that he’s now considered a veteran ballplayer is almost insignificant. [...]

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Red Sox Spring Break Live

February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Heidi Watney, Jackie Gleason, Jim Rice, Johnny Pesky, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, NESN, Red Sox, Spring Training, Tom Caron

Welcome to Year of the Sox. This is the first post. I’m sitting here on a quiet, sleepy Saturday morning and I’m finding myself watching the waning minutes of Breakfast with the Bruins (something I don’t make a habit of) while I wait for the start of Red Sox Spring Break Live. It’s been a [...]

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