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Starting Five: Firemen or Arsonists?

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.You Oughta Know ...That it's quite a luxury to have a dependable setup reliever with closing experience such as J.J. Putz or Carlos Marmol. Just ask the Royals or the Tigers or the Astros or the Red Sox.Kansas City's Kyle...

Fantasy Flings: American League East

From now until the regular season begins, Fantasy Flings is where you'll find interesting story lines about your favorite teams from Spring Training. If there is a position battle, a nagging injury, a comeback story or a youngster making a surge for the "big club" we'll let you know the fantasy implications.Boston Red...

Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit: Always Be Closing - Tiers in Relief

When drafting in fantasy baseball, I often find rankings are a lot less useful than using the tier system. Simply group guys together with others who will perform similarly, and you won't focus on single players. Being frazzled when that single player is taken immediately before your pick is a good way to ruin your draft....

The Dugout: More Of The Same

As former President Andrew Johnson reported earlier this week, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are not, in fact, the same team. I've never thought of them as an autonomous unit, but rather a set of bookends. Between them lies history, science, geography.. all of the important stuff, everything you need to know....

Hideki Okajima Runs Honolulu Marathon Against Red Sox Wishes

Most of the baseball world was in Las Vegas this week for the winter meetings, but not Hideki Okajima. The Red Sox reliever was in Hawaii so that he could run in the Honolulu Marathon. Okajima finished in just over six hours, almost four hours behind the winners, but a hearty congratulations from all of us to Okajima for...