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Jason Varitek Re-Signs With Red Sox

Long-time Red Sox backstop Jason Varitek will once again be crouching behind the plate in Fenway Park this season, as he's finally re-upped with the only team he's ever known. Varitek had declined the Red Sox arbitration offer earlier this offseason, but he had seen very little interest from any other team. About a week...

Red Sox, Jason Varitek Still Talking

It's beginning to look more and more like Jason Varitek will be back with the Red Sox. Oh, don't get me wrong, there's been no actual progress in their continued negotiations, but the fact that they're still at the table suggests both sides are serious about making his return to Boston happen.Let's be frank: For all of his...

Red Sox Look to Arizona for Catcher

The Red Sox have been among the most active teams in free agency since the calendar turned to 2009, inking the likes of Takashi Saito, John Smoltz, Brad Penny, Rocco Baldelli and Mark Kotsay to deals in the new year. Those are good signings for an organization as deep as the Red Sox, but a major hole at catcher remains on...

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....

Red Sox Run Very Differently Than Yankees

It's easy to group the Red Sox and the Yankees together. Heck, during the Rays' amazing run last summer the two ancient rivals almost became one word. ('Can the upstart Rays really hold off the YankeesandRedSox?'). And the rush to mash them into one Northeast superpower makes sense, at least on the surface.Rabid fanbases...

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05/11/12 Albuquerque earns 3-2 win, hands Tacoma seventh... Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA John Ely had 11 strikeouts in seven innings and Josh Bard drove in the winning run as the Albuquerque Isotopes earned a 3-2 victory, sending the Tacoma Rainiers to their seventh consecutive loss Thursday night.
04/23/12 Triple-A roundup: Indy's Owens shines Source: Minor League Baseball In the International League, No. 13 prospect Rudy Owens continued his solid start to the year for Indianapolis, allowed two hits and striking out five over seven shutout frames in the Indians' 3-2 loss to Louisville.
04/16/12 Isotopes rally; Cowboys sweep Source: Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe NM A five-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted the Albuquerque Isotopes (4-7) to a 9-7 win over the Ohama Storm Chasers (8-3) on Sunday afternoon at Isotopes Park. Josh Fields tripled in a pair of runs to tie the game, then Josh Bard drove home Fields two batters later for what proved to be the game-winner.