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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....

Orioles Turn to Japan, Koji Uehara for Pitching

Baltimore entered the offseason with exactly one rotation spot filled, so to say it needs pitching help would be an understatement of epic proportions. The Orioles signed journeyman Mark Hendrickson last week. Now they've erased another of the question marks after Jeremy Guthrie by agreeing to two-year deal with Japanese...

Junichi Tazawa Reportedly Settles on Red Sox

As if you needed more proof that the Red Sox have become the dominant major league team in the Far East, Boston appears poised to acquire another Japanese pitcher in the wake of the successful transition of Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima to the United States.According to two Japanese news organizations -- Mainichi...

Junichi Tazawa Gets Another Big Offer, Expects to Decide Soon

On the heels of the news that Red Sox had offered Junichi Tazawa a $6 million deal, word coming out of Tokyo today says that Tazawa has received another "lucrative" offer, this time from the Texas Rangers, and that the 22-year-old expects to decide on a Major League team soon. It's also reported that he's leaning towards...

Red Sox Offer Junichi Tazawa $3 Million

There have been a lot of players to make the jump from Japan to the major leagues, but Junichi Tazawa is a special case. Unlike players like Ichiro Suzuki or Daisuke Matsuzaka who proved their worth by playing in Japan's professional ranks for years, Tazawa is a 22-year-old amateur who requested he not be drafted by any of...

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05/27/12 PawSox rally with 7 runs in the 8th Source: FOX - WNAC MyFOX Providence - Providence RI The Pawtucket Red Sox scored 7 runs on 7 hits in the bottom of the eighth inning to turn a 5-1 deficit into an 8-5 lead and, eventually a win at McCoy Stadium.
05/19/12 Matsui takes to field, faces Tazawa Source: The Japan Times Hideki Matsui took to the field for the first time this year on Friday, when he started in left field and also faced right-hander Junichi Tazawa.
05/03/12 Pawtucket Red Sox Live Blog: PawSox Rally Falls Short... Source: NESN The PawSox had plenty of chances on Thursday night, but in the end the offense just couldn't produce the runs.
05/02/12 Jose Iglesias joins Red Sox, Junichi Tazawa out Source: Telegram & Gazette - Worcester MA BOSTON Kevin Youkilis' back is not better, so the Red Sox recalled rookie Jose Iglesias from Pawtucket as insurance.
04/18/12 Ivan Rodriguez plans to retire Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA A person familiar with the planning tells the Associated Press that Ivan Rodriguez plans to announce his retirement Monday.