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riday the 13th was not a good day for Fantasy baseball owners. The evastating news — especially in AL-only leagues — broke that Jacoby Ellsbury will be lost to the Red Sox for a minimum of 6-to-8 weeks with a subluxed right shoulder, suffered in a collision at second base with Reid Brignac of the Rays.
On the west coast the news wasn’t any better on this cursed day. An MRI on Brian Wilson’s ailing right elbow revealed structural damage and a trip to visit Dr. Andrews is in the offing. This clearly isn’t a shock as Wilson has had elbow problems since the later part of 2011, but nonetheless this could create a rather large void in the Giants pen. Replacing both Ellsbury and Wilson...
It was just a matter of time before Adam Jones picked up his 30th homer of the season. Jones hit a full-count slider over the left field wall in the 11th inning on Wednesday to give the Orioles a 3-1 victory and their first sweep... more »
To do something historic, you need a few little miracles. This certainly qualified. Ryan Howard taking Josh Edgin deep is at least a small miracle, if not even some class of sorcery. Edgin, who had dominated left-handed hitters ... more »
Baseball and the Red Sox have occupied a meaningful place in my life for about as long as I can remember, and it's out of tradition and habit that a season's pending end comes with a tinge of melancholy. No matter whether the... more »
During a simulated tour of the American League East, Andy Pettitte pitched in empty stadiums in St. Petersburg, Fla., Baltimore and Boston, all the while aching to be part of a real game in a stadium packed with boisterous... more »
Once this season ends, the Red Sox need to make a quick decision on whether to keep or fire Bobby Valentine, and if the answer is that he’s gone, they need to make an equally quick decision on who replaces him. The team can... more »
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