Pedroia will participate in WBC
Dustin Pedroia has officially accepted an invitation to play for the US in the World Baseball Classic. The AL MVP won’t be the only person representing for his country as it was confirmed a few weeks ago that Daisuke Matsuzaka plans to pitch for Japan.
In other WBC news, Josh Beckett has declined his invitation [...]
Happy Holidays from the Sox
The Red Sox sent out a cute little Christmas card, complete with socks over the fireplace and a tv playing season highlights. Ho Ho Ho!
Hideki Okajima to run a marathon
Hideki Okajima is scheduled to participate in the Honolulu Marathon today. He’s going to wear number 37 (his uniform number) and join 23,000 other people in the 26.2 mile trek.
I am absolutely stunned (and impressed) that he’s doing this. Apparently I’m not the only one, as Okajima forgot to mention the marathon [...]
Manny Delcarmen models the away alt jersey
So the jersey doesn’t look quite as bad as I thought it would. I still think the hat is ugly as hell though.
(This is the alternate road jersey and hat.)
New Sox Jerseys
The jersey situation is more confusing than when I took AP Calculus in high school and spent more time playing ‘Drug Wars’ on my calculator than I did paying attention. Let me try to break it down..
Home Games: Same jersey as last year, and same cap with the ‘B’ on it.
Alternate Home [...]
Rumor: Julio Lugo for Eric Byrnes?
UPDATE: It appears this deal could be dead in the water because the Diamondbacks have signed second baseman Felipe Lopez as well as utility man Augie Ojeda. Oh well.
This is a bit of an odd trade rumor but the Red Sox are in discussions with the Diamondbacks. The swap would [...]
