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• Around Baseball: The Christmas Day Edition

  
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  Arizona: Arizona Republic writer Nick Piecoro is reporting that the Diamondbacks may be interested in bringing closer Jose Valverde back to Phoenix… but the only way a deal could happen would be at Arizona’s price. He wrote the club will consider a one-year deal at a low base salary ($5 million?) along with a ...
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• This Day In Red Sox History: December 25, 1955

  
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  Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox” The Boston chapter of the BBWAA announced they had (ironically) selected Billy Klaus as the Red Sox Rookie of the Year.
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• This Day In Baseball History: December 25th (Billy Martin Dies In Auto Accident)

  
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  In 1862, a crowd of 40,000 watched two teams of imprisoned Union Army soldiers play baseball at the Confederate prison camp at Hilton Head, South Carolina. In 1888, at the Philadelphia State Fairground Building, the Downtowners beat the Uptowners in the first indoor baseball game ever played, 6-1. In 1940, South ...
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• The Limitations Of Defensive Metrics: If Jacoby Ellsbury Is So Bad In CF, Why Was He Named Defensive Player Of The Year?

  
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  During the course of the last week-to-ten-days, Red Sox Nation has been deluged by a succession of articles detailing Jacoby Ellsbury’s defensive inadequacies in center field. In the aftermath of the team signing CF Mike Cameron and RHP John Lackey, there has been rampant speculation that the ballclub would ship ...
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• This Day In Red Sox History: December 24, 1967

  
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  Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox” Cy Young Award winner Jim Lonborg fell while skiing and injured his knee. After undergoing surgery and rehabilitation the righty returned to the mound in 1968 and compiled a record of 6-10.
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• This Day In Baseball History: December 24th

  
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  In 1949, Hall-of-Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander was found unconscious in an alley in Hollywood, CA, suffering from alcoholism and epilepsy. In 1959, the Braves signed 20-year old outfielder Rico Carty In 1967, Red Sox Cy Young Award winner Jim Lonborg (22-9) tore the ligaments in his left knee while ...
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• Guest Article: Sign Jason Bay To A One-Year Contract

  
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  by Lawrence Bodin The current situation surrounding the signing of Jason Bay, as best that I can piece together from the differing reports on the Internet and the newspapers, is the following: The Red Sox have cooled to the idea of signing Jason Bay for 4 years at $15 million a year. As a matter of fact, he may be ...
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• This Day In Red Sox History: December 23, 1986

  
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  Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox” Dave Stapleton, the late-inning defensive replacement who was kept on the bench by manager John McNamara during Game 6 of the World Series (then to watch the ball roll through Bill Buckner’s legs), ...
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• This Day In Baseball History: December 23rd (Messersmith, McNally Declared Free Agents)

  
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  In 1953, Jim ‘Junior’ Gilliam was named the National League Rookie of the Year… the Dodgers second baseman easily beat Harvey Haddix and Ray Jablonski. In 1960, Rip Collins joined the Cubs’ college of coaches. In 1975, in a landmark decision, arbitrator Peter Seitz began a new era in major league ...
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• This Day In Red Sox History: December 22, 1921

  
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  Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox” In an article on the recent trade that sent Everett Scott, Sad Sam Jones and Bullet Joe Bush to the NY Yankees to join recently-sold Babe Ruth with the NY Yankees, Ban Johnson labeled Harry Frazee “the ...
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• This Day In Baseball History: December 22nd

  
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  In 1899, the owners in the fledging American League met to map out a strategy against the well-established National League… they agreed to place a team in Chicago with Charles Comiskey as the owner-manager of the franchise. In 1915, Major League Baseball and the Federal League signed a peace treaty in Cincinnati, ...
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• This Day In Red Sox History: December 21, 2001

  
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  Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox” The Henry / Werner / Lucchino group formally took ownership of the ballclub. At a press conference, new team president Larry Lucchino pledged: “This isn’t so much a wish as it is a commitment: we ...
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• This Day In Baseball History: December 21st

  
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  In 1918, a year before they sold Babe Ruth to the NY Yankees, the Red Sox sent outfielder Duffy Lewis and pitchers Dutch Leonard and Ernie Shore to the Yankees in exchange for pitchers Ray Caldwell and Slim Love, outfielder Frank Gilhooey, catcher Al Walters and $15,000 . In 1944, in the closest vote in the history ...
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• This Day In Red Sox History: December 20, 1980

  
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  Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox” This was the deadline date for the Sox to mail their tendering offer for the 1981 season to catcher Carlton Fisk. When the offer arrived, it was postmarked December 22nd… and as a result, Fisk was ...
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• This Day In Baseball History: December 20th

  
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  In 1921, at the major league meetings, the AL voted to return to the best-of-seven World Series while the NL voted to keep it best-of-nine… Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis cast the deciding vote, and the best-of-seven format is reinstated. In 1926, the world champion St Louis Cardinals traded Rogers Hornsby to ...
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• Lowell Needs Thumb Surgery… Trade With Texas Called Off

  
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  Okay Theo, now what? I have been an unabashed fan and supporter of the Red Sox General Manager since his assumption of the reigns of the Red Sox organization. I have not always agreed with the decisions he has made, but I have seldom taken him to task for the manner in which he has discharged his responsibilities. ...
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• This Day In Red Sox History: December 19, 2001

  
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  Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox” After just having acquired shortstop Pokey Reese in a deal from the Cincinnati Reds, the Colorado Rockies traded Reese to the Red Sox in exchange for C/1B Scott Hatteberg. Tow days later, the Sox ...
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• This Day In Baseball History: December 19th

  
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  In 1928, Washington Senators player-manager Bucky Harris was traded to the Detroit Tigers for IF Jack Warner… the future Hall of Famer replaced George Moriarity as the Tigers skipper. In 1954, Wally Moon became the first Cardinal player to be selected as the National League’s Rookie of the Year by the BBWAA . ...
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• Lester Named Sox Pitcher Of The Year

  
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  For the second straight year, southpaw Jon Lester has been named the Red Sox “Pitcher of the Year” by the Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Lester went 15-8, with a 3.41 ERA, last season and struck out a career-high 225 batters (third in the American League)… but his choice ...
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• This Day In Red Sox History: December 18, 1955

  
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  Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox” GM Joe Cronin denied that the recent purchase of the SF Seals ballclub was a precursor of a move by the Red Sox to San Francisco. “That’s silly,” Cronin said.
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