From Boston Red Thoughts, and everyone at NEPA Blogs, Please have a beautiful, safe, and happy Turkey Day! And may you eat enough L-Tryptophan to knock you on your sorry Thanksgiving Day ass!  Enjoy the Holiday–we all have a lot to be thankful for… Go Sox!

Oh…Crap… Look like the Mike Lowell Era will be over soon, as it appears that the Sox are actively shopping him for trading, even willing to go as far as to absorb up to 1/2 his contract for 2010. And I just bought my freaking Mike Lowell jersey 2 years ago–and I really liked that [...]

Started in 2008, the David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic is held at Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic, one of the most spectacular resort communities in the world, with the tournament taking place at the Jack Nicklaus-design and signature golf course in Punta Espada. The 1st event featured such sports celebrities such as Alex Rodriguez, [...]

I reallyREALLY hate this part of the off season–the limbo time before the free agent market heats up–does anyone really get contract work done with their free agents in the “exclusivity window”? The vast majority of the players want to go out and get the most money possible, and while their originating team may be [...]

Just not in the way he probably expected…or maybe he did In any event, Jason Varitek has activated his $3 million player option, which ensures at least another year with the Sox–of course unless they release or trade him… From Theo: “We’re happy to have Jason back, and we look forward to a good year [...]

The Boston Red Sox did a bunch of exercising already this week–exercising of options, that is… In no surprise to anyone, they have declined Jason Varitek’s $5 million option, which means ‘Tek has until Saturday to let the Sox know if he will activate the $3 million player option he holds. If he activates, chances [...]