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The Sox have added someone to their bullpen! David Aardsma (whose name comes before aardvark in the dictionary!) is on his way here from the White Sox. In return, Boston is sending Chicago two prospects, Willy Mota and Miguel Socolovich. It's the first deal I've seen in a while, so it's enough to wake me up.

There's a rumor that Santana may be dealt ( Read more... )

Two down, two to go! I took my anthropology exam yesterday (yes, this school gives exams on Sundays! Amazing, no?) and presented some information about George Scovell today. Tomorrow morning is my sociology exam ( you will note that I considered Josh Beckett to be more important than my sociology midterm), and after that I have a three-day layoff. ( Read more... )

I spent today reenacting at Harpers Ferry in West Virginia - if you're into dressing up as a Victorian, like I am, then the holidays are especially fun for you, as the Victorians are responsible for bringing us the Christmas we know today (thanks in great part to Mr. Dickens and his little story called A Christmas Carol). This means that I am ( Read more... )

I'll just start this entry off with a link to The Dugout today: See how Papelbon really picked off Matt Holliday!

That aside, let's talk about the game for a moment. This was more of what I expected the series to be like - good, solid pitching and a lot of small ball. The final score was 2-1 in Boston's favor. Not a big margin of victory like in ( Read more... )

Jacoby Ellsbury is a genius.

As concerned as I am about Manny, I hope that he's not playing later this week when I go to the game. I really, really want to see Jacoby in person, especially after these last several games. He almost hit for the cycle last night (which means that he almost hit a single, a double, a triple and a home run all in the same ( Read more... )

Wow. What can I say about last night's game? There's a lot to talk about...

~ Mike Lowell deserves to be signed. Really. He'd be great to have on third base for a long time. That three-run homer to bring in two runners (and himself) was particularly useful at the beginning of the game there, too.

~ ...and speaking of those two runners, how about them ( Read more... )