Tonight at 8 pm MLB.com and Pepsi will be announcing their “In the Clutch” award winners for the 2006 baseball season. The “In the Clutch” has been voted on by the fans at MLB.com and will award one player at each position as being “the 11 players that rose above the rest when their […]

Not much of a surprise here. In what will become a yearly ritual until Tim Wakefield is ready to retire, the Red Sox have announced that they have picked up his option for the 2007 season. In his 13th season with Boston, Wakefield will match Roger Clemens and Bob Stanley for the longest […]

While arguing balls and strikes can get you nothing but kicked out of a major league baseball game, here at the Red Sox Times, it is encouraged and even celebrated.
That is why we are introducing our new feature, Balls & Strikes.  In Balls & Strikes, Paul and Tim will hash out their differences of opinions […]

After thirteen years in the Red Sox organization, and a staple in right field for the past eight seasons, Trot Nixon’s departure from the only team that he has ever known took its first step as he, along with fellow outfielder Gabe Kapler, joined Doug Mirabelli on the free agent list.
Well known for the […]

Fifty nine players, including former Red Sox Nomar Garciaparra and Dave Roberts, opted for free agency on the first day players were allowed to file. Among them was Doug Mirabelli, the lone Red Sox player on the list.
Mirabelli spent most of six seasons with the Boston Red Sox as their back up catcher. […]

Fans of Sorkin’s writing on the West Wing, Sports Night, and most recently Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip will find veteran sitcom writer and baseball announcer Ken Levine’s parody of a “Sorkinized” baseball script entertaining.

Two years ago to the day and the hour, St. Louis Cardinal fans watched their team walk off the field, heads hung low as the visiting Boston Red Sox swept their demons away with a World Series victory.
The mood in (albeit a new) Busch Stadium the night of October 27th, 2006 felt much differently than […]

There is no secret that the 2007 Boston Red Sox bullpen will be a total rebuilding effort. But that building will at least have a similar foundation. Much like an addition being put on to a classic structure often retains its original foundation, so will the Sox pen. Mike Timlin, at age […]

Thank you 2004 Boston Red Sox.

Curt Schilling’s penchant for massively multiplayer online games is well documented. Now Curt is setting out to “blow the industry away”.
While Curt’s passion for baseball (at least playing the game) wanes and his career comes to a close a the end of 2007, his competitive juices have not.
Schilling has decided to direct that […]