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Boston Red Sox backup infielder Alex Cora was booked into the Martin County jail Wednesday on a charge of failure to appear in court for a probation violation linked to a 1999 DUI charge.
Cora played for the L.A. Dodgers in 1999 and was living in Vero Beach for spring training when he was pulled over for speeding at 84 mph in a 45 mph zone near Baker Road and U.S. 1 in Jensen Beach. Deputies then arrested him and charged him with DUI after they said he smelled like alcohol
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Well, finally, both Yankee and Sox fans can breathe a sigh of relief. Here is my take on the Santana deal, the winners and losers, in order. Let me know what you think.
HUGE Winner: Johan Santana
First of all, the Mets didn't give up anything good to get the best pitcher on the planet, so his new team is strong. Secondly, he goes from what was the most competitive division in baseball to one of the weakest offensive divisions in baseball. Also, the switch to the NL from the AL will help |
Newsday's Ken Davidoff has an interesting piece describing the friendship between Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte. The article's source is a friend of the two who says that basically they enjoyed training together, but that's as far as it went. Ken Davidoff -- Andy Pettitte is said by friends to be upset with Roger Clemens because of Clemens' aggressive defense to the charges leveled against him in the Mitchell Report. Most of all, Pettitte didn't care for Clemens' public
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Lefty reliever Javier Lopez avoided salary arbitration with the Sox by coming to terms on a one-year deal for $840,000. Javier can earn $20,000 in performance bonuses: $10,000 each for 65 and 70 games. That leaves the Sox with two aribitation-eligible players, Kevin Youkilis and Kyle Snyder.
I'd say still kind of a bargin even if he is making more than twice the 2007 salary of $402,500. The only problem is Fancona missuses him; he should only be used on rightys, during garbage time, or
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He can't hit, and he's got bad wheels, but the Red Sox catcher can handle a knuckler. So once agian he will play once every fifth day as Tim Wakefield's personal receiver, Mirabelli got a one-year deal worth up to $1 million from the World Series Champs.
The contract will pay Mirabelli a base salery of $550,000 and up to $1 million if counting incentives.
Since being originaly acquired by the Red Sox in June 2001, Mirabelli has been the club's back up catcher for Jason Varitek. The only exception
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Sounds like Andy Pettitte is getting serious about retiring. Heres some quotes from The NY Times and the NY Post from Posada and Andy's father, Tom Pettitte, on Pettitte's status as far as him rejoining the Yankees.
“He’s so torn right now,” Tom Pettitte said. “Everybody knows that he was done last year and he didn’t want to play because he wanted to be with his kids. That’s what this is all about. He’s not looking for more money or anything.” ...
“I guess if he hadn’t had as much success as
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As you probably know the Twins want to trade Johan Santana and both the Red Sox and Yankees are in the sweepstakes. Rumors are that the Twins have already talked about center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury and right-hander Clay Buchholz, plus other top prospects in a deal. A more realistic package, perhaps, would have Coco Crisp filling Minnesota’s hole in center field that free agent Torii Hunter left behind and one of two top starting prospects, Buchholz or lefty Jon Lester, |
The longer 1998 National League Rookie of the Year Kerry Wood remains on the free-agent market, the less likely it appears he will return to the Cubs. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Cubs are having trouble signing Kerry Wood and the Red Sox want him to be the setup man for Papelbon. Cubs GM Jim Hendry believes Wood will have a contract with a team before the Winter Meetings which start December 3rd. This is the arm Boston might be looking for. The only issue is |
Mariano Rivera has finally agreed to the three-year, $45 million dollar offer from the Yankees. The source comes from one of Rivera's close friends, who says the Yankees could have even gotten him for two years with an option. Oh, well.
This off-season is starting to really pay off (in more ways than one) for the Yankees.
Jorge Posada - check
Alex Rodriguez - check
Mariano Rivera - check
The only one left is Pettitte
For me, signing Rivera is the most important of the three moves. Signing a |
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Without a doubt, the New York Yankees overpaid when they signed Jorge Posada to a four-year, $52 million deal. Likely, the 36-year-old Posada will become a part-time catcher, part-time DH in the final two years of his new contract. That said, the Yankees were wise to resign Posada, regardless of the contract length and financial terms.
Why not give Lowell what he wants? Like Posada, Lowell is the type of player a team needs to keep, even if it requires an inflated deal. John Henry can afford to
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Was there any doubt in the minds of MLB fans that Dustin Pedroia would be named 2007 Rookie of the Year? Probably not. But there was plenty back in April. Remember the struggles to get on base and an AVG of just .182? But the Red Sox second baseman just kept swinging hitting .415 in May, .333 in June, .299 in July, .346 in August and .302 in September. Not bad for a rookie who played the final two months of the season with a cracked hamate bone in his left hand.
Pedroia became the first Red Sox
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In 2004, it was Curt Schilling’s ankle. This World Series run it was Dustin Pedroia's broken hand. The only difference was nobady knew about Pedroia's hand while he was driving in 10 RBIs in 14 postseason games.
Pedroia admitted on November 9th that he played the final two months of the season with a cracked hamate bone in his left hand, The Boston Herald reported on Saturday.
The hamate, a wedge-shaped bone found near the far side of the wrist of each hand, is quite common. Red Sox players
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Rodriguez recently opted out of his $252 million, 10-year contract with the New York Yankees. So the question is were will A-Rod end up before the start of the 2008 season?
New York Mets - A-Rod has often said he wants to stay in New York, but he hasn't specifically said it has to be with the Yankees. Mets general manager Omar Minaya admitted to gauging franchise player David Wright's feeling about moving from third base, an indication of how seriously the Mets are weighing this.
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