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Sound Off! Help BSI Write The Red Sox 2013 Story.

Sounding off, as usual, is exactly what the BSI staff will be doing all during November and this time around we want you to join in. Every day during the month of November, our staff will be taking you…Read More

Free Agent Flea Market Opens Saturday–Part 1: Who Fits Sox Needs for Starter and Closer?

Bud’s MLB Free Agent Flea Market opens 12:01 a.m. ET on Saturday, so let’s amble around the folding tables and eager agents to see if there are any bargains for the Red Sox. But first, let’s…Read More

What Condition Is Boston’s Condition In? Plenty of Hard Work Lies Ahead in Offseason.

As promised, since the end of the 2012 season the Red Sox have set about swiftly fixing problems (John Farrell and Torey Luvollo’s hiring and Tim Bogar‘s release) and stabilizing some potential…Read More

Do we really want Swish?

Lately I’ve heard people asking if Nick Swisher would be a good fit in Boston. With a weak first baseman class in free agency this year, Swisher could be considered one of the top players targeted, With…Read More

One Is The Loneliest Number: What To Do About First Base

When the Red Sox jettisoned Adrian Gonzalez to Los Angeles they made a deliberate decision to unload a mammoth salary. They also knew that his replacement, James Loney, was a risk to be a stopgap measure…Read More

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David Ortiz Wants To Be With Red Sox Next Year, But They Must Compete For Postseason

Aside from the obvious need of upgrading their starting pitching, the Red Sox will have some roster…Read More

Would Torii Hunter Make Sense For The Red Sox This Offseason?

An interesting article today from Rob Bradford of WEEI.com  has the notion that Torii Hunter, right…Read More

David Ortiz & Cody Ross Could Benefit the Most From Blockbuster Trade

By now the blockbuster trade between the Red Sox and Dodgers has been examined, dug up and re-examined,…Read More

The Hundred Million Dollar Man

We can rebuild him…we have the economy. This week Red Sox star left fielder and owner of a $142,000,000…Read More

Shortstop Roulette

For the past 8 years the Red Sox have had well documented problems at shortstop. The list includes Orlando…Read More

Builders Not Sellers

Oh, my God, we’re having a fire! Sale. As Tobias Funke famously suggested, maybe it’s time…Read More

Red Sox Declared Dead: 3:28 PM…EST…July 22nd…

I’m calling it…3:28 PM…EST…July 22nd… The frustrated surgeon snaps off the gloves and the…Read More

With 2 Jokers, Sox need an Ace for Wild Card Pot–or they should fold now

The abject failure of their #1 and #2 rotation Jokers, The Lester and The Josher, forces the hand of…Read More

Ben’s Gaping “Ace” hole…Show them your “package”–Get “King Felix”

  It took a cogent comment by a loyal reader to identify the exact location of the problem in the…Read More

Crawford Deja Vu: Injured AGAIN…return delayed

It must seem like Ground Hog Day all over again for Red Sox Nation. Stop me, if you’ve heard this:…Read More

Power Point Presentation to “The Three Stewards”– Greinke…Garza…or Wandy?

The Red Sox need a front-line starter to compete for a slot in the AL playoffs. By now every Tom, Nick,…Read More

Darnell McDonald Cut, Twitters Farewell

Dream come true to play in Boston want to wish my boys good luck the rest of the year! Much love to…Read More

International deals: Sox Eye #3 ranked RHP Mujica, Dodgers Splurge $42M on OF Puig, Cubs go Soler Power

  The “Top 20 International Prospects List” by Baseball America’s Ben Badler is out and the…Read More

Dempster Diving: How Much is ONE extra WIN worth?

  Rather than obtaining a pitcher with a long-term contract [like John Danks], who could quickly…Read More

“Epstein Errors”–Crawford & Lackey–Budget Albatross Until 2018

The “Epstein Errors” will be a drag on the Sox budget until 2017 and the worst years will be 2012…Read More