Red Sox Rundown

Did you ever see the movie Catch Me if You Can? The movie is the mostly-true story of Frank Abagnale, Jr, who, in the movie, ran away from home in the 1960s at the age of sixteen and forged his way through several years of his life, pretending to be an airline pilot, a doctor, an attorney, [...]

Pitcher Cla Meredith was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the sixth round of the 2004 draft. Sox fans will remember him as a promising young pitcher who, in his three years in the Sox system, moved up and down the ranks like a yo-yo before being shipped to the Padres to rescue Tim [...]

Take yourself back to October 16, 2004. The Red Sox have just lost the third game of the American League Championship Series to the New York Yankees in humiliating fashion, 19-8. You threw the 2004 season in the same bin as 1946, 1967 1975, 1978, and 1986. Good, but just not good enough. Darn that [...]

Boston Dirt Dogs recently posted an article written by Chris Paddock for Maple Street Press’s Red Sox Annual on the apparent lack of power hitters in the Sox farm system. Paddock points out that “since 1990, only three players drafted by the Sox have hit more than 25 home runs in a major league season: [...]

In the spirit of putting my hands over my ears, squeezing my eyes shut, and ignoring the injury epidemic that is running rampant through the Red Sox camp, I bring you another edition of Red Sox Rundown’s What Happened To? segment. Today we look at Bill Mueller, former third baseman for the Boston Red Sox.
My favorite Bill [...]

The Red Sox unconditionally released catcher Josh Bard today, placing him on waivers that essentially place him back into free agency. Theo Epstein stated that the backup catcher job is George Kottaras’s to lose after apparently winning the position battle this spring.
Bard’s spring numbers, though, have been superior to Kottaras’s. Bard hit .429 in six games [...]

With the USA trailing Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic, 5-3, with only the bottom of the ninth left to play, it’s time for us here at Red Sox Rundown to move to a new topic of discussion. Regardless of your feelings on the WBC, you must admit it relieves some of the doldrums of [...]

Fort Myers has finally experienced some excitement over the past week, with injuries to Dustin Pedroia and Julio Lugo, which we’ve now learned aren’t as worrisome as initially thought. Both injuries were acquired in typical spring fashion: Lugo’s by rounding a base, Pedroia’s by swinging a bat. Here’s the difference: Lugo hurt himself in a Spring [...]

Christopher Trotman Nixon, one of Boston’s original Dirt Dogs, left the team in 2005 but made a lasting impression on the character of the club. His grit and work ethic impressed Sox fans and the organization alike. The Trot Nixon type is now what the club seeks: hard-working, willing to play through injuries, and a [...]

The biggest news in Red Sox Nation of late is the Jonathan Papelbon interview published today in Esquire magazine. Paps has come under some criticism for the manner in which he blasted Manny Ramirez, saying all the things Red Sox fans have been saying since last summer but which the players have mostly kept to [...]