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In a disappointing upset added to an even more disappointingly upsetting winter of un-action, the Red Sox announced the team was not a contender in obtaining star slugger Mark Teixeira.
In an e-mail to Boston media from Sox owner John Henry Thursday night, he explained that “we met with Mr. Teixeira and were very much impressed [...]

Julio Rodriguez, a barber from Lawrence, Mass., pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter after an October 2004 he killed a man and wounded two others over a Yankees-Red Sox playoff game
The Associated Press reports that Rodriguez, 62, was sentenced to five years in prison and credited for the four he has already served since he [...]

Now you know what it feels like to be a fan.
It occurs to me, even at the quarter-life age of 24, that this year’s group of college freshmen were largely born in nineteen-ninety — to say nothing of you high schoolers.
That means that 2003 seems like a million years ago. That means you weren’t born [...]

And I don’t wanna hear anyone say Mike Timlin sucks for taking the loss, because it’s not his fault.

The Red Sox added veteran reliever Mike Timlin to their American League Championship Series roster Thursday afternoon, replacing infielder Gil Valazquez, a career minor leaguer who recently got his call to the show in September.
Timlin, had a 5.66 ERA in 47 appearances this season and was left off the roster for the ALDS against the [...]

You don’t win pennants in the offseason. You don’t win them during the season either. You win them in the postseason. It is now October and it’s time for some baseball. After six months, eight of thirty teams remain. In a little less than a month, we will have our champion. [...]

The Boston Red Sox acquired right-handed starter Paul Byrd from the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named and/or cash considerations. [...]

Chris DeMatteo, one of the original Blast launch issue staffers, weighs in on the Manny Ramirez trade. [...]

The Dodgers are Better, the Red Sox Might be Better Off and the Pirates are still the Pirates: an Analysis of the Manny Ramirez-Jason Bay Trade [,,,]

The Red Sox, in a three-team deal, sent embattled slugger Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers.
The deal sends Jason Bay to Boston and the Pirates get four minor leaguers. Pittsburgh gets young talent from Boston in Craig Hansen and Brandon Moss, third baseman Andy LaRoche from the Dodgers and AA Dodgets pitcher Bryan Morris.
The $20 million [...]

Boston Red Sox port-sider Jon Lester denied the Kansas Royals a single hit Monday night when he threw a no-hitter on 130 pitches. The 24-year old cancer survivor walked just two batters all night in the 7-0 victory and became the first pitcher in MLB to hold a team hitless this year.
Lester’s first career complete [...]

People need to get a life. When you get to the point when you hate smack talk so much that you have to kill someone, you deserve whatever punishment you receive. Ivonne Hernandez, 43, is about to find out exactly what that punishment is. Hernandez answered some “Yankees suck” chants outside a New Hampshire bar [...]

Blast enters the realm of business reporting by bringing up a familiar topic

According to WBZtv.com in Boston, Bill Buckner will throw out the first pitch today for Opening Day at Fenway Park. Chances are he will be cheered thoroughly since Red Sox fans finally got their championships since his incident in 1986. He deserves to be cheered, this guy was the player version of Steve Bartman.
You may [...]

I had a chance to preview MLB Production’s official 2007 World Series Film narrated by superstar and devout Sox fan Matt Damon.
I never, ever get enough of watching the Red Sox win. After living for years under the shadow of my entire Yankee-loving family, I’ve acquired a library of books, posters and DVD’s from all [...]

The Red Sox are world champions. I feel there’s one guy that’s worth another mention.