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Topps, which has had its Crazy Variation Department working overtime since the 2007 Derek Jeter/George Bush/Mickey Mantle card made its debut, is at it again.

What spoke loudest about the job DeMarlo Hale did in his four years as the Red Sox's third-base coach is that nobody noticed him.

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Pat Murphy has resigned after 15 seasons as baseball coach at Arizona State. No reason was given for the move, which was announced by the university in a brief news release on Friday.

You know how most of us were just assuming that the Brewers would be able to bring back Craig Counsell on another hometeam-friendly one year contract after a surprisingly good 2009 season? According to Buster Olney, that might not happen.

Perhaps when you consider the rich history of the Red Sox, the 2009 season could be looked at as a down year in terms of offseason hardware.

As statesman turned ranger, George La Rue Washington, once said..."It is impossible to rightly govern a Red Sox Nation without God and the Pinstriped Bible." Yes, I'm talking about a possible step back competitively - not an easy thing to do for a franchise that sells out every game and answers to a "Nation" of rabid followers.

The envelopes are sealed, but not for long. Major League Baseball's Award season is upon us, and the Red Sox have some players who could well be recognized for their individual accomplishments in 2009.

This is a May 8, 2007, file photo showing Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Victor Zambrano reacting after giving up a three-run home run to Boston Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia during second inning baseball action in Toronto.

The Gold Glove Awards have basically been rendered meaningless by some insane picks over the years.A Shortstops with double-digit negative UZR, first basemen who play less than 1/3 of the year at the position, aging center fielders who can barely walk.A The odd choices would be funny if they weren't so annoyingly predictable.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow admits she has a little crush on a certain Red Sox [ team stats ] second baseman.

A lot of other blogs do this, so I'll throw it out, too: is anyone interested in participating in an Over The Monster book club? Essentially, we'd all agree on a Red Sox /baseball book and read it.

The Red Sox retained one of the key members of their minor league system yesterday when director of player development Mike Hazen declined to join the San Diego Padres as assistant general manager.

T he Red Sox [ team stats ] retained one of the key members of their minor league system yesterday when director of player development Mike Hazen declined to join the San Diego Padres as assistant general manager.

Aaron Hill of the Toronto Blue Jays is the best defensive second baseman in baseball.

The 105th World Series starts one week from Wednesday, and the Phillies and Yankees are each poised to clinch a pennant now and meet in a boisterous Jersey Turnpike Series.

This year, jockobilia peddler Phil Castinetti of SportsWorld in Saugus reports he's gotten his mitts on three pairs of Red Sox BVDs which he intends to throw up on eBay today.

With the loss by the Red Sox in the American League Division Series to end another local season, it makes one fan wonder what memento or two a collector could save as a remembrance of the past season.

Guerrero hit a two-out, two-run single off in the ninth inning and the Angels rallied past Boston 7-6 in Game 3 Sunday, advancing to the AL championship series with their first postseason sweep in franchise history.

NAHEIM, Calif. - It used to be the Red Sox [ team stats ] never wanted to talk about history, for no other reason than so much of it was pretty bad.