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If free agency were like a high-school dance, then Alex Gonzalez was the sweet, friendly, reliable girl in the corner, and the Red Sox were the confident gent scanning the room for the flashiest partner.

25, 2009. According to Ken Rosenthal , Alex Gonzalez has signed with the Toronto Blue Jays .

The Red Sox decided not to pick up Alex Gonzalez's 6 million dollar team option which was a little pricey for gonzo.

It sounds as though captain Jason Varitek [ stats ] has already made his peace with being the club's backup catcher, a job at which Francona believes Varitek will be "unbelievable." "If he didn't accept that, then it could have been a problem.

With the passing of midnight, the Sox' exclusive negotiating window with Jason Bay closed, making him a true free agent.

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.

Why is everyone so adamant to re-sign Jason Bay even if it means paying him J.D. Drew money? I think that the better alternative for left field is Matt Holliday, and no one seems too interested.

As the glamour and excitement of the World Series fades into memory, the Red Sox are going through the ugly business of deciding who from their 2009 team will stay and who will go.

Monday, November 09, 2009 When I heard the Sox had declined Alex Gonzaleza option for 2010 , Ia ll admit to being a little surprised.

Every Red Sox [ team stats ] offseason has its share of sagas. The front-runner this year is Jason Bay, and it's going to take some time to find out.

Since Nomar Garciaparra was traded in July of 2004, the Boston Red Sox have had a revolving door at shortstop.

The Red Sox declined their $6 million option for shortstop Alex Gonzalez on Sunday, according to The Boston Globe, which added that the club "still may have interest in bringing the player back in 2010 on a lesser salary." Gonzalez, an 11-year veteran, made $14 million his previous three years, with Boston reportedly taking a $500,000 buyout ...

Since the start of the 2004 season -- a lifetime ago in local Baseball history -- the Red Sox have gone through shortstops like an office might go through temp workers.

Guess what I found? An opportunity for OTM to become one of the most saber-friendly Sox blogs out there! The International Currency of Baseball - Intro to Sabermetrics 101 Time to start studying up - in fact, here's a whole bunch of other material: The author of that blog also writes for the SB Nation sabermetric site, Beyond the Boxscore.

Dan Shaughnessy this morning writes one of the weirder things I've ever seen -- e ven from him ! Anybody else spooked by that center-field door opening when the Red Sox were batting in the bottom of the ninth 10 days ago? It was amoment.

This guy has a lot of work to do. Whew, I just got back from an abortive effort climbing Mt.

Boston has been to the playoffs five times, winning two championships and coming just one win short of reaching two additional World Series.

Thanks for not doing this, Gonzo. View full size photo uploaded October 14, 2009 First things first - thanks to Bloggy for the new name idea.

Pitching coach John Farrell was looking for boxes. Jason Varitek and Tim Wakefield were nowhere to be seen, but cameras made sure to pan their lockers - filler footage, useful as we wait to see where they'll be in 2010.

Baseball players have real lives, too, and for the Red Sox , those lives started yesterday.