Clay Buchholz News

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.

It's early in the offseason, but the Red Sox have started to get a feel for how they can give their starting rotation an instant upgrade for next season.

Now that a day has passed, and Brewers' GM Doug Melvin has spoken about it, it's time to figure out what the acquisition of Carlos Gomez means for the Brewers this offseason.

As the general managers' meetings opened Monday in Chicago, rumours about a future destination for Halladay, a free agent after 2010, surfaced again.

As Astros right fielder Hunter Pence cranked eight home runs off Clay Buchholz yesterday at the Reebok Baseball Summit, the righthanded hurler sported an ear-to-ear grin.

As was rumored for quite a while, the Boston Red Sox were interested in acquiring J.J. Hardy from the Brewers, but weren't able to agree with the Brewers on a trade.

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.

Sunday, October 25, 2009 The Game of the Year? I hate to suggest it was the game in which NESN showed the Surviving Grady T-shirt. But, honestly, I think it was the game in which NESN showed the Surviving Grady T-shirt, sported by our good pal and SG regular Tex, no less.

The most promising aspect, going forward, is that the Red Sox have money to spend again.

To consider how far he has come, remember the following: At this point last year, Clay Buchholz was pitching in the Arizona Fall League.

Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett was in a pretty good mood Monday as he packed his locker and sent a friend out to the players' parking lot with one of his bags.

In November of 2002, no one knew who Theo Epstein was. He was this 28-year-old kid who madeA historyA becoming the youngest to serve as a Major League Baseball General Manager, hired by the Boston Red Sox.

The forgotten man in the Red Sox postseason was once the talk of the town, and of two countries' baseball worlds: Daisuke Matsuzaka .

Scott Kazmir / Clay Buchholz Terry Francona : What's happened has happened. Now we'll show up tomorrow, do what we always do on early games -- have 12 pieces of bacon, a Red Bull and go get 'em . Since 2003, the Red Sox are 13-3 in potential elimination games: Since the ALDS began in 1995, 17 teams have trailed 0-2. Four of them came back to win ...

With their 2009 season having come to an earlier conclusion than expected, the Red Sox are looking ahead to 2010.

T he Red Sox [ team stats ] face no shortage of questions following their ouster from the Division Series with the Angels, but a No.

There were times this season when Clay Buchholz had to wonder if the Red Sox truly needed him.

It was like watching a movie that took 23 years to make rolling in reverse. The end was the beginning, and this time it was the end for the Red Sox .

Jacoby Ellsbury wove his way through a crowded clubhouse, carrying above his head one of the bases he was awarded while breaking the team's single-season stolen base record.