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Next up for Cole and Heidi Hamels, a frenetic journey around the world on little sleep.

There is a plan. That, perhaps more than anything else, is the most reassuring thing about the 21st-century Red Sox.

Thanks. Replacement level defined by Sean Smith November 12, 2008 Where or what is replacement level? This is a question that does not have a perfect answer.

Kevin Cash is a lifetime .184 major-league hitter who has spent much of his professional career in the minors.

Just making the playoffs means achieving Part 1 of the team's annual goal, so even the harshest professor has to give an overall A grade.

Justin Duchscherer was drafted in the eight round in 1996 by the Boston Red Sox, out of high school in Lubbock, Texas.

By this time next week, the Red Sox should have all the answers. They should know whom they will be facing in the first round of the playoffs, and they should know where.

Tampa Bay holds a barely-visible .002 lead over the Red Sox in the AL East. Soxaholix : Gee, I wondah when Pythagoras is going to catch up to the Rays? Ah, how about right fucking now? BP gives the Red Sox a ...

A year after Doug Mirabelli was the most prominent position player to visit the disabled list, the 2008 Sox have nearly assembled an infirmed starting defense.

Is it getting Dusty in here? No, I'm not talking about pitchers. Since 2003, the Red Sox have felt the need to assign their backup catcher to near-exclusive duty as Tim Wakefield's personal knuckleball valet.

The lesson learned from the previous Giants team that held the San Francisco record for debuting most rookies was an ominous one: Quantity isn't always quality.

A little update: A's travel secretary Mickey Morabito said that Devine flew from Oakland to Denver, Denver to Boston this morning, and Barton and Petit were supposed to go Sacramento to Denver and make the same ...

He was a bundle of contradictions, that Manny Ramirez. Future Hall of Famer. One of the deadliest power hitters of his generation.

W hile the Wash 'N' Go girls youth softball team in Traverse City, Mich., is Doug Mirabelli [ stats ] 's team now, yesterday offered a reminder of how recently he was a member of a slightly more recognized ...

Tim Wakefield gets a hand upon returning to the dugout after the seventh inning.

The Red Sox' bench at the start of 2007: Wily Mo Pena , Eric Hinske , Doug Mirabelli , Alex Cora .

It was a reminder, perhaps based more on hope than realistic expectations, that the Red Sox [ team stats ] can get more offense from the catcher position if they must.

Doug is just a memory. When Red Sox management made the decision to release Doug Mirabelli during spring training, no doubt it was a difficult day for Tim Wakefield .

I'm not usually a big fan of reading . But if the mood strikes me and the subject is right -- i.e., baseball -- I'll read a book every now and then.

Wanting to put it correctly, Terry Francona explained the details of managing a knuckleballer.