Thursday, November 30, 2006
BOSTON RED SOX AGREE TO TERMS
WITH LEFTHANDED PITCHER HIDEKI OKAJIMA ON MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT
BOSTON, MA—The Boston Red Sox have
agreed to terms with free agent lefthanded pitcher Hideki Okajima on a two-year
contract for 2007 and 2008 with an option for the 2009 season.
Okajima, 30, has been
one of the top setup relievers in Nippon Professional Baseball for the last
several years. In 2006, he was 2-2 with a career best 2.14 ERA and four saves
in 55 appearances with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Okajima was traded to
the Fighters in March 2006 after 11 seasons with the Yomiuri Giants. He became
an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2006 season. The lefthander has a
career record of 34-32 with a 3.36 ERA and 41 saves in 439 games with Yomiuri
(1995-2005) and Nippon Ham (2006). Very nice. I hear the guy can pitch a little, too. Links, some YouTube clips, and discussion here.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
It's that time of year again. Time
to get
to know the new pitching coach, time to wonder who's gonna close if it's not
Papelbon and it's not
Foulke, time to
get excited about the re-signing
of utility players, time to wonder who the hell is gonna play left field
and bat cleanup, time to get psyched for the winter meetings, and -- soon -- time to rock out at the Paradise with Peter
Gammons, Theo Epstein, and a bunch of beery Red Sox players.
Yep, tickets go on sale tomorrow for the seventh annual Hot Stove, Cool Music
concert at the Paradise Rock Club on Sunday, January 7 and this one boasts what
might just be the best lineup yet. In addtion to full-fledged rock star Gammons -- fully recovered, thank god -- and HSCM stalwarts Epstein, Bill Janovitz, and
Kay Hanley, this years show will feature member of Little Feat, Joe Pernice (of
Pernice Brothers and "¡Pega Luna, Manny!" renown), and way super
awesome garage-punk stompers the Downbeat 5.
Tickets
are $40 and are available from noon Thursday via the Paradise Web site. Doors open at 7 p.m. and things get
started at 8 p.m. It's 21-plus. Get 'em quick: last year’s show sold out
in less than 48 hours.
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