The Red Sox The Team to Beat in 2011

As long as the Boston Red Sox are going to have the highest payroll in MLB next season�pending a blockbuster move by the Yankees�they might as well keep the wallet open.

General Manager Theo Epstein had made some key additions, but there are still holes to fill and problems in the lineup that need to be addressed. The pitching staff is short on lefties while batting order is riddled with them. Bostons current 25-man roster is the obvious f

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http://www.splicetoday.com/sports/the-red-sox-the-team-to-beat-in-2011

Boston Red Sox shock the baseball world by landing Carl Crawford Tom Verducci SIcom

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Red Sox shocked the baseball world, or at least the portion of it that managed to hold on to their drinks around the lobby bars of the winter meetings hotel here when the news broke in the last hour of Wednesday.

Boston somehow turned $142 million into stealth money, agreeing to make Carl Crawford the second-highest paid outfielder in baseball history with hardly a moment of preparation by those outside their own sui

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/tom_verducci/12/09/five.cuts.thursday/index.html

Teixeira hits 3 HRs as Yankees beat Red Sox 143

Mark Teixeira joined Lou Gehrig as the only Yankees to hit three home runs in a single game against the Boston Red Sox.

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http://www.fanhouse.com/news/main/teixeira-hits-3-hrs-as-yankees-beat-red/973952