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The new Red Sox manager makes his triumphant return to the Mut and Merloni Show. Valentine confirmed that Tim Bogar was hired as the bench coach, said he hasn’t spoken to Carl Crawford yet, discussed the hiring of a pitching coach, and talked about his relationship with the players.
with Crawford before spring training and talk about a number of topics, including what his preferences are for the batting order . That reflects the reality that the Sox are building a roster that will include Crawford going forward, with virtually
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season without a third baseman, for instance, finding a player who can play the position and be a viable threat in the batting order might lead to the kind of anxiety that necessitates an immediate move. The DH? The options can be found up and down
regular season -- destabilized the Sox lineup. The left-right balance ran askew, the Sox were left to juggle the batting order to make up for the loss of their cleanup hitter, and whereas it had been almost impossible to pitch around any
Weiland was impressive in two-inning bursts but unable to sustain success, particularly in his second time through the batting order . Part of that related to the fact that he lost his delivery at times following his call-up to the majors in July
30-year-old needs to rediscover his confidence, while earning a spot somewhere in the top two-thirds of the batting order . He wants to hit higher than No. 7, but when hitting anywhere in the order's top five spots Crawford went just
either produce or find himself dropped back down in the batting order , something the outfielder acknowledged when asked if ..... switch on his season as soon as he was placed in a new batting order position. “It better,” Crawford said, “or I
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to and they could succeed in. Sometimes that’s hard. “You start changing the batting order . I think there were times we started changing the batting order out of necessity, especially when we lost Youk. Tried at times to protect Bard
rained out — the Sox remade their batting order after leadoff man Jacoby ..... Crawford in a higher spot in the batting order at a time when he is on a hot ..... limited by his lower station in the batting order . He has hit above the sixth spot
the loss by Tampa Bay on Friday. The Sox will resume play with a new-look lineup on Saturday, having reshaped the batting order to feature Carl Crawford in the second spot. The Sox will turn to Jon Lester against Yankees right-hander Freddy
Carl Crawford batting second, marking just the fifth time since April 17 that he's hit higher than sixth in the batting order . Dustin Pedroia will hit in the third spot, with David Ortiz cleaning up and Adrian Gonzalez batting fifth. For
season home finale with the Orioles. Francona moved one of his hottest hitters – Mike Aviles – up to second in the batting order while dropping Dustin Pedroia down to fifth. The move was an obvious effort to try and provide more protection for
The NFL Sunday gang wraps up the season predicting the score of Super Bowl 46...and they don't think it's going to be as close as most people do. Go Pats!
NFL Sunday rolls on with Dale, Fauria and Price talking about the emotional roller coaster the Pats and more specifically team owner Robert Kraft have been on this season. With the passing of his wife Myra, this goal to become champs has taken on a whole new meaning.
The NFL Sunday crew talks about the cocky and brash chatter coming from some of the Giants the last couple weeks. Dale is surprised that Tom Coughlin allowed most of it to go down and says Belichick would never let that fly. The guys also touch on the little mistake the Giants team website made yesterday in putting up the "Giants are Super Bowl Champions" homepage yesterday - that's a no-no!
JaJuan Johnson spoke with Grande & Max after the Celtics beat the Bulls today at the Garden.
Sean Grande & Cedric Maxwell sat down with ESPN's Doris Burke during halftime of Celtics/Bulls
Doc Rivers & Sean Grande preview Celtics-Bulls today at the Garden. Tune in to Celtics Today at 3:00p to hear the full interview
Dustin tells us you can't hustle a hustler, and other funny anecdotes.
The Sox GM joined Glenn and Michael to talk Scutaro, Punto, Oswalt, Luxury Tax and all things off-season.
Dustin Pedroia joined the Big Show for his weekly segment, and talked about losing Scutaro, gaining Cody Ross and Nick Punto, and then got a surprise from his best friend.
Brad Marchand joins the show and talks about if Tim Thomas is a distraction to the team and why the Bruins have been struggling as of late.
Andrew joins D&C to discuss how he feels about Tim Thomas' political views and how Patrice Bergeron has been the MVP for the team so far this season. Andrew also talks about how they have to regroup and make adjustments to get out this funk the team is currently in.
Brad Marchand joins the show to talk about President Obama calling him out on stage and Tim Thomas skipping the White House visit.
WEEI's own Rob Bradford joins the guys to talk about Ortiz's arbitration hearing live from St. Petersburg and predicts what he thinks will happen.
Mike Adams fills in for Meter and covers Sunday's sports stories. One Celtics' player had a fantastic afternoon and so did Phil Mickelson.
Jerry Sandusky addressed the media on Friday and offered comments on his current situation. Dino and Gerry react to those statements and do not think he should be allowed extra priveleges.
Mut and Lou talk about the agreement between the Red Sox and David Ortiz for 1 year and $14.5 million.
Brad Marchand joins the show and talks about if Tim Thomas is a distraction to the team and why the Bruins have been struggling as of late.
We play the soundbite from the NFL Network from Super Bowl 46 where Bill Belichick is telling his defense 'this is still a Cruz and Nicks game'. The Patriots of course were then burned by Mario Manningham on the Giants game-winning drive. We discuss whether it was the right decision or not.
Glenn and Michael debate what, if anything, Shaq is bringing to the table for TNT's NBA pre and postgame coverage.
We talk about Tim Thomas refusing to speak to reporters about his political ramblings on Facebook, and about whether or not this is a media driven controversy, or a genuine distraction for Thomas' Bruins teammates.
The discussion of the Patriots loss in the Super Bowl and just like any other loss, the coaching is called into question and whether a defensive coordinator on staff would have helped Bill Belichick and the Patriots.
Mikey has made no bones about his feelings on Pau Gasol, what will he do if the Celtics trade Rondo for Gasol? Also our buddy LB calls in to talk about the Patriots Super Bowl loss.
Mikey talks to some Patriots fans who are still looking at the loss and breaking down what went wrong but are also looking to the future for the franchise.
Losing the Super Bowl? Terrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
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Live from Hurricane's... not Cocaine's which is where Oil Can Boyd wanted to be broadcasting from. Plus the Cranky Yankee Bitch reaches her tipping point.
Our friend from Pittsburgh, Mark Madden, joins D&C to give his take on the Joe Paterno/Penn State scandal and says Jerry Sandusky may have been 'Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors.'
More from this showGlenn and Michael debate what, if anything, Shaq is bringing to the table for TNT's NBA pre and postgame coverage.
More from this showD&C receive a second call from Joe in Nashville voicing his frustration over the Pats not bringing back Randy Moss during last offseason.
More from this showMatt Perrault asks our listeners if they believe Bruin goalie Tim Thomas should take down his Facebook page. The media hasn't let down and Matt looks to dig deep into the situation. What do you think the Bruins should do?
More from this showDustin joined Glenn and Michael on the Big Show, and they asked him if they could take a call. Dustin agreed, and the caller then went on to rip the crap out of him. What Dustin didn't know is that the caller was one of his best friends... Andre Ethier from the Dodgers.
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