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| Person inks minor league deal with Boston |
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02/22/2003 |
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| Fort Myers, FL (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox agreed to a minor league contract with pitcher Robert Person on Saturday. Person won 15 games for the Phillies just two seasons ago, but was bothered by shoulder and elbow injures last year and finished 4-5 with a 5.44 ERA in 16 starts. The 33-year-old Person is 51-42 with a 4.60 ERA in eight seasons with the New York Mets, Toronto and Philadelphia. |
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| Millar signs two-year deal with Red Sox |
MLB Baseball |
02/20/2003 |
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| Fort Myers, FL (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox and Kevin Millar agreed on a two-year contract Thursday. The agreement includes a club option for 2005. The Red Sox acquired Millar for cash considerations on February 15. Boston had put in a waiver claim on Millar, who was released by the Marlins. Millar rejected the move because he already had a deal to play in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons. The Dragons released Millar from his contract, which allowed the outfielder/first baseman to return to Florida's |
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| Mets sign Tony Clark |
MLB Baseball |
02/20/2003 |
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| Port St. Lucie, FL (MySportsbook) - The New York Mets have signed first baseman Tony Clark to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. Clark spent last season with the Boston Red Sox and struggled with a measly .207 batting average, just three home runs and 29 RBI in 90 games. The 30-year-old switch-hitter was the second overall pick of the 1990 draft by the Detroit Tigers. He made his major league debut in 1995 and played the next six years in the Motor City before joining Boston for th |
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| Former Angel Ochoa signs with Japanese club |
MLB Baseball |
02/18/2003 |
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| contract to play on the other side of the Pacific Ocean with the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese league. Ochoa fills the void Kevin Millar created when he decided to opt out of a contract with the Dragons to return to Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox. Ochoa is expected to arrive in Japan as early as this week to complete the deal. The 30-year-old had a .227 average with two homers and 10 RBI in 65 at- bats with the World Series champions last year. Ochoa agreed to a minor-league deal at the end |
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| Rich Garces calls it a career |
MLB Baseball |
02/17/2003 |
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| ts Network) - Pitcher Rich Garces has decided to retire from baseball. The 31-year-old Garces had signed a minor league contract with the Rockies, who placed him on the involuntary retired list on Monday. Garces spent the last seven seasons with the Boston Red Sox, and also spent time with the Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins. In 2002, Garces was 0-1 with 7.59 ERA in 26 games for Boston. In 156 relief appearances from 1999 to 2001, the 31-year-old Garces went 19-3 with four saves and a 3.11 e |
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| Red Sox agree with Cuban defector |
MLB Baseball |
02/16/2003 |
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| Fort Myers, FL (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox have agreed to terms on a minor league contract with pitcher Gary Galvez, an 18-year-old Cuban defector. The righthander was the ace of Cuba's Junior National Team in 2002. Galvez and 23 other passengers left Cuba by boat in August 2002. They were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard near Key Largo, Florida. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder spent a month in Miami before establishing residency in the Dominican Republic. |
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| Florida Marlins |
MLB Baseball Transaction |
02/15/2003 |
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| Traded outfielder Kevin Millar to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for cash. |
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| Millar a Red Sox after all |
MLB Baseball |
02/15/2003 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - The Florida Marlins have traded Kevin Millar to the Boston Red Sox in a cash deal one day after the Japanese team he agreed to sign with released him from his contract. The Marlins received an undisclosed payment from the Red Sox for the outfielder. The Chunichi Dragons released Millar from his contract on Friday and the 31- year-old was added to the Marlins' 40-man roster effective immediately. Chunichi will receive an undisclosed amount of money for dropping its claim to Millar |
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| Nilsson decides against comeback to MLB |
MLB Baseball |
02/13/2003 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Former All-Star catcher Dave Nilsson told the Boston Red Sox that he won't be accepting the team's invitation to spring training. The 33-year-old Nilsson had agreed to a minor league contract that reportedly would have paid him $400,000 if he made the 40-man roster. "His heart wasn't in it," said Craig Shipley, a special assistant to Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein. "It's better for him to do that now than come over here for a couple of weeks and then go home. He wrestled w |
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| Former Red Sox GM Haywood Sullivan dies |
MLB Baseball |
02/12/2003 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Former Boston Red Sox co-owner and general manager Haywood Sullivan passed away on Wednesday due to a stroke. He was 72. Sullivan was the GM of the Red Sox from 1978-83 and last worked for the team in 1993. He joined Jean Yawkey and Buddy LeRoux to take possession of the Red Sox in 1978. Sullivan, who also had a brief playing career for the Red Sox and Athletics, may be best known for failing to mail a contract offer to Carlton Fisk. That allowed the future Hall of Fame catcher |
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