Papelbon back to his old tricks, the bullpen

It’s official. You won’t see Joel Pineiro, Branden Donnelly, or J.C. Romero coming out of the bullpen in the 9th. You won’t see Mike Timlin or Julian Tavarez either. Instead, it’ll be young Jonathan Papelbon closing Red Sox games again this year.
A lot of people were excited about seeing him start, and about the potential [...]

Schilling on Moss, Hazen on Masterson

In the latest from Curt Schilling’s official blog, 38 Pitches, the Boston’s ace singles out former Spinner Brandon Moss as the Red Sox prospect he was most impressed with this spring.
But if I had to choose right now the kid I think has immense upside is Brandon Moss. I watched this kid hit yesterday for [...]

Spring Training Spinners — DAVID MURPHY

We round out our coverage of former Spinners on the Red Sox Spring Training roster with a profile of the most recent former Spinner to make the Major Leagues: outfielder David Murphy.
David Murphy – 2003 Spinners stats: .346 BA, 0 HR, 13 RBI, 9 SO, 16 BB in 78 AB
On September 2 of last summer, [...]

Spinners promotional excellence recognized

The Lowell Spinners tremendous promotional schedule is making headlines all the way in Texas!
San Antonio Express-News sportswriter David King’s Page Two lead today was the Lowell Spinners promotional excellence, from Y.E.P. to the upcoming David Eckstein Step Stool Giveaway on July 20th, sponsored by Merrimack Valley Credit Union and Textron Systems.
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