Most of the time, the newspaper websites put their stories up online just after midnight. This holds true normally for the Providence Journal and Boston Herald. The Boston Globe and Hartford Courant usually publish theirs online around 3 AM. If am up til 3 AM, I will usually include those headlines into the news and notes and make sure the early ones are in. You ask why am I explaining this to you? My answer is because there was a lot of news that came out after I went to bed at 1 AM last night that was missed here.
“As The Santana Turns” is starting to show signs of life again as it appears that the Twins are focused on the deal which involved Jacoby Ellsbury. Rumor is the teams are deciding who the fourth player will be.
Mike Lowell and Terry Francona are heading to Washington, D.C. to have dinner with President Bush. This visit is different than when the whole team will go to the White House. Lowell also said he has become a “soccer dad” this offseason. I wonder if he’s driving the mini-van around.
The Red Sox made it 2 for 2 in this years MLB.com This Year in Baseball Awards as closer Jonathan Papelbon was the overwhelming choice for Closer of the Year. Can the Red Sox go 3 for 3 tomorrow if the fans voted Terry Francona as Manager of the Year?
Ellsbury seems key in any deal with Red Sox [Star-Tribune]
President Bush asks Lowell over to dinner [Boston Herald]
Fans tab Papelbon TYIB’s top closer [redsox.com]
