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January 25, 2008 Archives

The Boston Red Sox today agreed to terms with righthanded pitcher Kyle Snyder on a one-year, non-guaranteed contract for the 2008 season. No further terms were disclosed.

The agreement was announced by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein.

Snyder was 2-3 with a career best 3.81 ERA in 46 relief appearances with Boston in 2007, his first full major league season. The righthander limited the opposition to a .223 batting average and averaged 6.8 strikeouts per every nine innings of work.

Acquired on a waiver claim from Kansas City in June 2006, Snyder is 8-17, 5.45 in 91 games/29 starts with the Royals (2003; 2005-06) and Red Sox (2006-07) in his major league career.

With Snyder’s agreement, infielder Kevin Youkilis is the only remaining unsigned Red Sox player eligible for salary arbitration.

--BOSTON RED SOX

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Single game tickets for most 2008 Boston Red Sox home games go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday via phone and internet. Fans will be allowed to purchase up to eight tickets by calling (617) 482-4769 or online at redsox.com. Fans with disabilities may call (877) 733-7699 to purchase accessible seating (while supplies last). The Red Sox’ TTY number for hearing-impaired fans is (617) 226-6644.

--BOSTON RED SOX

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Providence Bruins' defenseman Brett Skinner has been added to the Canadian team roster for the AHL All-Star Classic. Teammate Pascal Pelletier, who was named a starter for the Canadian squad, will miss the event due to his being called up by the Boston Bruins.

Skinner, 24, joins teammates Tuukka Rask and Matt Lashoff, both starters for PlanetUSA, and coaches Scott Gordon and assistant Rob Murray, who will lead the PlanetUSA team, at the event. The game will take place on Monday, Jan.28 at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, New York, beginning at 7 p.m.

--PROVIDENCE BRUINS

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This is the first edition in a six-part series by sports columnist Jim Donaldson. Jim, who has covered each of the Patriots' five Super Bowl appearances to date for The Journal (he'll make it six next weekend) looks back in these audio slideshows at each of the games, and his thoughts are accompanied by pictures from Bob Breidenbach, who has photographed each of the games. We'll get to the Super Bowl games themselves on Monday, but to start, here's Jim's presentation on Tom Brady, the Patriots' greatest Super Bowl hero. Click the play button below to see and hear the show.

Click the play button below to see and hear the show, as Kevin McNamara previews the Friars game Saturday night against the Orange, at 2 on Sunday afternoon.

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Click the play button below to see and hear the show, as Paul Kenyon previews the Rams game Saturday night against the Bonnies.

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On today's sports cover, Rob Lee examines how the Patriots have turned issues that could have caused adversity into positives; Kevin McNamara looks at PC's tough loss to Seton Hall; and Bill Reynolds and Mike Szostak write about Boston's newest sports star, Kevin Garnett.

Click here to download the file in pdf format.