December 17, 2011 | 10:36 AM
The Sox Factor
Carmine Returns While We Wait for a Big Splash from Big Ben
Looks Like the Biggest Offseason Deals for the Red Sox Were Christmas at Fenway, BobbyVmania, and the Photo Op at JetBlue Park
"We don�t have as much room in our payroll as we�ve had in previous years." -- Ben Cherington, feeling the pain of Theo's 2012 payroll, which pays A-Gon and Crawford $42M, and Beckett and Lackey $33M
Small Bengine Parts
(Boston Dirt Dogs / Frank Galasso, cartoonist)
Cherington Installs Small Replacement Parts Shoppach, Melancon, and Punto,
But Hanley Ramirez Isn't Walking Through That Garage Door Anytime Soon
Et Tu, on Tebow?
(BDD / James MacLeod Cartoons)
(BDD / Frank Galasso Photo Illustration)