The Red Sox landed Mark Teixeira when they drafted him in the ninth round of the 1998 draft, but he chose to attend Georgia Tech when his family and he learned how Boston landed him.
The Sox put out a false report that Teixeira wanted to go to college, which kept teams from drafting him.
The strategy worked in one sense, but it backfired badly when Teixeira's adviser Scott Boras and his father John were so upset with what the Sox had done that they walked away from a take-it-or-leave it $1.5 million bonus.
Teixeira ended up going to Georgia Tech.
"That was the greatest decision of my life, both professionally and personally," said Teixeira recently. "It was made very clear to me that I wasn't ready for pro baseball. The business of it is something I completely understand now, but as an 18-year-old kid it was completely unfair."
"I got to go to college and have the three best years of my life. And I can't complain on how my career has turned out. I was upset about it for a couple of weeks, but then I started getting into college, and once I stepped on the campus of Georgia Tech, I knew it was meant to be."
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Margaret Creighton, a history professor at Bates College, came up with the idea for "Red Sox Nation: Baseball and American Culture" following the Boston's loss to the New York Yankees in the 2003 American League championship series.
The course was first offered at the small liberal arts college in 2005, a year after the Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918.
With only 15 openings, it took only a minute or so for the class to fill up when online registration opened.
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A strained oblique has forced the Red Sox to push Josh Beckett back to Game 3 of the ALDS.
Jon Lester will start Game 1 of Boston's series against the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday, followed by Daisuke Matsuzaka on Friday in Game 2.
"He has to be able to go out there and execute his pitches," Manager Terry Francona said, "but I think he's going to be OK."
Beckett is 12-10 with a 4.03 ERA this season.
"I don't think it's frustrating," Francona added. "Things happen and you deal with them and if you deal with them well enough, you handle it. If you don't, you go home."
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Red Sox Sep 2008 Archive
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Andrew Perna/RealGM | Sep 28, 2008
Mike Mussina won his twentieth game of the season on Sunday as the Yankees defeated the Red Sox.
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Andrew Perna/RealGM | Sep 28, 2008
Fans at Fenway Park waved signs with the year '2000' on them on Sunday with the Yankees battling the Red Sox.
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MLB.com | Sep 27, 2008
The American League playoff picture began to take shape on Friday night as the Angels secured the best record in the league.
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Hartford Courant | Sep 24, 2008
On Friday before the series opener against the Yankees, Johnny Pesky's number will be immortalized at Fenway Park when the Red Sox retire No. 6.
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Andrew Perna/RealGM | Sep 23, 2008
The Red Sox clinched a playoff berth on Tuesday night with a tight 5-4 win over the Indians.
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Boston Herald | Sep 22, 2008
The Red Sox could alter their pitching rotation in the postseason, with Josh Beckett and Jon Lester as their front end.
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ESPN | Sep 21, 2008
The Red Sox clinched at least a tie for the American League Wild Card with a 3-0 victory over the Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.
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ESPN | Sep 20, 2008
Blue Jays' pitcher Roy Halladay won his 19th game of the season on Saturday against the Red Sox, keeping Boston from clinching a playoff berth.
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ESPN | Sep 20, 2008
The Red Sox plan to rest third baseman Mike Lowell for four-to-five days in order to rest his injured hip.
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Providence Journal | Sep 19, 2008
Jason Varitek's contract will run out at the end of the season, and it's not a lock that he'll return to the Red Sox next year.
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Boston Herald | Sep 18, 2008
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz will see a specialist for his troublesome left wrist once the season is over.
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Boston Herald | Sep 18, 2008
The Red Sox and GM Theo Epstein are close to coming to terms on a long-term contract extension.
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Andrew Perna/RealGM | Sep 16, 2008
Dioner Navarro singled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth on Tuesday night to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 2-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
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Andrew Perna/RealGM | Sep 15, 2008
The Boston Red Sox knocked the Tampa Bay Rays around, 13-4, on Monday night to move into a tie for first-place in the AL East.
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Boston Herald | Sep 15, 2008
Red Sox shortstop Jed Lowrie has reportedly made a play for Olympic gymnast Alicia Sacramone.
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Boston Globe | Sep 15, 2008
The Red Sox are reportedly in the lead for the services of Japanese righthander Junichi Tazawa.
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yahoo.com | Sep 13, 2008
The Boston Red Sox on Saturday exercised a one-year option for LHP Hideki Okajima's contract for 2009.
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Christopher Reina/RealGM | Sep 12, 2008
The Red Sox have taken over the top slot in our rankings, while the Cubs, Mets, White Sox, and Phillies trail in the top-five.
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Boston Herald | Sep 12, 2008
Jonathan Papelbon was asked to appear on ABC's Dancing With the Stars this season but declined.
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Boston Globe | Sep 8, 2008
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz hit a home run on Sunday for the first time in twenty games, but admitted that his hand is far from one-hundred percent.
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Providence Journal | Sep 2, 2008
The Red Sox expect Josh Beckett to start against the Rangers on Friday in Texas.
