The Boston Red Sox, based in Boston, Mass., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League East Division. The Red Sox were founded as the Boston Somersets in 1901.
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — The two teams that battled furiously for six months last season, and then again in an epic American League Championship Series, were back on the same field again for the first time since that tense, riveting Game 7 in October. In the low-pressure environment of Friday's exhibition contest between the Red [...]
RAYS 12, RED SOX 4at Port Charlotte, Fla.Friday, Feb. 27 Red Sox at the plate: After falling behind, 10-0, Boston scored four runs in the fifth. One of the runs came via an RBI single by Rocco Baldelli, who was playing in his first Grapefruit League game with the Red Sox — against his former [...]
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Forget, for a minute, the Rhode Island roots of Rocco Baldelli, who is entering his first season with the Red Sox. When Baldelli got off the team bus and entered the Rays' Spring Training complex on Friday, that is when he felt at home. It mattered little that Tampa Bay is [...]
FORT MYERS, Fla. — One of the rising power left-handed pitchers in baseball, Jon Lester has no visions of turning into the next Jamie Moyer. That said, the Red Sox's No. 2 starter is making a concerted effort during Spring Training to bring a changeup into his arsenal. Lester reeled off a few changeups in [...]
PIRATES 3, RED SOX 2at Fort Myers, Fla.Thursday, Feb. 26 Pirates at the plate: Brandon Moss, who came up through the Red Sox's farm system before being dealt to the Pirates as part of the Jason Bay deal last July, had a single in his return to City of Palms Park. Steven Lerud tied the [...]
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The last time Takashi Saito had taken the mound in a game situation before Thursday, he didn't get anyone out. It was Game 2 of the 2008 National League Division Series, and Dodgers manager Joe Torre called on the right-hander to protect a 10-1 lead against the Cubs. Derrek Lee smoked [...]
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Unlike the last time he took the mound in a game for the Red Sox, Josh Beckett didn't need anti-inflammatories just to make it bearable. He didn't grimace with each maximum-effort offering, as was the case for Game 6 of the American League Championship Series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The [...]
FORT MYERS, Fla. — This is what Josh Bard had to say the night of April 26, 2006, after committing four passed balls in a game at Cleveland with knuckleballer Tim Wakefield on the mound. "I just missed 'em," Bard said. "[Wakefield] believes in me, I believe in me. We'll get through this." Nearly three [...]
RED SOX 7, BOSTON COLLEGE 1at Fort Myers, Fla.Feb. 25 Red Sox at the plate: After being shut down over the first four innings, the Red Sox rallied for six runs in the fifth, riding a two-run double into the gap by Angel Chavez and a three-run double by Chris Carter. Boston College at the [...]
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The thirst of New England's always passionate baseball fans will be quenched today, when the Red Sox open their exhibition season with not just a game, but a split-site doubleheader. Ace Josh Beckett will fire his first unofficial pitch of 2009 at roughly 1:05 p.m. ET in a matchup with Boston [...]