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.
Now it is out there, for the entire world to see: Adrian Gonzalez's power. Huston Street's saves. Curtis Granderson's range in the outfield. Matt Wieters' future behind the plate. David Wright fouling off pitches until he gets the one he wants. Matt Cain's control. Carl Crawford's wheels. Live Major League Baseball games in the palm [...]
BOSTON — Most would agree that Josh Beckett and Derek Lowe are quality Major League starters. They've combined for 229 career victories, two 20-win seasons and 2,536 strikeouts. Though they rank among two of the best right-handed pitchers in baseball, similarities between the two are few and far between. When they oppose each other on [...]
BOSTON — Mother Nature intervened at the most inconvenient time possible for the Red Sox on Thursday night, leaving them with nothing left to do but swallow a rain-shortened 2-1 loss to the Marlins after play was halted for good one batter into the top of the sixth inning. It turns out that two solo [...]
Now it is out there, for the entire world to see: Adrian Gonzalez's power. Huston Street's saves. Curtis Granderson's range in the outfield. Matt Wieters' future behind the plate. David Wright fouling off pitches until he gets the one he wants. Matt Cain's control. Carl Crawford's wheels. Live Major League Baseball games in the palm [...]
BOSTON — Not only is slugger David Ortiz rising, so is his spot in the batting order. For the third time in his past four starts, Ortiz was in the No. 5 spot in manager Terry Francona's lineup. Ortiz's first 40 starts of the season came in the No. 3 spot, but he was struggling [...]
BOSTON — The 500th consecutive sellout at Fenway Park won't go down as one of the most memorable games in the record streak, but it contained enough elements to give the Red Sox a 6-1 victory over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday night. Starting pitcher Brad Penny was again strong, if not economical, running his [...]
Now it will be out there, for the entire world to see: Adrian Gonzalez's power. Huston Street's saves. Curtis Granderson's range in the outfield. Matt Wieters' future behind the plate. David Wright fouling off pitches until he gets the one he wants. Matt Cain's control. Carl Crawford's wheels. Live Major League Baseball games in the [...]
BOSTON — Terry Francona is the first to admit he occasionally takes Fenway Park for granted. If anyone were to expect a sellout crowd at home, it's Francona, who has never experienced anything else as manager of the Red Sox. When fans flocked to Fenway for Wednesday night's Interleague bout between the Sox and Marlins, [...]
BOSTON — He has been called dependable, durable, classy and consistent, and all of those labels have fit Tim Wakefield well throughout the years. But one thing the Red Sox's knuckleballer has never been called is an All-Star. After all these years, could that be on the verge of changing? One could only wonder that [...]
BOSTON — John Smoltz finally has a date to circle on his calendar. He has an opponent to focus on. The year-long battle back from right shoulder surgery will officially end for the veteran right-hander a week from Thursday, when the potential Hall of Famer is slotted in to make his debut for the Red [...]