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.
BOSTON — With a look of near elation on his face, Paul Byrd held his postgame news conference on Sunday afternoon with the "game ball" — the one that Takashi Saito presented to him — in his hand. It was probably the first time since Little League that Byrd had received a game ball, and [...]
BOSTON — With momentum clearly on their side, the timing might finally be right for the Red Sox to end their near two-year slump at Tropicana Field. Since the start of the 2008 season, the Red Sox are 2-15 under the roof of clanging cowbells — not to mention the home of the Tampa Bay [...]
BOSTON — As Clay Buchholz stood out there on the Fenway Park mound Saturday night, it was just three nights shy of the two-year anniversary of his no-hitter. So perhaps the setting was ripe for Buchholz to have another breakthrough performance, albeit not an historic one. Buchholz ultimately fell two outs shy of a shutout [...]
BOSTON — Roughly one month ago, Paul Byrd thought he might be slipping into retirement. He had stayed in shape, but no teams had called, and the family man was set to enjoy more time with his wife and kids. But he finally did get a call from a familiar team — the Boston Red [...]
BOSTON — With the rain pouring down, the Blue Jays were about to put an even bigger damper on the Fenway faithful, not to mention the Red Sox. It was the top of the eighth inning with one out in a tie game and John McDonald had smashed a double into the corner in left [...]
BOSTON — With a tropical storm moving through New England this weekend, the Red Sox made a logistical change with right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka, pushing his next Minor League rehab start back one day to Sunday afternoon. Matsuzaka will make that start for Double-A Portland in a game played at Manchester, N.H. There will be one [...]
BOSTON — Junichi Tazawa played with fire again on Thursday night. But this time, he got burned. Badly. Five days after scattering eight hits over six shutout innings against the Yankees, the rookie right-hander was just as hittable for the White Sox, who blasted Tazawa for nine runs on 10 hits over four frames in [...]
BOSTON — Finding himself on a pitcher's mound for the first time in more than a decade, Nick Green casually licked his fingers in between pitches during the eighth inning of Thursday night's game at Fenway Park. Moments later, he received a visit from third baseman Kevin Youkilis. "You can't do that anymore," said Youkilis, [...]
BOSTON — David Ortiz has never enjoyed playing extra innings. On Wednesday night, he made sure they weren't necessary. Never afraid to shine with the game on the line, the burly designated hitter clocked a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth — his second homer of the contest — to give the [...]
BOSTON — The Red Sox paid their respects to the life and career of Senator Edward M. Kennedy in a pregame ceremony on Wednesday at Fenway Park. A moment of silence was held to honor the longtime Massachusetts politician, who lost his fight with brain cancer on Tuesday night at the age of 77. "On [...]