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.
HOUSTON — Astros general manager Ed Wade has often said dismissing Terry Francona as manager in Philadelphia was the biggest mistake he's made in his professional career, and on Monday he turned to a pair of Francona disciples in an effort to fill the Astros' managerial vacancy. Boston Red Sox coaches Brad Mills and Tim [...]
BOSTON — To consider how far he has come, remember the following: At this point last year, Clay Buchholz was pitching in the Arizona Fall League. Yes, the Red Sox, in desperate need to get Buchholz some sort of confidence going into the winter, had sent him out there in a pressure-free environment. Then, there [...]
BOSTON — They firmly expect to be there again in 2010, fighting for a chance to go deep into October. The Red Sox have been to the postseason six times in the last seven years, but this year's team didn't last long, getting swept in three straight by the Angels in the American League Division [...]
CLEVELAND — If you haven't done so already, scratch Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell's name off the list of candidates for the Indians' managerial vacancy. What had been rumored and speculated for more than a week was made official Wednesday, when Farrell informed the Indians he is simply not interested in the job. "It's [...]
BOSTON — They said all year that their goal was to get to the postseason and see what happened. But once the Red Sox got there, the ultimate goal that was left unsaid — winning the World Series for the third time in six years — wasn't reached, leaving an empty feeling throughout the clubhouse. [...]
Billy Wagner might be leaning toward choosing retirement over closing games next season, according to a report in the New York Post. On Sunday, Wagner pitched two-thirds of an inning for the Red Sox in Boston's 7-6 loss to the Angels in the decisive Game 3 of the American League Division Series. In the wake [...]
BOSTON — After cleaning out his locker on Monday, Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay was filmed by several television cameras as he walked out of the clubhouse for the final time in 2009. The question is whether Bay will walk back in that same door for Opening Day of next season. The star run [...]
BOSTON — On a sunny and crisp Monday at Fenway Park, less than 24 hours after the Red Sox saw their season end in jarring fashion amid a furious ninth-inning comeback by the Angels, the American League Division Series 2009 logo was still covering the grass behind home plate. Game 4 of the ALDS would [...]
BOSTON — They showed up on Sunday merely to survive, and push their season to another day. And just as the Red Sox were about to do that, it all came crashing down in a 7-6 heartbreaker to the Angels in Game 3 of the American League Division Series. One strike away from victory three [...]
BOSTON — Without a doubt, Sunday's 7-6 loss to the Angels in Game 3 of the American League Division Series was a crushing way for the Red Sox's largely successful 2009 season to end. Once they can digest it — and it might take a few days considering how this one finished — the Red [...]