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.
Red Sox president Larry Lucchino has been surprised by little this offseason, from the splashy upgrades the Red Sox were able to make to some of the sound bites coming from New York. Going into the winter, the Red Sox knew well — quantitatively, in fact — that the club’s draw wasn’t what it had [...]
One wave of heralded prospects (Jonathan Papelbon, Jon Lester, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury and Kevin Youkilis) helped the Red Sox win a World Series in 2007, and that core is about to make a run at another trophy. Three players from the next wave (Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo and Reymond Fuentes) were traded six weeks [...]
A plan to expand the bullpens and move the right-field wall in at Fenway Park has been put on hold while other options are considered, Red Sox president Larry Lucchino said on Thursday. “We’re going to re-examine it and see if we can come up with some alternative plans that might give us a chance [...]
Brandon Jacobs works out every day in his hometown of Lilburn, Ga. He hits, lifts, runs and — like everyone else in the land of the Southeastern Conference — is waiting for Monday’s BCS Championship Game. Jacobs has more of a personal stake than most who are not tied to Auburn University. He could have [...]