Boston Red Sox

Published
October 21, 2011

Ortiz still favors Red Sox

David Ortiz avoids the recent club turmoil and says there's no hurry to decide on his career plans.
Published
October 19, 2011

Varitek weighs in on Sox debacle

Red Sox captain Jason Varitek tells radio listeners that a lack of depth and poor play are to blame.Jason Varitek has a simple explanation for the Red Sox's historic September collapse. "We played like absolute bad baseball," the captain said in a radio interview . . .
Published
October 18, 2011

Tom Caron:Let’s hope the ugliness is behind us

October 2011 will go down as one of the ugliest months in the long history of the Boston Red Sox. And the Sox didn't play a game. Instead, they spent the month trying to recover from one of the worst collapses in baseball history . . .
Published
October 15, 2011

Owner denies Red Sox out to smear Francona

BOSTON – John Henry, the Red Sox owner, popped in on a Boston radio show Friday to deny that the club conducted a smear campaign against Manager Terry Francona after letting him go. Henry said he was driving when he heard the hosts on 98.5 The Sports Hub accusing ownership of leaking information to the […]
Published
October 14, 2011

Sox’s poor judgment a godsend for Cubs

Commentary: The Cubs are thrilled to welcome Theo Epstein and will give him the tools to succeed.

Published
October 13, 2011

It’s a must-win situation

Theo Epstein's journey from summer intern to youngest general manager in major league history to designated savior was quick by baseball standards. Twelve years after starting out as a glorified gopher at Camden Yards in Baltimore in 1992, Epstein steered his beloved Boston Red Sox to their first world title in 86 years in 2004, then added a ring three years later in case anyone thought the first was a fluke. Next on Epstein's bucket list is fixing the franchise that's chewed up and spit out managers, general managers and presidents for decades.
Published
October 12, 2011

Francona: Pain meds no factor

Terry Francona denies being affected by pain medication during the September collapse.
Published
October 12, 2011

Epstein signs 5-year deal with Cubs

The 37-year-old Epstein would leave the Red Sox with a year remaining on his contract and take over what is expected to be an expanded role with the Cubs, who have gone 103 years without a World Series championship.
Published
October 9, 2011

On Baseball: Red Sox organization moving on to life after Francona

In 2003, the Boston Red Sox fired Grady Little. In 2011, the Red Sox did not pick up the options on manager Terry Francona’s contract. Was there a difference? Yes and no. Despite the wording and spin, the Red Sox got rid of Francona just as they did Little. But this was not a case […]
Published
October 1, 2011

On Baseball: Reshaping Red Sox demands decisions

Before the final day of the regular season, pitcher Tim Wakefield reportedly said, “I definitely want to come back next year. I have another goal in front of me that I’d like to accomplish, and that’s the all-time record for the Red Sox in wins “ Here’s hoping the Red Sox don’t let him. It’s […]

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