ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Among the joyful scenes in the Red Sox clubhouse at Tropicana Field Tuesday night — bleeding into Wednesday morning — was a smiling 21-year-old, his shirt drenched in champagne and, like many of his teammates, equipped with goggles to protect his eyes form the bubbly. Xander Bogaerts moved off to the […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Reporters filed into John Farrell’s office for the regular pregame chat Tuesday night. Before a question could be asked, Farrell began. “So, last night.” Then he smiled. Farrell knew there would be inquiries to how he managed Monday night’s 5-4 loss to the Rays. Specifically, two moves that Farrell did not […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Red Sox are returning to Fenway Park. October baseball continues. This is a golden time for the New England and its love affair with baseball. For all the recent talk about rebounding from a couple of disastrous seasons, expand the picture just a little. Seven trips to the playoffs in […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Rays will hand the ball to Jeremy Hellickson in Game 4 of the American League division series. That used to give the Rays confidence, but Hellickson has faded in the second half of the year. He was 10-3 at one point but finished the season 12-10 with a […]