The former Red Sox manager says the team’s owners ‘are good but don’t love baseball.’
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Francona book: Red Sox owners obsessed with image
The ex-Boston manager said the team’s owners treat the Red Sox as a “toy” or “hobby,” and obsessed over building a “sexy team” with big-name, marketable players.
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On Baseball: Some Red Sox prospects ripening down on the farm
BOSTON – Mention the 2012 season to someone in the Red Sox organization and watch the grimace. “That sour taste is in everybody’s mouth,” said Ben Crockett, Boston’s director of player development. But Crockett stood in the temporarily domed Harvard Stadium on Friday morning, announcing that there is hope. As he spoke to a group of […]
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Red Sox, Sea Dogs extend affiliation
The big news at the Hot Stove banquet is the partnership will continue through 2018.
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Bobby Valentine gets NBC radio job
The former manager of the Red Sox moves from the dugout to a broadcast studio for a new sports radio venture.
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Major League Notebook: Red Sox seek leverage by pursuing LaRoche
WASHINGTON – The Boston Red Sox were among a handful of teams — the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays also were on the list — that had contact with free-agent first baseman Adam LaRoche earlier in the offseason. Now, with the Red Sox presumably in more advanced discussions than before, there is […]
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The other Drew gets his shot in Boston’s market
Stephen Drew follows big brother J.D. and looks forward to ‘a big series,’ like Red Sox vs. Yankees.
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Hanrahan aboard as Red Sox closer
Boston completes a six-player trade with the Pirates, and name Joel Hanrahan as the closer.
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Major League Notebook: Red Sox set to acquire Pirates closer
PITTSBURGH – The Boston Red Sox are pursuing another burly right-hander to shore up their bullpen. A person familiar with the talks said the Red Sox and Pirates are close to completing a trade that would send All-Star closer Joel Hanrahan to Boston for a handful of prospects. Pittsburgh would ship Hanrahan and another player […]
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Miles to go before Cherington can sleep
There’s no offseason in the sun for the Sox GM, whose rebuilding effort remains a work in progress.