Theo Epstein is gone, and the Sox get 26-year-old reliever Chris Carpenter from Chicago.
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Tom Caron: Long road to redemption for Red Sox
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Everything is new here at the spring training home of the Red Sox. The team has assembled a new 106-acre complex – one of the best facilities in the game – there is a new GM, a new manager, and new faces in behind-the-scenes positions around the clubhouse. That’s what happens […]
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Major League Notebook: Valentine’s first edict … players will ride the bus
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Bobby Valentine always expects his players to bust it. The new manager of the Boston Red Sox also wants his team to bus it this spring. When the Red Sox play exhibitions on the road, Valentine says the players will take the team bus. It’s common around the majors for stars […]
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Red Sox get back to business
Pitchers and catchers are the first to report, and the first to be grilled about last season’s collapse.
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Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield to retire after 19 years
The 45-year-old knuckleballer will finish his career with 200 victories. He’s first in Red Sox history in innings and starts, second in strikeouts and third in wins.
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Tom Caron: With camp about to begin, here are four ‘X Factors’
BOSTON — On Sunday, Red Sox pitchers and catchers will officially report for duty in Ft. Myers, Fla. It will be the start of Camp Valentine, the first steps forward for a group of players trying to put an epic collapse behind them. There are plenty of storylines to keep an eye on in these […]
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Red Sox, Papi avoid arbitration
Boston keeps its slugging designated hitter happy with a one-year contract worth $14,575,000.
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Tom Caron: Despite run of success, loss still hurts
The Patriots are still on the clock. After Sunday’s disheartening loss to the Giants, the Patriots are still the Boston team that has gone the longest since its last championship. Tom Brady might be 0 for 2 in his last two Super Bowl appearances, but it’s still hard to get disheartened in a city that […]
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Sox manager not prepared to pick shortstop
Bobby Valentine says he’ll use spring training to choose Marco Scutaro’s replacement.
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Tom Caron: Sox deal makes cents
It’s hard not to wonder what’s next. Over the weekend, Red Sox GM Ben Cherington sent Marco Scutaro to Colorado for Clayton Mortenson, a 26-year old righthander who has yet to find any consistent success at the major league level. Mortenson, a former first-round pick, has a career mark of 4-8 with a 5.12 ERA. […]