DALLAS — Baseball’s winter meetings can be a flurry of hot-stove activity. The Red Sox were very active last year, beginning the week at Disney with the trade that brought Adrian Gonzalez to town and ending it with a press conference welcoming Carl Crawford. They weren’t so busy the previous year in Indianapolis. In fact, […]

The hiring of Bobby Valentine could stoke the rivalry between the Red Sox and Yankees.

The Boston Red Sox selected Bobby Valentine to be their next manager and the sides were working to complete a contract, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday night.

While being courted by the Red Sox, Bobby Valentine says he hopes he’s learned from his bad experiences.

BOSTON – The Jonathan Papelbon era is over. For the first time since 2003, Red Sox fans now wonder who will be finishing games in the coming season. Will it be Daniel Bard, or a closer currently sweating out the free-agent market? Ben Cherington, the new GM, made it clear it’s not Bard’s job. At […]

BASEBALL RED SOX: Gene Lamont was the fifth and — for now — final candidate to interview for the managerial job, following Torey Lovullo, Pete Mackanin, Dale Sveum and Sandy Alomar Jr. GM Ben Cherington said he hopes to narrow the field and talk to the finalists next week at the GM meetings in Milwaukee, […]