BOSTON — Torey Lovullo arrived Friday at Fenway Park to interview for the job as Boston Red Sox manager. Lovullo was the fourth person to interview for the job that opened when the team parted ways with Terry Francona, who admitted losing the clubhouse during the September collapse. Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum, Phillies bench […]

BOSTON — Texas Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux withdrew from consideration for the manager’s job with the Boston Red Sox. He had been scheduled for an interview today, but Boston GM Ben Cherington announced Monday that Maddux had withdrawn. The job opened when Terry Francona left following the team’s epic collapse in September, when it […]

Adrian Gonzalez, Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury become the first Boston trio to win fielding awards since 1979.

BOSTON – New Boston Red Sox General Manager Ben Cherington made his first move since his promotion, picking up the contract option on shortstop Marco Scutaro on Sunday. The Red Sox will pay $6 million for Scutaro, who helped stabilize a position that seemed to be in perpetual flux since Nomar Garciaparra was traded away […]

New Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington has his work cut out, needing to hire a manager and get his team to recover from a September collapse and well-publicized reports of beer-and-chicken sessions among the starting pitchers. But Cherington has dealt with a mess before. In 2003, at the same time the Sea Dogs were […]