BOSTON – The lovefest was still in progress at Fenway Park on Tuesday as new Red Sox manager John Farrell posed for picture after picture. Standing off to the side, the assistant general manager, Mike Hazen, said it was indeed good that Farrell was named manager. Farrell is a strong communicator with ties to the […]

BOSTON – The Boston Red Sox named Torey Lovullo as bench coach under new manager John Farrell. The team made the announcement Friday, six days after Farrell was picked to succeed the fired Bobby Valentine. Lovullo, 47, was Toronto’s first-base coach the past two seasons when Farrell managed the Blue Jays. In 2010, Lovullo was […]

BOSTON — This time, the Red Sox didn’t waste any time. It only took about 12 hours from the final out of the 2012 season for the team to tell Bobby Valentine his services wouldn’t be needed next year. That’s good, because the past six months felt like they dragged on forever. Surely Valentine wasn’t […]

Ben Cherington needs a new manager and replacement players – and fast.