How pampered is our life as New England sports fans? I can actually make a top-10 list of my favorite championship teams and feel like it’s too restrictive. Seriously, every time a major sports network shows that infamous graphic of “longest drought by an American city without winning the title in a major sport,” we […]
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Red Sox fire John Farrell
Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell watches from the dugout during the second inning in Game 3 of baseball’s American League Division Series against the Houston Astros, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Boston. The Red Sox fired Farrell on Wednesday. BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox fired manager John Farrell on Wednesday after the […]
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Hot Corner: Patriots are fine, but Red Sox manager is not
There are rare times in the sports calendar when a friendly, neighborhood columnist might be hard-pressed to come up with a compelling topic. October is not one of those dry spells. Between the baseball playoffs, college and pro football, the meat of high school’s fall season and NBA and NHL’s too-early starts, the major issue […]
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Red Sox beat Astros 10-3, avoid elimination in ALDS Game 3
BOSTON (AP) — Hanley Ramirez waved a “Believe in Boston” flag during pregame introductions, drawing cheers from a Fenway Park crowd fearful of a second straight postseason sweep. Then he gave the Red Sox exactly what they wished for: more October baseball. “I just tried to wake everybody up,” Ramirez said after delivering four hits […]
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Barbara P. Hutchinson
TOPSHAM — Barbara Purinton Hutchinson, 88, passed away at The Highlands, Topsham on Friday, Sept. 29. She was born Oct. 21, 1928, in Brunswick, the fifth child of Edith Hamlin Purinton and Ernest Augustus Purinton. Barbara attended Brunswick schools, including the Pleasant Street School and Hawthorne Elementary. She was a majorette with the school band, participated […]
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Donaldson, Blue Jays stop Red Sox winning streak at 6
BOSTON (AP) — Josh Donaldson homered and drove in three runs, powering the Toronto Blue Jays past the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox 6-4 on Monday night. Boston’s six-game winning streak was snapped and its magic number to clinch a second straight division title remained at three. The Red Sox lead the second-place New York […]
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Price returns in 3-2 Red Sox loss to Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Daivd Price had a flawless return from a nearly two-month layoff. The 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner pitched two hitless innings in relief for the Boston Red Sox in a 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. He was activated Thursday and pitched for the first time since […]
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Andrew W. Stevens
SWANZEY, N.H. — Andrew Winfield Stevens, 43, of Swanzey, N.H., formerly of East Wilton, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 12. He was born on Nov. 17, 1973, in Southampton, Long Island, N.Y., the son of Karen Stevens-King, Florida and Joe Stevens, New York. He was a self-employed carpenter. He enjoyed his work working on his […]
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Red Sox beat Yankees 5-1, move 5 up in AL East
BOSTON (AP) — Jackie Bradley Jr. knows all about the Fenway Park triangle, and how long it can take to get the ball back to the infield from the 420-foot marker. So when the Red Sox center fielder saw, as he pulled into second, that his Yankees counterpart had just picked up the ball, Bradley […]
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Encarnacion homers twice, Indians beat Red Sox 7-3
BOSTON (AP) — After popping out with the bases loaded in the second inning, Edwin Encarnacion went into the Cleveland clubhouse, threw his bat in anger and broke it. “You know, normal stuff like that,” he said with a smile Monday night after homering his next two times up — a pair of two-run shots […]