It seems the big concern in Major League Baseball is speeding up the game. I have a few suggestions that baseball purists might not like. Unless you are an avid baseball fan, the game can be slow to the point of being boring. Here are some ways to speed up the game: • On defense, […]
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Behind Nunez and Devers, first-place Red Sox hitting hard
BOSTON — Eduardo Nunez and Rafael Devers ended up being the bats the Boston Red Sox needed — and they came a few days before the trade deadline. Red Sox President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski had a hole to fill at third base after the club released Pablo Sandoval last month. Just before Monday’s […]
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Rafael Devers joins Red Sox, expected to start Tuesday
SEATTLE — The Boston Red Sox are giving highly touted prospect Rafael Devers a day to get acclimated to big league life. Then, he’s expected to make his first start in the majors — against Seattle ace Felix Hernandez. Hoping to get more production at third base, the AL East leaders called up the 20-year-old […]
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Red Sox streak shut down by Bergman, Mariners
BOSTON — Christian Bergman’s emotions shifted from frustration and anxiety to trying to block out his previous start. When he got back on the mound, he certainly pitched relaxed. Bergman rebounded from a rough outing with seven shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners halted Boston’s season-high six-game winning streak with a 5-0 victory over the […]
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Gausman ejected after hitting batter, Red Sox top Orioles, 4-2
Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel pumps his fist after striking out Baltimore Orioles’ Manny Machado to end the baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The Red Sox defeated the Orioles 4-2. BOSTON — Hours after Major League Baseball held a conference call to tell the Red Sox […]
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Red Sox take weekend series against Cubs with 6-2 victory
Boston Red Sox’s Marco Hernandez throws to first to get out Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant in the seventh inning of a baseball game on Sunday, April 30, 2017, in Boston. BOSTON — Marco Hernandez scored the go-ahead run on Pedro Strop’s wild pitch in Boston’s four-run eighth inning, helping the Red Sox beat the sloppy […]
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Game 3 of Indians-Red Sox ALDS rained out, moved to Monday
The Indians right-hander said he was treating Sunday as a regular off-day after rain washed out Game 3 of Cleveland’s AL Division Series against Boston. But instead of building on the success from the 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series, he will take the mound after both teams had extra rest. “We had a few […]
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Jon Lester chooses Cubs over Red Sox
SAN DIEGO — Jon Lester agreed Tuesday night to a $155 million, six-year contract with the Cubs, the first big deal of the offseason involving a top-level starting pitcher and one Chicago hopes will help end more than a century of frustration at Wrigley Field’s Friendly Confines. Lester’s contract, agreed to on the second day of […]
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Red Sox beards coming off
BOSTON — Some famous Boston beards fell victim to the razor Monday. Red Sox players David Ortiz and Shane Victorino shaved in a promotion at Gillette headquarters in Boston. Joining them was city policeman Steve Horgan, who was stationed in the Red Sox bullpen at Fenway Park. He became a fixture in Beantown after he […]
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Baseball suspends Alex Rodriguez through 2014 season
NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece Monday when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case — the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago. Ryan Braun’s 65-game suspension last month and […]