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Twins next up for Red Sox

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:44:26 -0400

BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox send Daisuke Matsuzaka to the mound against Scott Baker of the Minnesota Twins. The Red Sox begin a six-game homestand Monday after splitting...

Red Sox trip on way home

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:33:09 -0400

NEW YORK - Many of the Red Sox will be back here in a week to take over the Midsummer Classic. But before returning to Boston early this morning, the All-Star-laden Red...

Mike Lowell snubbed

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:08:17 -0400

NEW YORK - With numbers that compare quite favorably to the two other third baseman reserves selected by the players and manager, Mike Lowell was disappointed not to get an...

Brett Gardner an unlikely hero for Yankees

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:06:37 -0400

With his uniform dirty and his manner modest and unaffected, Brett Gardner cut an unlikely figure as a hero for the New York Yankees last night. But that's exactly...

Red Sox looking to upgrade

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:04:44 -0400

NEW YORK - The annual major league trading deadline is just 24 days away and the Red Sox, like most other clubs, are doing their due diligence. On several levels. ...

Despite lengthy slump, peers vote for Jason Varitek

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:02:00 -0400

NEW YORK - In the event you are wondering, there is precedent for this sort of thing. In 1988, Oakland A's catcher Terry Steinbach made it to the All-Star Game with a...

AL side wears Red Sox

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:59:49 -0400

NEW YORK - Red Sox followers are renowned for getting out the vote when it comes to the All-Star Game. But here's a surprise: Rival players appear to be fans, too. ...

Manny Ramirez at-bat a real mystery

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:57:48 -0400

NEW YORK - The at-bat was mystifying enough. The attempted explanation was even more confusing. Called upon to pinch hit with two outs and the go-ahead run on third base...

Outcome doesn't sit well with Jonathan Papelbon

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:55:09 -0400

NEW YORK - Jonathan Papelbon put the ball right where he wanted, slicing a 1-2 fastball through the heart of the strike zone to the pesky Brett Gardner. Sit down rookie. ...

Kevin Youkilis, Joba Chamberlain cross paths

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:53:14 -0400

NEW YORK - No matter what he does these days, Kevin Youkilis seems to be ticking off somebody. First it was Manny Ramirez. Now it is Joba Chamberlain. Again. ...

Seven Sox selected as All-Stars

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:44:50 -0400

NEW YORK - It's the end of the first week of July, so half of the Red Sox must be going to the All-Star Game. The teams were announced on TBS's live broadcast,...

Red Sox whiff on chance to close out Yankees

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:12:01 -0400

NEW YORK - When the Red Sox could not greet one familiar face, Mike Mussina, rudely yesterday at Yankee Stadium, they went after another, Mariano Rivera. Although their...

Mussina breathes sigh of relief

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:54:20 -0400

NEW YORK - Mike Mussina paced around the clubhouse, from the lounge to the trainer's room to the massage room and back to the lounge, unable to stand still as Mariano...

Mariano Rivera shows he's 'human'

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:45:04 -0400

NEW YORK - This must've been some alternate universe the Yankees had entered, where matter and anti-matter had flip-flopped and Mariano Rivera, the strike-zone specialist,...

Johnny Damon may end streak

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:08:10 -0400

NEW YORK - For all the fences he has crashed into, catchers he has run over and teammates he has collided with, Johnny Damon has never spent a day on the disabled list. ...

Red Sox won't be big spenders

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:07:49 -0400

It's finally July, so trading deadline chatter can start to be taken seriously. The Red Sox probably won't be players for any of the notorious names like C.C....

Mike Mussina delivers big start

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:07:26 -0400

NEW YORK - First he was sitting. Then he was standing. Then he couldn't watch. Then he couldn't turn away. Mike Mussina seemingly went through every range...

Streaking Dustin Pedroia won't slow down

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:07:03 -0400

NEW YORK - The degrees of hotness: Florida hot, Texas hot, Arizona hot. And, now, Pedroia hot. "It seems like when he gets hits, it's not just one. It's...

Justin Masterson keeps learning

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:06:42 -0400

NEW YORK - Six weeks ago, Justin Masterson was wearing a Portland Sea Dogs uniform. Yesterday, he matched 261-game winner Mike Mussina pitch for pitch on national TV...

No fuss about hit batters

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:07:08 -0400

NEW YORK - Any other time, season, era or century, having a combined seven batters hit by pitches in a Red Sox-Yankees game would bring out the riot police with German shepherds...

How things have changed in AL East race this year

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:45:00 -0400

NEW YORK - Red Sox and Yankees: It ain't what it used to be. Unless Mariano Rivera pitches. So it was yesterday in the Bronx, where New York escaped with a 2-1 victory...

Yankees hold off Red Sox, 2-1

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:27:30 -0400

NEW YORK - Mariano Rivera flashed his classic form just in time. The New York Yankees closer pitched himself in and out of trouble Saturday, escaping a bases-loaded, no-out...

Red Sox make holiday worthy of celebration

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:25:23 -0400

NEW YORK - The way it was supposed to work was that yesterday's Red Sox-Yankees game would start a little after 1 p.m. and end about three hours later, allowing everybody...

Meeting, history little help to Yankees

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:42:10 -0400

NEW YORK - The pinstriped propaganda machine whirred for 88 excruciating minutes during yesterday's rain delay. Yankee-ography on the scoreboard. Yankee retrospectives....

On the fence

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:39:27 -0400

Former Red Sox executive and current vice president of umpiring Mike Port checked in regarding the hypothetical of a ball landing on top of a fence, as Kevin Youkilis'...