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On-Deck Circle: Japan wins WBC as MLB Opening Day nears

Brendan Galvin March 30, 2023
Columnist Brendan Galvin breaks down Japan's victory at the World Baseball Classic and predicts award winners for the upcoming MLB season.
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Fair or Foul: Division Series recap and AL Championship Series preview

Daniel Multz October 14, 2021
Daniel Multz recaps Division Series game results and previews the AL Champion Series with his predictions.
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Fair or Foul: Breaking down each Division Series matchup

Daniel Multz October 7, 2021
Daniel Multz breaks down the upcoming MLB Division Series.
7th Inning Stretch: Major League Baseball is the real loser in the Red Sox scandal

7th Inning Stretch: Major League Baseball is the real loser in the Red Sox scandal

Jacob Gurvis April 30, 2020

What’s weaker than a slap on the wrist? A finger wag? A passive-aggressive head shake? Whatever you call it, that’s what the Boston Red Sox received last week from Major League Baseball. More than...

7th Inning Stretch: A Patriots’ Day like no other

7th Inning Stretch: A Patriots’ Day like no other

Jacob Gurvis April 29, 2020

I have always loved Patriots’ Day. It marks the unofficial beginning of spring in Boston and the holiday is as integral to the identity of the city as clam chowder, the Freedom Trail and “pahking cahs...

7th Inning Stretch: Sorry, Red Sox fans, but Jason Varitek is the wrong choice for manager

7th Inning Stretch: Sorry, Red Sox fans, but Jason Varitek is the wrong choice for manager

Jacob Gurvis February 5, 2020

By all accounts, Jason Varitek was an above-average player. In 15 seasons, all of them with the Boston Red Sox, Varitek topped 20 home runs three times, won one Gold Glove, one Silver Slugger award and...

7th Inning Stretch: Remembering Nick Cafardo, a great writer and even better man

7th Inning Stretch: Remembering Nick Cafardo, a great writer and even better man

Jacob Gurvis February 24, 2019
I started following sports in the early 2000s, just in time to see the end of an 86-year curse and the beginning
A Red Sox fan falls off a bus stop on Boylston Street during the World Series Championship celebration. OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Rowdy Red Sox fans cheer on World Series champs

Julia Sullivan October 31, 2018

Confetti guns shot red, blue and white as paradegoers gathered along the mostly Boylston Street parade route to cheer on the 2018 World Series champions, the Boston Red Sox. Before the parade started...

7th Inning Stretch: A perfect ending to an unforgettable season

7th Inning Stretch: A perfect ending to an unforgettable season

Jacob Gurvis October 30, 2018
For the fourth time in my lifetime, the Boston Red Sox are World Champions.
Steve Pearce was named Most Valuable Player after hitting two home runs in the Boston Red Sox’s 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series. COURTESY OF KEITH ALISON/ FLICKR

Rookie skipper Cora leads Boston Red Sox to World Series Championship

Nick Telesmanic October 29, 2018
In Game 5 of the World Series, the Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 at Dodger Stadium Sunday night, allowing them to win the World Series 4-1 in games.
7th Inning Stretch: Why the Red Sox will win the World Series

7th Inning Stretch: Why the Red Sox will win the World Series

Jacob Gurvis October 22, 2018
The last time these two teams faced each other in the World Series was 1916, when Babe Ruth was pitching for the Red Sox and the Dodgers were still known as the Robins. Suffice it to say, this is going to be a good series. So who’s got the edge? Let’s dive in.
7th Inning Stretch: Picked-up pieces from around Major League Baseball

7th Inning Stretch: Picked-up pieces from around Major League Baseball

Jacob Gurvis October 4, 2018
Over the past few days, the game of baseball has endured quite a bit. From two intense tie-breakers in the National League to exciting Wild Card games to further developments in a player’s domestic violence case, it has been a rollercoaster of a week in Major League Baseball.
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