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On-Deck Circle: Three all-time greats headline newest Hall of Fame class

Brendan Galvin January 31, 2024
Three players were named on the most recent installment of Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot. Last Monday, Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton passed the 75% voting threshold needed to be inducted into Cooperstown, enshrining their names in baseball forever.
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Fair or Foul: Four Stories to watch unfold in the 2021 Season

Daniel Multz April 26, 2021
In Fair or Foul, Daniel Multz highlights four storylines to watch for the rest of the season.
7th Inning Stretch: With no baseball to look forward to, I look back at the game’s greats

7th Inning Stretch: With no baseball to look forward to, I look back at the game’s greats

Jacob Gurvis March 24, 2020

These are strange times. Nearly every sport has been cancelled, Tom Brady is a Tampa Bay Buccaneer and we might not see baseball until July, if at all. It feels like we’ve been social distancing for...

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: A playoff rematch, 14 years in the making

7th Inning Stretch: A playoff rematch, 14 years in the making

Jacob Gurvis September 27, 2018
The last time the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees played each other in the postseason, I was six years old.
The Beantown Buzz: The Red Sox and the balancing act of staying competitive

The Beantown Buzz: The Red Sox and the balancing act of staying competitive

Chris Picher September 19, 2016

The trademark of any great sports franchise will always be defined by sustained longevity. Repeated success is found on the ever-delicate balance beam of the “win now” mentality and the development...

EDIT: A-Rod: A victim or a perpetrator?

Daily Free Press Admin October 7, 2013

Alex Rodriguez: Baseball player, household name and proud liar. Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig suspended legendary A-Rod for 211 games because of his links to Biogenesis, a lab in Coral Gables,...

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