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...
The Boston Red Sox won the World Series at 11:17 p.m. on Oct. 28. With workhorse Dave Dombrowski at the helm as president of baseball operations, preparations for the 2019 season likely began at 11:18 p.m.
The most important acquisition the Sox made last winter came on Oct. 22: signing Alex Cora to a three-year contract to become the 47th manager in Red Sox history.
Back in 2006, a Boston Red Sox prospect struggled mightily upon first arriving in the big leagues. He was too small. Too slow. Too average. You name it, he heard it.
In the two seasons that followed,...
A World Series championship. Three division titles in five years, including two in a row. Sixth all-time in games managed and wins. Consecutive 93-win seasons.
Does this sound like the resume of...
This game had it all.
A disappointing start from 2016 American League Cy Young winner Rick Porcello. Brief bursts of clutch hitting and energy from an otherwise lackadaisical Boston Red Sox lineup....
Spygate. Deflategate. Applegate? Not another one…
As a lifelong Boston sports fan, I, like many of my fellow Bostonians, tend to scoff at the thought that any of my favorite teams could cheat....
As he enters his second year as the President of Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox, Dave Dombrowski has already left his mark on the historic baseball franchise.
From the moment Dombrowski...
Last Friday, the second Play It Forward Summit brought industry leaders to Boston University’s Agganis Arena to tackle race and gender issues in the sports industry.
Speakers and attendees explored...
The Boston Red Sox entered spring training poised to make a run at the franchise’s ninth World Series title. Headlining the Sox rotation is lefty ace Chris Sale, who was acquired from the Chicago...
Trader Dave is at it again.
When Dave Dombrowski took the reigns of the Red Sox baseball operations in August 2015, big moves were expected. In the aftermath of the Drew Pomeranz trade at this past...
