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Fans at Fenway Park on the Red Sox Opening Day in April. The Student 9s program, a special discount offered to college students looking to attend Red Sox games, reduces the ticket price to $9 for any student registered with the program. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Red Sox offer low-cost tickets through ‘Student 9’ promotion

Brendan Galvin June 2, 2024
At first glance, a trip to Fenway Park with a group of friends can be expensive. The cheapest ticket for a game in June 2024 sits at $18, but when searching for three or four seats together, prices jump to almost twice as much per ticket.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

On-Deck Circle: Early reactions from the 2024 MLB season

Brendan Galvin April 18, 2024
It has now been three weeks since the 2024 MLB campaign started, and there’s been no shortage of storylines from the diamond. Here are four early reactions — or overreactions — from the early action on the young MLB season.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

On-Deck Circle: Predicting MLB’s award winners

Brendan Galvin March 19, 2024
The 2024-2025 MLB season kicks off with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres squaring off in the first-ever MLB Seoul Series. While the other 28 MLB teams won’t start their regular season until next week, the two-game series between NL West rivals will be a sign of things to come ahead of a new baseball season.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

On-Deck Circle: Predicting winners of each MLB division

Brendan Galvin March 6, 2024
With MLB Opening Day coming up in about three weeks, there’s no better time to give my predictions on who will win each of the six divisions, along with the three Wild Card teams on each side that will advance to the playoffs come October.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

On-Deck Circle: An offseason to forget for the Red Sox

Brendan Galvin February 20, 2024
Boston residents, being from a city with a rich sports culture and history, know the sights and sounds of the ballpark are right around the corner. But to me, this year feels different already — in a bad way.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

On-Deck Circle: Why hitting a baseball is the most difficult skill in sports

Brendan Galvin September 28, 2023
Deion Sanders recently said hitting a baseball was the most challenging part of his athletic career, and he's not the only athlete to say that. Turns out, baseball is much more difficult than it looks.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

On-Deck Circle: My top-five MLB ballparks, so far

Brendan Galvin April 26, 2023
In this week's edition of On-Deck Circle, columnist Brendan Galvin lists his top-five favorite ballparks.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

On-Deck Circle: Proposed divisional changes would bring renewed rivalries and excitement baseball

Brendan Galvin February 23, 2023
With a potential league expansion in the future, here is a proposed plan of what the new look MLB could look like.
Hockey Issue

Eight years after Frozen Four: beat reporters make their way into sports industry

Daily Free Press Staff January 23, 2023
After getting their starts as beat reporters with the Boston Hockey Blog and the Daily Free Press, three BU alumni have forged their own paths in the professional sports industry and beyond.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

American League Divisional Series pits Cleveland’s David against New York’s Goliath | Minority Report

Lincoln Son Currie October 13, 2022
Take one look at each superstar for the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Yankees, and you’ll see a David and Goliath comparison begging to be made. 
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Fair or Foul: Players succeeding with new teams

Daniel Multz April 27, 2022
Columnist Daniel Multz takes a look at six MLB players who are fitting in well with their new teams.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Fair or Foul: Seven most improved lineups for 2022

Daniel Multz March 22, 2022
Columnist Daniel Multz reveals his rankings of the seven most-improved lineups heading into the 2022 MLB season.
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