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TORONTO -- They were advertised as economical upgrades, Filene's quality at Filene's Basement prices. David Wells ($2.5 million base pay), Matt Mantei ($750,000), John Halama ($750,000...

TORONTO -- They've played in St. Louis, Fort Myers, Fla.; Sarasota, Fla.; Jupiter, Fla.; Dunedin, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Bradenton, Fla.; Vero Beach, Fla.; Cle...

HEAVEN -- The sunny sky was light blue, legends of Red Sox past and present walked side by side, a sellout crowd of 33,702 booed the Yanks, rings of diamonds and rubies sparkled bright, t...

He blew away Tony Womack (swinging) and Derek Jeter (looking) to begin the game. He touched 94 miles per hour. He pitched in 46-degree weather and said he had no ankle stiffness. He was i...

He'd had more than half the game to unwind in the Red Sox clubhouse. But that wasn't long enough -- despite the fact his team snapped a 5-5 tie to beat the Yankees, 8-5 -- for the manager...

The high drama, nail-biting, and intensity of the previous series were gone. The Red Sox began the rest of the 2005 season last night by dismantling the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 10-0, at ...

He didn't leave a note or a message or anything. He just vanished, like the baseball he hit into the night sky in the third inning last night. Manny Ramirez, who knocked in all six Sox...

Knuckleball pitchers such as Hoyt Wilhelm, the Niekro brothers, and Charlie Hough had some excellent seasons when they neared, and even passed, age 40. The Red Sox' Tim Wakefield, who ...

In the time the Red Sox and Blue Jays needed yesterday to play 8 1/2 innings of baseball, Ethiopia's Hailu Negussie, at his Boston Marathon-winning pace, could have completed about 44 mil...

Something is off with Keith Foulke, something "mechanical," he said, but Foulke is a man of much emotion and minimal explanation. So, to seek out exactly what ails him is a difficult ques...

BALTIMORE -- Signs of David Wells had abounded -- the heavy metal and the expletives, the humor and the honesty -- but not until last night did the real David Wells, the guy the Red Sox t...

BALTIMORE -- Last night should be about last night, because it was something amazing, but Terry Francona got it right when asked to contextualize the august performance submitted by Matt ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- There's no clock in baseball, but there is a pitch count. That was the Red Sox' hope. Scott Kazmir, a 21-year-old lefthander, mesmerized the Sox for seven in...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Curt Schilling's voice was somber, his words were strong, and his face had a look of disgust as he stood near his locker last night in Tropicana Field. It was a...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Red Sox outfielder Trot Nixon wasn't one of the seven batters hit by pitches here this weekend, while Devil Rays pitcher Dewon Brazelton had the weekend off, havin...

David Wells walked back into the Red Sox clubhouse at 11:02 last night, his visit to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center having lasted about as long as his appearance at Fenway Park. ...

A dumbfounded Keith Foulke stared into the sky beyond the left-field wall as Miguel Tejada's eighth-inning home run crashed into the Sports Authority sign atop the Monster last night, tur...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Declaring that the commissioner's office "will not tolerate any continued on-field misconduct between these two clubs," baseball's chief disciplinarian, Bob Watson, dr...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- He just wins. The tally now is 13 Boston wins in the last 14 Bronson Arroyo regular-season starts, and an 8-0 record for the 28-year-old righthander in that span (d...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- This time it was Mark Teixeira, the young Texas slugger playing the role occupied by Derek Jeter, Miguel Tejada, and Javy Lopez before him. Keith Foulke on the mound, ...

DETROIT -- This will be ephemeral. Soon the breeze will be blowing out at Fenway, baseballs will be sailing over the Green Monster like kites over the Charles, crooked digits will be post...

DETROIT -- Over 162 games, Gonzalez and Halama aren't going to make you forget Schilling and Wells, but on consecutive nights at Comerica Park, the Red Sox got two respectable performance...

DETROIT -- There will come a time, whether it's by injury, through attrition, or via Father Time, a young player finally gets his chance. Kevin Youkilis has no idea when that time will...

DETROIT - When they saw Bronson Arroyo walk off the mound prior to the start of the ninth inning in favor of closer Keith Foulke, there was a collective sigh of relief, a temporary moment...

There are nights when the Red Sox look like they can go 162-0. They mash the baseball, hitting it to all corners of old Fenway. They throw strikes and make enemy hitters look silly. They ...

The lyric little bandbox played like Yankee Stadium -- like the pre-renovation Yankee Stadium -- for most of 18 innings here at Fenway yesterday afternoon and evening. Just ask David Orti...

The lyric little bandbox played like Yankee Stadium -- like the pre-renovation Yankee Stadium -- for most of 18 innings here at Fenway yesterday afternoon and evening. Just ask David Orti...

Trot Nixon and Scott Hatteberg are good friends, but when Nixon saw the Oakland A's first baseman make two errors on one Bill Mueller bases-loaded ground ball in the fourth inning of last...

It took no more than a couple of seconds, but in that time Kevin Millar went from the outhouse to the penthouse in Red Sox Nation. The free-swinging free spirit connected on a 2-and-2 ...

Yes, Jason Varitek will make $40 million by the end of 2008, and yes, his unquantifiable contributions are part of the reason. But that "intangibles" discussion -- save that for another d...

SEATTLE -- Wade Miller, who went five innings and 91 pitches in his debut Sunday, makes his second start today. What to expect? A few more pitches, a little less velocity. "I might be ...

SEATTLE -- It's one of those shared bits of folk wisdom that carries as much currency on Tobacco Road as it does in the Back Bay: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Which is why a lot of pe...

SEATTLE -- His emotional state, measured in word and expression, fell somewhere between blithe and indifferent. Four hundred home runs? Fifth quickest to the milestone, based upon at-bats...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Red Sox are staying in San Francisco this week, just off Powell Street, where the cable cars rattle their way through traffic. The team stays across the bay, rather...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- You don't need anything crafty to explain the Red Sox' 7-5 win over the A's last night. A series of bizarre numbers should suffice. Take four. That's the number of h...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Bunt single. Single. Single. Fielder's choice. Sacrifice fly. Double. Single. Single. Fly out. Line out. Single. Single. Home run. And one maddening walk -- off the mou...

It was another nail-biting finish by Keith Foulke, who decided after allowing two runs in the ninth that he no longer wanted to talk about ''negative [stuff]." And the closer is right. Th...

Your eyes tell you playing baseball is a monumental struggle for Edgar Renteria and Manny Ramirez these days, but then you hear Red Sox captain Jason Varitek say Renteria is ''just about ...

The frustrations of Edgar Renteria continued yesterday as the Red Sox beat the Braves, 5-2, in the final game of their weekend series at Fenway Park. Everybody in the lineup got a hit ...

TORONTO -- ''Curt from the Car" and ''Curt from the Airport" makes for entertaining radio. And we find it noble of the Red Sox to offer the Witness Protection Program to shortstop Edgar R...

TORONTO -- In two games here they've looked like accidental tourists. What's going on with your Boston Red Sox? They've stumbled into the Rogers Centre and left their best baseball in ...

TORONTO -- No need for a team meeting to boost the Red Sox' spirits, said Johnny Damon and Kevin Millar on the eve of a series in the Bronx, where the urgency and intensity they lacked in...

NEW YORK -- File under ''Not a Good Sign": Dale Sveum last night was talking to the media, engulfed postgame by microphones and pens and notebooks. ''Start it up again," Sveum said, wi...

NEW YORK -- For the second consecutive day, the Red Sox matched a season high by leaving 13 men on base. This time, however, that was a mere footnote to a brazen display of offense on an ...

NEW YORK -- After being swept in Toronto and arriving in New York looking like a team on the ropes, the Red Sox may have jump-started their season with the help of Yankees. Last year, ...

What began at 7:08 p.m. at Fenway Park last night and lasted until 8:07 (when Bronson Arroyo exited) wasn't a baseball game as much as a laser show. Balls were zipping around -- and out o...

When Red Sox medical director Thomas Gill sat down a bleeding and contused Johnny Damon inside the clubhouse during last night's game, Gill spoke four words to Damon: blue, plane, tree, a...

If Red Sox manager Terry Francona is tired today, we'll know what kept him up. You can't say the decision to pull catcher Jason Varitek after six innings in last night's 9-3 loss to th...

He is a humble, self-deprecating guy, who actually said not more than 30 minutes after blasting a walkoff three-run homer off Orioles closer B.J. Ryan, ''I don't do anything but go out th...

It only takes one hit to turn an off night into a big night, and center fielder Johnny Damon got that hit, clearing the bases with a double to center field in the eighth inning to give th...