The Red Sox acquired outfielder Tyler O’Neill from the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday, bringing in a two-time Gold Glove winner to replace the departing Alex Verdugo.
Joe Castiglione, a Boston Red Sox radio announcer for 41 years, won the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting on Wednesday.
As John Henry and Co. learned last year, if you run your team like a small market club, you're going to get small market levels of interest from the fanbase.
The New York Yankees made a rare trade with the rival Boston Red Sox, acquiring outfielder Alex Verdugo on Tuesday night for right-handers Greg Weissert, Richard Fitts and Nicholas Judice.
Andrew Bailey and Craig Breslow used to sit in the the bullpen joking about a future in which Breslow was running a major league team and Bailey would be a member of the coaching staff.
The Red Sox and Patriots are two clubs in desperate need an injection of excitement, with the Pats off to their worst-ever start under Bill Belichick and the Red Sox finishing in the cellar for the third time in the last four seasons.