First-time All-Star Tim Wakefield earned his AL-leading 11th victory, and David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Oakland Athletics 5-4 Wednesday night. ...more

July 9, 2009

Josh Beckett did not allow a hit until there were two outs in the seventh inning and David Ortiz hit a three-run double, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 10-5 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night. ...more

June 4, 2009

As is usually the case when the Tampa Bay Rays play the Boston Red Sox, even in spring training, there's a lot of red in the stands at Charlotte Sports Park today, and hearty cheers greeted Boston's hitters as they stepped to the plate in the top of the first inning. Red Sox stalwarts Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie and Kevin Youkilis each got a nice hand from a good chunk of the assembled masses. But when the fourth man in Boston's lineup, Rocco Baldelli, stepped to the plate, everyone cheered. ...more

February 27, 2009

Josh Beckett pitched two perfect innings in his first outing since struggling in the playoffs with a strained side muscle, and a Boston Red Sox split squad beat Boston College 7-1 Wednesday. ...more

February 25, 2009

David Ortiz says he worked out with controversial trainer Angel Presinal in the Dominican Republic, but the Red Sox slugger never saw anyone use performance-enhancing drugs there. ...more

February 21, 2009

Alex Rodriguez will have a thick pinstriped wall of New York Yankees looking on during his news conference today, with teammates coalescing around A-Rod following his admission that he used banned drugs. ...more

February 17, 2009

Throughout the division series against Chicago, Grant Balfour symbolized the Rays' swagger. Punctuating high-octane strikeouts with primal screams, the reliever seemed untouchable. ...more

October 24, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG The Rays will ruin the image of the American League for good if they keep this up. You know how it is. Come October, AL teams are supposed to be stacked with beasts and knuckle-draggers. ...more

October 24, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Perhaps making it interesting to the point that everyone dismissed their chances was the only way for the Rays to do it. ...more

October 20, 2008

OK, so B.J. Upton wasn't always Charlie Hustle during the regular season. He became Mr. October during the postseason. ...more

October 20, 2008