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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- So, what future accusations lie in wait for Jon Lester? After spitballs for Clay Buchholz and steroids for David Ortiz, surely there is some manner of chicanery to which we can link the Red Sox left-hander, now 6-0 after breez...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- White ball, white roof, look out below. It's an occupational hazard of playing in Tropicana Field, and it was a topic, David Ortiz said, that came up during the team's pregame meeting held to go over their scouting report o...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Well, that's one way to rectify a problem with hitting with men in scoring position: Stop putting men in scoring position. David Ortiz hit a three-run home run in the first inning, but the Sox managed just one hit the rest ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A sore oblique muscle, not an inflammatory newspaper column, sent David Ortiz into a slump last week, the Red Sox designated hitter told ESPN Deportes columnist Enrique Rojas on Tuesday afternoon. "I've been dealing with a ...

A sore oblique muscle, not an inflammatory newspaper column, sent David Ortiz into a slump last week, the Boston Red Sox designated hitter told ESPNDeportes columnist Enrique Rojas Tuesday afternoon.

BOSTON -- Red Sox chairman Tom Werner said a Boston Globe column stating that David Ortiz was widely suspected of using steroids "crossed a line," leading him to write a response that was posted on the team's website and which he also submitted to th...

BOSTON -- Red Sox chairman Tom Werner took the highly unusual step of submitting a written response to the Boston Globe objecting to a column written by the Globe's Dan Shaughnessy in which he wrote that designated hitter David Ortiz was suspected of...

Red Sox chairman Tom Werner said a Boston Globe column stating that David Ortiz was widely suspected of using steroids "crossed a line," leading him to write a response that was posted on the team's website and which he also submitted to the Globe.

Despite a rough week of losses, the Sox are resolved to keep banging away.

Some question David Ortiz's continued excellence, but many just appreciate it.

BOSTON -- Greetings from the Edes cave (the Sox went to Texas unaccompanied), where we know whose bleeping city we're living in but had little clue that this was Mike Carp's world and we're lucky to be inhabiting it. While David Ortiz, as is his c...

The past two times the Sox sported MLB's best April record? 2004 and 2007.

TORONTO -- How many bleeping cities can one man claim to have? David Ortiz tried Tuesday night to add Toronto to his list, hitting his third home run in nine games and clearing the bases with a three-run double that gave the Sox their only lead of...

BOSTON -- Greetings from the Edes cave, where we start the day with a few notes, quotes and gloats on the state of the Sox, the team with the best record in baseball (18-7) as they prepare to embark on a six-game trip to Toronto and Texas: * David...

Bug Selig says David Ortiz's choice of words at ceremony was "outstanding."

BOSTON -- Some quick hits from Fenway Park on Tuesday afternoon: * Despite the miserable conditions, manager John Farrell expects the Red Sox and Athletics will play Tuesday night. * David Ortiz is not in the lineup but is not hurt, the manager...