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I just returned from vacation and spent a portion of the weekend catching up on the HBO series "The Newsroom." The show has been a little uneven -- what's with all the personal discussions and arguments taking place right in the middle of the newsroo...

Among the many issues with the Boston Red Sox, one that received little attention was the struggles of Adrian Gonzalez. An MVP candidate in 2011 when he hit .338/.410/.548 and hit 27 home runs while leading the American League with 213 hits, Gonzalez...

You blew it, American League. You should have buried the Boston Red Sox in the Granary Burying Ground on Tremont Street when you had the chance. Or dumped the bodies in Boston Harbor. The Red Sox have no right being 36-33 and just two games out of...

Thank you for showing up, Boston Red Sox. There are mini tests throughout a baseball season -- a series that maybe in the big picture is just another three games of 162, but hold revelations about a ballclub. The Red Sox entered their weekend s...

In my chat on Tuesday, we briefly discussed the all-time draft rosters for each team that I compiled. Somebody asked: What's the all-time roster for players drafted and traded away while still minor leaguers? Some of these deals are pretty famous -- ...

We drown in numbers and statistics these days, but here's one that sums up the crumbling state of the Boston Red Sox quite eloquently: Following Josh Beckett's implosion on Thursday night, Red Sox starters have now allowed five-plus runs in 14 starts...

One play doesn't make a season. Logically, we understand this. But you know, it's a lot more fun to throw logic out the window and turn to the emotion of a moment sometimes, the emotion of one important victory and believe, "Maybe ... just maybe, the...

Let's do some position-by-position analysis for the Boston Red Sox. They won 90 games a year ago. I went through all the numbers and can't come up with a solid reason why they won't win more games in 2012. Catcher: Jarrod Saltalamacchia Saltalama...

On Aug. 31 at Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 9-5 behind home runs from Jacoby Ellsbury, David Ortiz and Jason Varitek, and Josh Beckett's seven innings and eight strikeouts. Daniel Bard pitched a perfect eighth, Jonathan Pa...

In the offseason, the Boston Red Sox traded a slew of prospects for Adrian Gonzalez, who is leading the American League in hitting and delivering an MVP-caliber season. In the offseason, the Tamp Bay Rays signed Manny Ramirez, who got one hit, tes...

The Pittsburgh Pirates couldn't complete a series sweep of the Boston Red Sox, but taking two of three and knocking the Sox out of first place qualifies as one of the biggest moral victories for the franchise in years. A year ago, the Pirates were...

We tried to kill off the Boston Red Sox after their 2-10 start. We mocked the New York Yankees for including Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia in their rotation. We pretended Carl Crawford could not handle the pressure in Boston, that Derek Jeter belon...