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BOSTON -- Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine is being mocked in some circles for saying in a postgame interview on NESN that if the Red Sox continue to play the way they have, "we're going to win a championship." Valentine said it in the context of ...

Daniel Bard searches for his killer fastball while settling into the rotation.

Bobby Valentine named names in dishing praise to all his weary Red Sox.

BALTIMORE -- Heck, we already told you Bobby Valentine used the back of a medical report to write out his lineup one day this week. We suspect clubhouse man Tom McLaughlin, in addition to packing Valentine's bicycle for Sox trips, also totes an Et...

BALTIMORE -- Scott Podsednik, who wasn't in the big leagues last season, becomes the sixth center fielder to start a game for the Red Sox as the team plays the series finale against the Baltimore Orioles, which also marks the end of a 20 games-in-20-...

BALTIMORE -- Kevin Youkilis had little use for the pregame scrum at his locker Tuesday. "There's no story here," he said, as if the return of a three-time All-Star after an absence of 3 1/2 weeks should merit no more attention than the arrival of...

Kevin Youkilis is back with the Red Sox, at least for the time being.

David Ortiz' strong words to ESPNBoston.com's Gordon Edes about not getting respect for his leadership in the Red Sox clubhouse left the "PTI" guys shaking their heads. Tony Kornheiser called Ortiz the "unquestioned face of the Red Sox" and asked,...

BALTIMORE -- Some have wondered, in the aftermath of David Ortiz calling out those who have failed to acknowledge his leadership ability, what set him off, given that he has drawn mostly favorable coverage for having called a team meeting on May 11, ...

The Boston Red Sox activated infielder Kevin Youkilis on Tuesday and placed outfielders Cody Ross and Ryan Sweeney on the disabled list.

BALTIMORE -- Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine grabbed the only piece of paper available on his desk Monday afternoon to jot down his lineup, which was late in coming while he awaited word on whether Ryan Sweeney could play. (Naturally, he couldn't.) ...

David Ortiz sounds off about lack of respect for his leadership on Red Sox.

BALTIMORE -- An MRI administered to Red Sox outfielder Cody Ross in Boston showed a small fracture in the outfielder's left foot, manager Bobby Valentine said Monday. General manager Ben Cherington later put a loose timeframe on Ross's absence at ...

Boston Red Sox outfielder Cody Ross has a broken navicular bone in his left foot, the team said Monday, an injury that will further deplete the shorthanded Boston outfield.

PHILADELPHIA--The Red Sox have won eight of their last 10 games since Josh Beckett was KO'd for seven runs in 2 1/3 innings by the Cleveland Indians, followed the next day by a team meeting called by David Ortiz. That session contributed to the turna...

PHILADELPHIA -- It was not the plan, Bobby Valentine said Sunday, to utilize Adrian Gonzalez in right field and David Ortiz at first base again in the series finale against the Phillies, even though it worked well the night before, with Gonzalez maki...