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In this week's edition of "State of the Nation," Gordon Edes looks at Thursday's ninth-inning win over the Rays and Daniel Bard's continuing struggles in the minors....

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Fernando Rodney celebrates a save, and Tampa Bay victory, by pretending to launch an arrow into the heavens. But how do you simulate being hoist by your own petard, which was Shakespeare's fancy way of describing a 16th-cen...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox reliever Joel Hanrahan underwent Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery Thursday, the team announced Thursday. Dr. James Andrews, who performed the surgery, repaired the ulnar collateral ligament in Hanrahan...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A major league scout who was here Thursday night said he was very close to pitcher Steve Blass, the former Pirate who mysteriously lost his ability to throw a baseball over the plate and was out of baseball within two years of...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Red Sox reliever Andrew Bailey, who had just been named the team's closer over Joel Hanrahan when he went on the disabled list with a strained right biceps, is on track to be activated Monday in Chicago, manager John Farrell s...

Red Sox reliever Joel Hanrahan underwent Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery Thursday, one of his agents reported.

Evan Gordon is coming home.

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...

Jonny Gomes isn't sweating his slow start, saying he'll figure it out soon.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A few quick hits from Tropicana Field, where Jon Lester will be making his first start since throwing a one-hit shutout against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night in Fenway Park: * Lester is 3-0 with a 1.82 ERA (7 ER/34...

It seems like a lifetime ago. Before the phone calls and the sanctions that earned Kelvin Sampson a show-cause penalty, before proud Indiana fans were sent reeling, before Tom Crean was hired to pen a redemption song (a task he completed in five tidy...

Gordon Beckham is getting even closer to a return which will leave Chicago White Sox manager Robin Ventura with a decision to make. Beckham, who fractured the hamate bone in his left hand on April 9 and had subsequent surgery, is slated to start a...

Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses his midseason hitter rankings and why he's high on Dee Gordon.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- James Loney began Wednesday night leading the American League in hitting with a .381 average, and leading the majors in percentage of line drives hit, 34 percent. Do we need another excuse to revisit last August's trade betwee...

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 ...