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My special co-host for Wednesday's Baseball Today podcast was ESPN writer and former GM Jim Bowden, and let's just say neither of us held back in what was an entertaining, honest and lively show. 1. The Red Sox are apparently cool with Adrian Gon...

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...

The starting rotation has been central to the Red Sox turnaround.

GreinkeNo team could use a stretch of favorable pitching matchups more than the Minnesota Twins, who entered Sunday with the worst record in the majors at 14-26. But, as teams far better than the Twins have learned the hard way, facing Zack Greinke a...

Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine announced after Sunday's game that Daisuke Matsuzaka had received an injection for a strained right trapezius muscle and would not make his last rehab start.

Josh Beckett pitched 7 2/3 strong innings and Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a three-run homer to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.

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The seasons being put together by Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton and others raise unanswerable questions about slumps and hot streaks.

Both the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies are unaccustomed to approaching the July 31 trade deadline as "sellers." And yet, that's perhaps their best course of action. Despite extremely slow starts, the two teams still have enough collect...

Blog | May 16, 2012

(The Tampa Bay Rays host the Boston Red Sox, Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.) The American League's most methodical starting pitchers will oppose each other in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Wednesday night: the Rays' Jeremy Hellickson and the Red Sox's...

In this week's edition of State of the Nation (video above), Gordon Edes is joined by Joe McDonald to break down a dominating performance from Josh Beckett against the Mariners. The two also look preview a tough road ahead for the Red Sox....

Eric Karabell discusses the most fantasy-relevant tidbits from Tuesday's games, including Josh Beckett strong bounce-back outing against the Mariners.

Blog | Conversation | May 16, 2012

Josh Beckett's solid outing against Seattle should quiet his critics -- for now.

BOSTON -- Maybe this is why the extra TV cameras were here Tuesday afternoon -- they were anticipating the sight of a Red Sox pitcher succumbing to tears on the mound. That's what people do in reality shows, isn't it? But while Josh Beckett com...

Josh Beckett redeemed himself less than a week after being booed off the mound, striking out a season-high nine as the Boston Red Sox shut out the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Tuesday and extended their winning streak to five.

The spring season is in full bloom. But manners are not seasonal. They should always be in bloom. It's time for another edition of Mr. Manners! Dear Mr. Manners, At the end of the regular season, I elbowed an opponent in the head. I didn't a...