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In Sisyphean fashion, Ben Cherington keeps pushing the Sox toward peak form.

BOSTON -- It was an incredible homecoming for Boston Red Sox catcher Kelly Shoppach. When he arrived at Fenway Park early Friday morning, he saw his name on the lineup card. He would be behind the plate for starter Josh Beckett's second start of t...

Josh Beckett aced his first Fenway test, with a boost from Kelly Shoppach.

BOSTON -- Red Sox catcher Kelly Shoppach sat at his locker in the clubhouse Friday morning at Fenway Park looking at a scouting report on Tampa Bay Rays starter David Price. "You can never study enough," Shoppach said. Before signing with th...

Jarrod Saltalamacchia should be a worthy successor to Jason Varitek.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Kelly Shoppach is the one guy in the Red Sox clubhouse who can give an accurate, firsthand account of Carl Crawford. Shoppach, who was a Red Sox catching prospect before he was dealt to the Cleveland Indians as part of the...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Sunday is the first official reporting date for Red Sox pitchers and catchers, but already the bullpens have been busy the last week. STARTERS GETTING AFTER IT: Clay Buchholz, who missed the majority of the 2011 season with a s...

Kelly Shoppach, drafted by the Sox in '01, is thrilled to be back as a veteran.