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As part of our Red Sox season preview, we asked our baseball scribes -- Gordon Edes and Joe McDonald -- to answer five burning questions about the 2013 Boston Red Sox. Below are their responses. Share your thoughts as well by answering the poll q...

ESPNBoston.com Red Sox reporters Gordon Edes and Joe McDonald weigh in on all the latest ins and outs concerning Red Sox Nation. * Mike Napoli's status McDonald: "Mike Napoli was supposed to have his introductory press conference with the Red S...

Mark McGwire is the new Los Angeles Dodgers hitting coach, general manager Ned Colletti announced Wednesday.

Mark McGwire has informed the Cardinals that he intends to leave his position as the team's hitting coach to take a similar job with the Dodgers, according to a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Organization leaders Average: Maikis De La Cruz, Kingsport, .348; Eris Peguero, Kingsport, .346; Eric Campbell, Binghamton, .328; T.J. Rivera, St. Lucie, .324; Wilmer Flores, Binghamton, .309; Stefan Sabol, Brooklyn, .300; Matt den Dekker, Buffal...

Before Friday night's win, it was a little strange to see the Yankees chowing down on McDonald's as a pregame meal. Now, after winning the first game of the day-night doubleheader, it was Big Mac, fries and nuggets for all the guys. Even the Captain,...

BOSTON -- Bobby Valentine was asked Friday whether former Red Sox outfielder Darnell McDonald's presence on the Yankees meant the Sox would change their signs. "Darnell was one of the guys who knew the signs," the Sox manager said. "We're going to...

AP Photo/Gerald HerbertThe BCS Presidential Oversight Committee approved a 12-year plan for a four-team seeded playoff to determine college football's national champion beginning in the 2014 season. The new plan for a four-team seeded playoff to det...

STARTING ROTATION RHP - Matt Tulley, Sr., Lowell The Virginia Tech signee lived up to every ounce of his preseason hype, taking ESPN Boston's 2012 Mr. Baseball Award earlier this week as the state's top player. He earned his third consecutive Mer...

The jurors in Washington will be listening to the first witness when the Roger Clemens trial resumes on Monday. But there are some strategies that are already apparent.

Edes McDonald As part of our Red Sox season preview, we asked our baseball scribes -- Gordon Edes and Joe McDonald -- to answer 10 burning questions on the 2012 Red Sox. Below are their responses. Share your thoughts as well by answering...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Takeaways from Ed Smith Stadium, where owner Peter Angelos made his first appearance of the spring for the Orioles' 6-5 win over the Red Sox and wheelman Pat Sajak sat in a luxury box behind the wordsmiths on press row: * Darnell...

Gordon Edes and Joe McDonald recap the day at Fenway South, including health updates on surprise arrival Carl Crawford (pleasant surprise), Bobby Jenks (not doing well) and Kevin Youkilis (feeling good)....

ESPNBoston.com's Joe McDonald joined Gordon Edes at Red Sox spring training at JetBlue Park on Friday, and they discussed the events of the day, including Tim Wakefield's retirement and Jason Varitek's unresolved status. Joe says that while he was...

Coming up with a preseason baseball top 10 for the Powerade FAB 50 ESPNHS Team Rankings was no easy task. How high should we rank Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.), which has the nation's top right-hander (Lucas Giolito) and left-hander (Max ...

BOSTON--Ask any player, and he'll tell you one of the toughest jobs in the game is to be a bench player. You can go days between starts and even at-bats, which makes it a daunting challenge to maintain your timing and feel good about your swing. M...