Just before the first pitch of Tuesday's game at Fenway Park, I saw someone in the front row behind the backstop screen also put on an umpire's mask.He and his friend were often out of the TV frame, but when right-handed hitters were batting, you could so...

Blue Jays - 023 032 011 - 12 17 0Red Sox - 000 000 000 - 0 3 0From the start, it felt like a spring training game. The Boston lineup began with Joey Gathright, Josh Reddick and Casey Kotchman. Rocco Baldelli made his major league debut at third base...

Torii Hunter (my bold):I don't want to hear about the history and any so-called Red Sox jinxes and hexes. I wasn't here for any of that. I know we can play with those guys, and that's the way every guy on this team feels.Seems like Hunter has contracted a...

Josh Beckett was given three partial cortisone injections in trigger points around the muscle in his upper left back on Monday. Asked if would make his start on Saturday, Beckett said: "Absolutely."It was about ten minutes before 1 AM in Boston when the R...

Browne:Daniel Bard went to his apartment across the street to have a late dinner. David Ortiz said he was going to go out for a bit, but vowed to remain in the area -- just in case. ...But by the time Rangers lost, 5-2, just before 1 a.m. ET, nearly 90 pe...

Blue Jays - 411 010 100 - 8 11 0Red Sox - 110 000 050 - 7 14 1The Jays struck for four runs in the first for the second night in a row.Boston rallied furiously with two outs in the eighth, highlighted by J.D. Drew's three-run home run to right-center ...

Here is the 2009 post-season schedule: American League National League W1007 ALDSA1* NLCSA1* NLCSB1T1008 ALDSB1 NLCSA2 NLCSB2F1009 ALDSA2 ALDSB2S1010 NLCSA3 NLCSB3S1011 ALDSA3 ALDSB3 NL...

The upper left side of Josh Beckett's back stiffened up on Sunday night and the Red Sox decided to be extra-cautious.Terry Francona:I think he thought he'd wake up, take a hot shower and go about his business. When that didn't happen, he called me and Joh...

Blue Jays - 403 220 0 - 11 14 0Red Sox - 201 001 1 - 5 7 0The game was stopped by rain in the bottom of the 7th at 9:33 -- and called at 10:35.Bowden (3-7-7-1-3, 67) was not effective, though he did retire six batters at one point, including three b...

Jon Lester will likely not throw his usual side session, but seems on track to make his next start, against Cleveland on Thursday night.It still hurts, but it will be all right, it's not swollen. Just a little red mark right now. ... If swelling comes bac...

As the Yankees took the field to begin this afternoon's game, ESPN's Jon Miller mused about who would follow CC Sabathia in the Yankees' ALDS rotation: Andy Pettitte or A.J. Burnett?Joe Morgan -- the man ESPN proudly employs as its #1 baseball analyst -- ...