Héctor Gómez reports that Julio Lugo, who played shortstop for the world-champion 2007 Sox team, has died of a heart attack. His 46th birthday was tomorrow.
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Onto the ALCS, with another walk-off win. "Can you believe it?" is getting routine for Joe Castiglione.
On WEEI, Joe Castiglione uttered his catch phrase at the end of the top of the 13th inning after the Sox caught a break with a ground-rule-double call, and then just a few minutes later after Vazquez hit a walk-off homer to win it in the bottom of the 13th.
Boston Police alert us:
Fenway Park/ Kenmore Sq. Community Advisory: ESPN will be utilizing a drone this afternoon, in the area of 500 Commonwealth Avenue, through the end of tonight’s Red Sox and Yankee game.
They're toast. NESN reports Xander Bogaerts is the tenth player to either test positive for Covid-19 or be forced into isolation because of his contact with somebody who tested positive. Bogaerts was pulled in the second inning of today's game, which, of course, they lost.
Here comes the pizza! Revealed: Why that guy tossed that slice of pizza that day at Fenway.
Roman Lilligren captured the two F-15 fighter jets from the New Hampshire Air National Guard and a KC-46 Pegasus refueling plane over Harvard Square. They were in town to fly over Fenway Park for Opening Day.
Vanyaland reports TJ Connelly is retiring as the DJ at Fenway Park, although he'll be keeping similar gigs for Bruins and Patriots games.
The Lowell Sun reports that the Lowell Spinners will no longer be a Red Sox farm team.
Eduardo Rodriguez won't pitch again in 2020 because of the heart inflammation caused by his Covid-19 infection, ESPN reports.
Eduardo Rodriguez joins the 10 to 20% of Covid-19 patients who develop an inflammation of the heart, so he's taking a week off.
Drew shows us the new message the Red Sox put up alongside the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Fenway.
On April 19, 1969, the Red Sox stunned fans by trading Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson to the Indians, less than two years after they'd acquired him to replace the injured Tony Conigliaro and the year after he'd made the All-Star team and led the league in RBIs. Read more.
Now, more than ever, we need to recall April 16, 2007: "Here comes the pizza, see!" Read more.
John Krasinski and Big Papi host staffers from the Beth Israel Covid-19 unit at Fenway Park:
H/t Luba.