After the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, it became apparent that there was a serious schism in Red Sox Nation, with old timers who were around — or who at least claimed to be around — back in the bad old days and who wore their suffering on their sleeve on the […]

The Sox have added depth their team in hopes it can get them a third ring… but they need Josh Beckett, David Ortiz and others to get them there. Can they?

It wasn’t much in doubt, but now it’s official: Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling says he’s retiring from baseball. The right-hander who won World Series championships with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox announced on his blog Monday that he’s leaving after 23 years with “zero regrets.” Thank God Schilling has been relieved […]

Ivan Rodriguez finally found a home (so did Sidney Ponson) and plenty of people were reassigned to the minors. Let’s recap the week that was.

Aaron Boone’s baseball career is likely over after it was decided that he needs open heart surgery: Aaron Boone of the Houston Astros says he will have open heart surgery to replace an aortic valve. Boone made the announcement Wednesday, saying he has known about his heart condition since college but a routine physical determined […]

Papelbon is incapable of messing with Manny’s flow state.

I hadn’t heard about this, but there’s a new Manny Ramirez biography coming out today. It’s called “Becoming Manny,” and its co-author is a clinical psychologist named Jean Rhodes. Rhodes is interviewed today in the Boston Globe: Q. If you had to diagnose him, what would you say? A. Well, he has an incredible ability […]

The Angels’ blog Three Days of Cryin’ has a lengthy interview with former Red Sox and Angels shortstop Rick Burleson. I always knew who Burleson was, of course, but before this interview I really couldn’t tell you much about his career beyond the highlights and lowlights of the teams on which he played, so this […]

On Feb. 23, 1960, demolition began on Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Nearly 50 years later, demolition is nearly finished on Shea Stadium, the home of New York’s most recent National League franchise. Richard looks back at other past stadium sites.

Because Red Sox games don’t already go late enough: The Boston Red Sox today announced that start times for 2009 regular season games played at Fenway Park previously scheduled for 7:05 p.m. will be moved to 7:10 p.m. This time change will not affect games scheduled for other start times, including Sunday match-ups as well […]