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Even considering the shameful and self-inflicted events of this week, Alex Rodriguez is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. And the same goes for many of...
Manny's latest PR machine
Color me uninterested in "Becoming Manny". No matter how the book promises to attempt to pry into the mind of Manny Ramirez, I've about had my fill of him telling me why he's been wronged to the tune of $20 million a year.
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Video: Saturday recap
Amalie Benjamin and Nick Cafardo offer insight and analysis following the Red Sox' first official workout.
Why single out A-Rod?
So now we have it. Alex Rodriguez meets Steroids. Finally, an intersection of our soap operatic A-Rod obsession and the plague that infected baseball. Here's how we should know we've had enough: Some of us are starting to feel compassion for him. Discuss
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Amalie Benjamin devotes this week's Red Sox mailbag to answering your questions on David Ortiz, the Red Sox shortstop situation, and a quiet start to camp in Fort Myers. (2/13/09)
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Manny talks about the talks
Manny Ramirez told the Los Angeles Times on Saturday that he didn't know when he would sign or with whom, but that he was confident a deal would get done.
Cloud, meet silver lining
It's understandable for a Red Sox fan to revel in watching Alex Rodriguez, that pathological narcissist, suffer yet another self-inflicted puncture wound to his image....
Jim Rice in the Hall of Fame
Dan Shaughnessy
Enter smiling
He spent 16 seasons wearing a Red Sox cap, but now, 20 years after retiring from baseball, Jim Rice belongs to an even more exclusive club of ballplayers.
- photos Rice through the years
- Dan Shaughnessy Left-field legacy for Rice, Yaz
- Mazz Close to the vest
- Last hurrah: Rice finally crosses Hall's threshold
- Bob Ryan Rice's path to glory
- Eric Wilbur A vote for sanity
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red sox spring training
(Globe Staff / Yoon S. Byun)'Tek: 'Happy and confident'
Red Sox captain Jason Varitek said he was happy to be back and confident he could turn his career around after a long and arduous offseason filled with doubt and angst on whether he'd return as the Red Sox' starting catcher. (Globe, 1:03 p.m.)
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Wish you were here ...
Not in Florida? The Globe's Yoon S. Byun and Chris Forsberg have a video postcard from Fort Myers, where Sox pitchers and catchers are going through their first day of official workouts. See what you're missing ...
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Recapping the first workout
Globe baseball writers Amalie Benjamin (left) and Nick Cafardo offer insight and analysis following the Red Sox' first official workout.
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This is a learning curve
Veterans (from left) Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, and John Smoltz are being watched closely by the younger players as workouts begin. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Bob Ryan
Francona having time of his life
If you're Terry Francona, you have just begun a journey that could conceivably take you from Valentine's Day to a week past Halloween if the Red Sox are fortunate enough to make the World Series. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Red Sox notebook
Smoltz sharp in early drills
With younger pitchers attaching ice packs to aching knees, John Smoltz didn't seem to be feeling a thing yesterday afternoon. He might already have a Hall of Fame career behind him, and he might be 41, but he was crushing conditioning drills in a way that other players could only regard with respect. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
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Bonds employee to testify
Federal prosecutors plan to call Barry Bonds's former personal shopper to testify at his perjury trial next month that she saw the slugger's personal trainer inject him. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
spring training mailbag
Some spring things
The Globe's Amalie Benjamin checks in with a spring training edition of the Red Sox mailbag, answering questions that range from David Ortiz's new career in small ball, to the new era of tranquility at Red Sox camp, to more than one shortstop suggestion for the Sox.
Don't go away mad, just go away: Worst Sox breakups
This week's OT brings us, just in time for Valentine's Day, the players at each position who've had the worst breakups with the Red Sox.
Dan Shaughnessy
Fun sucked out of voting
Last weekend's bombshell news that A-Rod tested positive for steroids - and his subsequent confession - brought a Hall of Fame conundrum to the fore. Again. (Boston Globe, 2/12/09)
- survey Should the Hall call for proven dopers?
- touching all the bases Let 'em in
- Dan Shaughnessy Critics overdose on hate
- Youkilis weighs in on A-Rod
- discuss Are media and fans being too hard on A-Rod?
- Appeals court will decide fate of 'the list'
- boston sports blog Lie to me, Alex
- touching all the bases Fill in A-Rod pun here
- Globe Editorial A sorry A-Rod and company
- ESPN video Watch A-Rod's admission
- A-Rod admits steroid use
Baseball
The book on Manny
A new authorized biography on Manny Ramirez that hits the shelves next month attempts to offer some insight regarding his background, his shy personality, and what makes the quirky slugger tick -- as well as his version of the events that led to his tumultuous departure from the Red Sox.
- Boston Sports Blog Manny's latest PR machine
- Photos A look back at Manny's moments
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Improvements to Fenway Park
Fenway Park has undergone a series of annual improvements since 2002. We take a look at the upgrades through the years, including the right field roof renovations for the 2009 season.
More red sox news from the globe
- Learning curve for Red Sox' youngsters (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Bob Ryan Francona is having the time of his life (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Baseball notebook Bonds employee to testify (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Red Sox notebook Red Sox' Smoltz sharp in early drills (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Sports Media Merloni can swing away in CSN deal (Boston Globe, 2/13/09)
- Red Sox notebook Who'll handle the knuckleball? (Boston Globe, 2/13/09)
- Mind over batter (Boston Globe, 2/13/09)
- Sox-Yankees: Tranquillity vs. trauma (Boston Globe, 2/13/09)
- Baseball notebook Selig: A-Rod shamed game (Boston Globe, 2/13/09)
- Baseball notebook Alomar sued by ex-girlfriend (Boston Globe, 2/12/09)
- Dan Shaughnessy Juice has sucked the fun out of Hall of Fame voting (Boston Globe, 2/12/09)
- Penny valuable to Red Sox (Boston Globe, 2/12/09)
- Red Sox notebook Beckett's key: Easy does it (Boston Globe, 2/12/09)
- Dan Shaughnessy An overdose of vitriol after A-Rod steroid revelations (Boston Globe, 2/11/09)
- Red Sox notebook Nothing lost in transition, translation for Saito (Boston Globe, 2/11/09)
Latest baseball news from the wires
- Peavy fine to be staying with Padres (AP, 7:09 p.m.)
- Harden hoping to stay healthy (AP, 6:29 p.m.)
- Rivera confident of rebound from shoulder surgery (AP, 6 p.m.)
- Rivera confident of rebound from shoulder surgery (AP, 5:58 p.m.)
- La Russa supports zero tolerance on drugs (AP, 6:10 p.m.)