• Red Sox sign-stealing punishment is nothing compared to Astros

    Red Sox sign-stealing punishment is nothing compared to Astros

    The Red Sox were no Astros in the opinion of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. The commissioner ruled Wednesday that in response to the Red Sox’s sign-stealing during their 2018 championship season, the team’s video replay system operator is the only current Red Sox person penalized. That person, J.T. Watkins, is suspended for the entire 2020 …
  • Dustin Pedroia’s Red Sox future sounds even more ominous

    Dustin Pedroia’s Red Sox future sounds even more ominous

    Don’t count on Dustin Pedroia making a miraculous return once baseball’s coronavirus-induced suspension finally ends. The Red Sox great, whose left knee has ailed him since Manny Machado famously slid into it with his spikes in 2017, isn’t “at a point where he’s thinking to be ready to come back and join us,” interim manager …
  • Red Sox champions getting angrier as MLB holds back sign-stealing findings

    Red Sox champions getting angrier as MLB holds back sign-stealing findings

    More than three months after suspensions were levied regarding the Houston Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing scandal, results of a similar investigation into the Boston Red Sox still have not been announced. Multiple members of the 2018 Red Sox have come out this week to express doubts that the probe will reveal violations as substantial as those …
  • Hank Steinbrenner’s Boss-like bluster marked vital Yankees turning point

    Hank Steinbrenner’s Boss-like bluster marked vital Yankees turning point

    Even as Hank Steinbrenner continued to channel his father and unload on the Red Sox or small market teams or Joe Torre, it was becoming more obvious as the 2008 season unspooled that the louder Steinbrenner son was not going to run the Yankees. It was a vital pivot point in the history of the …
  • Hank Steinbrenner held a special place in ‘bulls–t’ Red Sox Nation

    Hank Steinbrenner held a special place in ‘bulls–t’ Red Sox Nation

    Hank Steinbrenner never was afraid to stoke the flames of his team’s rivalry with the Red Sox. Steinbrenner, the Yankees general partner and co-chairperson who died Tuesday at 63 after a long battle with an illness not related to the coronavirus, wasn’t afraid to speak his mind on any topic, much like his father George. …
  • John Krasinski scores health workers free AT&T, lifetime Red Sox tix

    John Krasinski scores health workers free AT&T, lifetime Red Sox tix

    The third installment of “Some Good News” on YouTube found host John Krasinski paying special tribute Sunday to health-care heroes around the US by getting them free cellphone service — and, for some Boston hospital workers, Red Sox tickets for life. Krasinski brought on Red Sox slugger David “Big Papi” Ortiz to greet five COVID …
  • Mookie Betts’ Dodgers career could end before it started

    Mookie Betts’ Dodgers career could end before it started

    Mookie Betts might end up never playing a game for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal between Major League Baseball and its players association, broken down here by The Post’s Joel Sherman, includes a provision that players will receive a full year of service time even if the entire 2020 season is canceled due to …
  • Red Sox cheating investigation ends with coronavirus twist

    Red Sox cheating investigation ends with coronavirus twist

    On the eve of what was supposed to be Opening Day, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said he will reveal his findings into the Red Sox cheating probe once baseball returns. If an optimistic Manfred has his way, America’s pastime will be back some time in May. “We’ll have to make a determination depending on what …