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Xander Bogaerts 0-for-3 in debut

“[Mike] Napoli asked me, ‘Are you nervous?’” Bogaerts said with a smile. “But I didn’t even notice.” The Boston Red Sox don’t care how their No. 1 prospect dresses as long as he finds his way to home plate. Promoted from Triple-A on Monday, Bogaerts started at shortstop and hit seventh Tuesday night against the […]

Red Sox fizzle out at rainy Fenway

After another excruciating defeat — Boston’s 10th by one run, the most in the American League so far this season — de facto team captain Dustin Pedroia headed into the manager’s office, which is not part of his usual postgame routine. Fireworks? Hardly. For one thing, John Farrell’s door remained open, which is not the […]

Stephen Drew traded to Yankees

It marked the first time the Yankees have made a trade with Boston since 1997, when they acquired catcher/first baseman Mike Stanley. “It is a unique set of circumstances,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said of making a trade with the Red Sox. “One of our two teams has to be in the playoff mode, […]

Hal goes all-in on Tanaka, 2014

What went overlooked was how the real guiding principle of the Yankees now is not the great hovering spirit of The Boss himself, and how much his personality still affects everything the franchise does even years after his death. It has become What Will Hal Do? — as in Hal Steinbrenner. And Jeter underscored the […]

Farrell: Xander, Will, JBJ ‘our guys’

That’s the loudest message resonating these days from Yawkey Way, communicated here by Red Sox manager John Farrell this week in a way that left no room for mistaking the meaning. It wasn’t, “These are our guys for now.” Or, “These are our guys until someone better comes along.” Or, “How did I get stuck […]

Allen Craig in, Shane Victorino out

Cardinals manager Mike Matheny altered his original lineup for Monday night’s Game 5 of the World Series, dropping first baseman Matt Adams for Craig, who is batting .444 (4-for-9) in the Series but is still suffering the effects of stretched ligaments in his left foot. Craig, who doubled off Red Sox closer Koji Uehara and […]