CAGUAS, Puerto Rico — Hundreds of arms stretched into the sky in the hometown of Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora on Saturday as fans took pictures and video of the first man from Puerto Rico to lead a team to a World Series championship. Cora held up the trophy that he had been cradling […]
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Red Sox look to offseason with goal of repeat championship, staying together
BOSTON — The last time Dave Dombrowski built a World Series champion, he had to start dismantling it before the celebratory champagne had a chance to dry. He’s hoping to defend the title for real next year. “It is significantly different than the last time,” he said on Thursday, four days after the Red Sox won […]
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Parade fetes Red Sox’s World Series championship; trophy, manager Cora hit by beer cans
BOSTON — Confetti cannons boomed and huge crowds of fans cheered wildly on Wednesday as the Boston Red Sox rumbled through downtown aboard duck boats to mark the team’s fourth World Series championship in the past 15 years. One of the team’s championship trophies and team manager Alex Cora were hit by flying cans of […]
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Three days after World Series gem, David Price says he’s staying with Red Sox
BOSTON — Three days after a World Series victory that transformed him from a postseason flop to an October hero, Red Sox left-hander David Price said at the team’s victory parade Wednesday that he would stay in Boston rather than opt out of his contract and become a free agent. “I’m not going anywhere,” Price […]
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Red Sox exercise $15 million 2019 option on ace Chris Sale
BOSTON— The Red Sox have exercised their $15 million option for next season on ace left-hander Chris Sale. Sale will earn $15 million in the final season of a five-year contract he signed with the Chicago White Sox before the 2013 season that guaranteed $32.5 million, including a 2017 option buyout. He had a $12.5 […]
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On Baseball: Decisions loom for Red Sox after parade
Boston Red Sox chairman Tom Werner holds the championship trophy as president Sam Kennedy, third from right, manager Alex Cora, second from right, and pitcher Chris Sale, right, celebrate after Game 5 of baseball’s World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) During the 2007 World Series […]
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Red Sox parade through Boston to start 11 a.m. Wednesday
BOSTON (AP) — In what has become a championship tradition in the city, the Boston Red Sox will climb aboard duck boats for a parade to celebrate the team’s fourth World Series title in 15 years, city officials announced Monday. The parade Wednesday will begin at 11 a.m. at Fenway Park. The team is expected […]
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Well-traveled Pearce finds a place — as World Series MVP
LOS ANGELES — For a dozen years, Steve Pearce was on the move. From Pittsburgh to Houston to every single team in the AL East, just looking for a spot where he could stick. He finally found his permanent place — in Red Sox lore. The well-traveled Pearce wound up as the World Series MVP […]
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Dombrowski Design: GM adds Red Sox title to 1997 Marlins championship
LOS ANGELES — A man ahead of his time more than 40 years ago, Dave Dombrowski studied to become a general manager. Going into his junior year at Western Michigan’s Lee Honors College in 1977, he started work on his thesis: “The General Manager, ‘The Man in the Middle’” and wrote letters to every GM […]
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Cora-nation! Rookie manager leads Red Sox to championship
LOS ANGELES — Hard to believe now, all these wins later, but the Alex Cora Era in Boston began with a loss. A brutal one, in fact. Opening day at Tropicana Field in late March, none of his late moves worked out as the bullpen blew a big lead in a 6-4 setback. No fan […]