Topic: Boston Red Sox
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andre Dawson's plaque in the National Baseball Hall of Fame will feature him in a Montreal Expos cap even though he requested to be enshrined as a member of the Chicago Cubs, the Hall said on Wednesday. The former outfielder spent 11 years of his 21-year Major League Baseball career with Montreal -- a team that later ...
The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees of Major League Baseball have one of the oldest and fiercest rivalries in all of American sports. The rivalry between these cities is as old as America itself. The Red Sox/Yankees rivalry was born outside the bounds of sport as the cities of Boston and New York competed for the limelight ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox have reached a one-year agreement with closer Jonathan Papelbon, the team announced on its website Tuesday. The deal will pay the four-time All-Star $9.35 million and was made on the same day, for the second year running, the player and team were scheduled to exchange arbitration figures. The powerful right-hander made $6.25 ...
The Boston Red Sox avoided arbitration with Jonathan Papelbon by signing their all-star pitcher to a one-year, 9.35 million dollar contract. Papelbon is the Red Sox all-time leader in saves with 151 in just four seasons as the club's closing pitcher. He made 6.25 million dollars last season. The right-hander recorded 38 saves in 66 appearances last ...
