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1:35 AM UTC Share share-square-250986 While it’s always exciting to watch young amateur players fulfill their dreams by getting drafted by a Major League team and embarking on a professional career, the people responsible for making that happen -- the scouts -- often go overlooked and underappreciated.   It wouldn’t be practical to name every scout responsible for keeping the game of baseball moving. But with the 2021 Draft just a few days away, we thought we could at least shine a light ...

May 2, 2021 Myles Straw grew up a big Tampa Bay Rays fan and has been to hundreds of games at Tropicana Field. Much for that reason, he’s more than a little familiar with Brandon Guyer. Which isn’t to say that Straw emulates the recently-retired outfielder. Guyer reached base via HBP a bruise-worthy 85 times from 2014-2018, and he did so despite never getting as many as 400 plate appearances in a single season. The bulk of his plunkings came in a Rays uniform. When I talked to Straw this p...

Bogaerts blasts one out of Fenway, BoSox hold on to beat Ms Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run homer all the way out of Fenway Park and added an RBI single as the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Friday night. The Canadian Press Xander Bogaerts and Alex Verdug , The Canadian Press BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run homer all the way out of Fenway Park and added an RBI single as the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Friday...

Bogaerts blasts one out of Fenway, BoSox hold on to beat M’s Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run homer all the way out of Fenway Park and added an RBI single as the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Friday night. J.D. Martinez also homered for the Red Sox, who survived a late scare when Kyle Seager hit a three-run homer in the ninth to pull Seattle within a run. One night after rallying with a four-run 10th inning for a 7-4 victory, Seattle couldnt quite pull off another comeback. Mat...

By Sarah Connell Sanders Correspondent When the Telegram reported last month that Rotmans Furniture was set to liquidate its inventory for a “merchandise reset” I felt a pang of regret. Long had I dreamed of the day when I could see for myself what was so “faaaan-tastic” inside the confines of Rotmans sprawling brick warehouse on the cusp of College Hill. I vowed to find out before it was too late. My husband and I don’t get out much these days, so the idea of visiting a 200,000 squar...

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share-square-1071792 From 0 to 99, Red Sox players have filled out jerseys with 90 different numbers over the years. You want a fun exercise? Pick the best player to wear every number in the club’s illustrious history. That’s what MLB.com has done below. 0: Brandon Phillips The only player in Red Sox history to wear No. 0, veteran infielder Phillips had a short run in Boston (one month) at the end of the 2018 season, but he contributed with a memorable two-run homer that fueled an epic 9-8 ...