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Friday night’s New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game turned into the Mookie Betts show. Betts homered in his first three at-bats off James Paxton. He took the southpaw deep in the first, third and fourth innings. The first two were solo shots …
The Boston Red Sox are 29-28 and still struggling to hit the heights that they did last season, and are making a change to their lineup that they hope will make things look a bit more like 2018. Manager Alex Cora announced Saturday that reigning AL …
The Boston Red Sox continue to struggle in the early part of the season, and Mookie Betts is one player who has reflected that. After Monday’s loss to the Baltimore Orioles, Betts is hitting just .222 with three home runs in 17 games. While far …
The Boston Red Sox have gotten off to a miserable start to the 2019 season, as the reigning World Series winners have started 2-7 with repeated blowouts among the defeats. Frustration looked to be boiling over some after the latest, a 15-8 loss to …
The Boston Red Sox will enjoy a team dinner on Tuesday night in Seattle ahead of their season-opener, and the dinner will be generously hosted by Mookie Betts. Back in February, Betts and the Red Sox agreed to a $20 million settlement to avoid …
The massive contract extension Mike Trout agreed to with the Los Angeles Angels this week should be outstanding news for Mookie Betts, but Boston Red Sox fans are right to be concerned that it will make keeping their MVP that much more difficult. It …
Mookie Betts was named AL MVP on Thursday, capping an incredible season for the Boston Red Sox outfielder. Betts won essentially the highest individual and team honors of a season by taking home the league MVP award weeks after his team won the World …
Mookie Betts broke out of a postseason slump in a big way. Betts had been 0-for-13 after going 0-for-7 with four strikeouts in Game 3, 0-for-4 in Game 4, and making outs in his first two at-bats in Game 5. But he snapped out of it with a solo home …
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is slowing down the talk of Mookie Betts playing second base during the World Series. The Boston Herald’s Jason Mastrodonato said over the weekend that Betts might play some second base during the World Series …
The Boston Red Sox are running into a problem that many other American League clubs have in the past, and they’re looking at an unorthodox way to address it. The Red Sox are facing an outfield logjam, with Andrew Benintendi, Jackie Bradley Jr., …
A fan in Houston may have robbed Jose Altuve of a 2-run home run during the bottom of the first inning of ALCS Game 4 at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday night on a highly controversial play. Altuve was up with one out and a runner on first in the …
Mookie Betts is enjoying a career year in 2018, but he may still have some improving to do in other aspects. Betts and the Boston Red Sox advanced to the ALCS with a 4-3 victory over the rival New York Yankees on Tuesday. After the win, the All-Star …
The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox may have the most heated rivalry in baseball, but that won’t prevent Mookie Betts from showing some common courtesy. Betts ran over to the right field line on a fly ball by Giancarlo Stanton in the bottom …
Shohei Ohtani learned a lot in his first season playing in the majors, and he already knows which pitchers and hitters he needs to spend extra time preparing for in order to improve going forward. On Sunday, Ohtani was asked who the toughest hitter …
The MLB regular season is nearing its end, and several division titles and playoff spots have already been clinched. We also have an idea of which players are going to be worth watching once the postseason gets underway. Can a player’s hot …
Mookie Betts is not expected to miss any time despite leaving Sunday’s 4-3 win over the New York Mets due to soreness in his side. The Boston Red Sox star was 0-for-2 with an RBI and two strikeouts before hurting himself on a throw home. He was …
