As a rookie in 2012, third baseman Will Middlebrooks came to Boston and hit .288 with 15 homers in just 75 games and 286 plate...

Gone too soon. The local kid with the hard-to-pronounce last name rose high and fast. A product of Lynn, MA, Tony C was drafted by the...

Closers are a unique breed, like goalies in hockey or kickers in football. They’re often wired a bit differently, which might be why they...

I remember being excited in 2000 when the Sox signed Jurassic Carl. This was a guy with speed and power who could be an instant upgrade...

Bobby Doerr is often relegated in Boston sports history to a sort of splendid sidekick, a Robin to Ted Williams' Batman. This is a...

There has never been a Red Sox player I've enjoyed more than Pedro. That's probably because he's the best pitcher they've ever had....

I’m feeling the Hit Dog tonight. Your 1995 AL MVP. The huge swing. The huge smile. The huge personality. I don’t have much energy to...

Baseball seems to generate more and better nicknames than any other human endeavor. Maybe it's the column inches beat writers have to...

Sigh. I get it. I do. Sports is a business. I remember watching Clemens and Boggs leave, and Mo Vaughn and Nomar and Ray Bourque and...

I first became aware of Trot Nixon when the Red Sox drafted him in the first round in 1993. He was only a year older than I was, and he...

Rudy Pemberton is not particularly memorable, and yet for a few weeks he was a monster. He was a mediocre minor league outfielder in the...

Dewey belongs in the Hall of Fame. This is the way. I could go all sabermetrics here and bury you with numbers. Talk about how Evans was...