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MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Jacoby Ellsbury is 8-for-60 (.133) over his last 13 games, hardly what the Red Sox expect from their leadoff hitter and the 2011 AL MVP runner-up. But manager John Farrell isn't ready to drop Ellsbury in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Every chance he gets, David Ortiz reminds the Minnesota Twins about the one that got away. Ortiz signed with the Red Sox after the 2002 season, when the Twins declined to tender him a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Even after embattled reliever Daniel Bard's meltdown Wednesday night at Double-A Portland, manager John Farrell said the Red Sox are not yet considering sending him to extended spring...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH After seeing righty Andrew Bailey uncork 15 pitches without incident in a simulated inning Thursday, Red Sox manager John Farrell admitted to at least some temptation to activate the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Andrew Bailey's return to the mound for the Red Sox may be only a few days away. Bailey threw a 20-pitch bullpen session Tuesday and didn't feel any lingering effects from the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Turns out, there may be more to David Ortiz' slump than a negative newspaper column. After going 1-for-4 with a three-run homer Tuesday night in the Red Sox' 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH One day after taking a pair of hard foul balls to the mask, catcher David Ross was placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list and replaced by Ryan Lavarnway on the roster. Ross...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH And the hits keep coming. Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino, whose kamikaze style in right field has already made him a fan favorite, was taken to Mass. General after Sunday's 12-4...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Red Sox reliever Joel Hanrahan's star-crossed season is up in the air. After having an MRI and being examined Friday morning by Dr. James Andrews, the orthopedist he saw for a second...

David Ortiz believes fingers pointing at him and other Dominican players regarding the use of performance-enhancing drugs amount to profiling. The Boston Red Sox designated hitter took issue with a column by the Boston Globe's Dan Shaughnessy that...

The Sports Xchange By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Twins 5, Red Sox 3 BOSTON -- On Monday night, the Twins dropped an 11-inning decision to the Boston Red Sox in the opener of a four-game series coming at the end of a three-city, 10-game road trip....

The Sports Xchange By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Twins win last three in series at Boston BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox's stranglehold on first place is slipping thanks to the feisty Minnesota Twins. On Monday night, the Twins dropped an 11-inning...