Tuesday night’s game between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds was suspended after heavy storms blanketed Fenway Park in rain and lightning for an hour and 20 minutes before the fourth inning could begin. The game will resume at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the point of suspension. Tickets for Tuesday’s game will be good for admission. Wednesday’s regularly scheduled contest remains set for 7:10 p.m. ET. Both games will be televised on NESN and broadcast on the radio in English (WEEI 93.7 FM) and Spanish (WESX 1230/WCCM 1490 AM). Where we left off Richard Fitts was at an efficient…
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Baseball has changed over the years. The games are shorter, pitchers’ workloads are limited, and bunts are few and far between. Unwritten rules are exactly that – unwritten. They can’t change because they’re not official, but they can be enforced differently. The Boston Red Sox celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Red Sox team on Tuesday. The rules in 1975 were very different. Intentionally throwing at a batter because their home run trot was too slow was more common. Bat flips and admiring home runs were frowned upon. During the rain delay on Monday, NESN broadcasters Lou Merloni and…
Playing on a team facing high expectations is nothing new for Boston Celtics first-round draft pick Hugo Gonzalez. The 19-year-old forward played for Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid over the last three seasons. Whether it’s basketball or soccer, Real Madrid is always expected to be a top team and contend for titles. Seasons that end without any trophies are considered a real disappointment. Playing in Boston is similar. Expectations, especially for the Celtics, are always pretty high. It’s an environment that not every player handles well. But for Gonzalez, he’s confident his experience in a pressure-packed situation at Real Madrid will…
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox brought in their first piece of the Rafael Devers’ trade two weeks ago when they activated right-handed reliever Jordan Hicks from the 15-day injured list Monday.To make room for him, they optioned right-hander Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Kelly left Sunday’s 5-3 loss to Toronto with right oblique tightness, but manager Alex Cora said before Monday’s game against Cincinnati that he was fine.The 28-year-old Hicks was acquired along with left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison and two prospects from San Francisco for Devers on June 15.Hicks was on the IL with toe inflammation when he was picked up by the…
The Celtics have signed 2025 first-round draft pick Hugo González six days after Boston selected the 6-foot-5 guard/forward. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The pick was an historic one, as it represented the first time the Celtics drafted a Spanish player. González, who will wear No. 28, was selected with the 28th overall pick after playing for the past three seasons for Real Madrid in Spain. A native of Madrid, he made his senior team debut with Real Madrid during the 2022-23 season. He became the fourth-youngest player in team history when he joined them at age 16. González…
New England Patriots legend Randy Moss will be returning to his full-time role on ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown” after taking a break due to his cancer diagnosis, The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reports. “Randy’s return on Super Bowl Sunday was an emotional lift — not just for our team but for the entire football community — and knowing he will resume his full Sunday NFL Countdown schedule, beginning in Week 1, has been the highlight of the offseason,” ESPN said in a statement to The Athletic. Moss stepped back from the show in December when he revealed on Instagram Live that he had…
Well, that was a doozy. The Boston Red Sox entered June 4 games under .500 and 8.5 games behind the division-leading Yankees. They ended June 2025 2 games under .500, 7 games behind the Yankees. But the relative omnambulance of the standings doesn’t reflect the fact that June 2025 was one bat-shit insane month of Red Sox baseball. Here’s the OTM staff with their take on the month that was. (Check out their May and April takes here and here.) Describe June 2025 in one word, five words, or haiku. Last month I had fun This month it’s the same…
Two weeks after he was acquired in the Rafael Devers blockbuster, Jordan Hicks is officially active. The Red Sox announced they had activated the hard-throwing right-hander prior to Monday’s series opener against Cincinnati. To clear space on the roster the club optioned right-hander Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Earlier in the day the club also activated infielder Marcelo Mayer from the bereavement leave list and optioned infielder Nick Sogard to Triple-A. Hicks is expected to slot into a high-leverage bullpen role with the Red Sox, serving as the primary eighth-inning set-up man to bridge the gap to closer Aroldis Chapman.…
With his six-week reassessment coming up at the end of the week, Alex Bregman is hurtling toward a return to the Red Sox lineup. “The way he’s talking about it, he’s close to being 100-percent,” manager Alex Cora said Monday afternoon. “I feel really good, today was the best I’ve felt during the rehab process, the fastest I’d ran, and resumed full baseball activity,” he said as he sat in the dugout Monday afternoon. “This is a lot of weeks ahead of what we predicted.” The veteran third baseman last played on May 23, when he exited the top half…
If Al Horford leaves the Boston Celtics, it likely will be to sign with a team he feels has a better chance to contend for a championship during the 2025-26 campaign. Fortunately for Horford, many of those teams reportedly are showing interest in the veteran big man. “Al Horford has received interest from several contending teams since the start of free agency,” Hoops Hype’s Michael Scotto reported Monday night. The Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets, Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers all have shown interest in Horford, per Scotto. The Celtics have as well, which isn’t much…