First trailer for MLB 12: The Show slides into home

Jan. 24   Leave a Comment  

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#1 rated baseball sim returns this March.

It’s Official: Theo Epstein has resigned as Red Sox GM, named president of the Cubs

Oct. 21, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Theo Epstein, the general manager who assembled two World Series championship Boston Red Sox teams, has officially resigned and will depart for the Chicago Cubs, where he has been named president of baseball operations. The move comes after an epic September collapse and one of the most disastrous endings to a season in Boston sports [...]

A public relations analysis of the Boston Red Sox

Oct. 16, 2011   2 Comments  

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Manage the crisis, boldly

TMZ: John Lackey files for divorce

Sept. 26, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Lackey upset at news conference Sunday

“Moneyball” review

Sept. 23, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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A must-see

Manny Ramirez arrested in domestic incident

Sept. 12, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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The baseball player is currently in custody

EarthTalk: Fishery depletion? Green professional sports?

Jan. 15, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Although 75 percent of the world’s fisheries are now either overexploited, fully exploited, significantly depleted or recovering from overexploitation, many governments continue to provide huge subsidies -- about $20 billion annually --­ to their fishing sectors. Pictured: A fisherman hauls in a catch in the North Sea. (Thinkstock)

Can football stadiums be greener?

TV Ratings Wednesday: Fox up with baseball, Modern Family most watched

Oct. 21, 2010   1 Comment  

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Is anyone watching Undercovers?

Johnny Baseball: The new musical about the Red Sox

June 3, 2010   2 Comments  

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Wicked fun at the A.R.T.

Video: Five real-life things you can only do in video games

April 7, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Only 1 percent of MLB pitchers can hit 100 on the radar gun

Upper Deck is done with (Major League) baseball

March 3, 2010   2 Comments  

Trouble for one of the younger companies in the teetering sports card industry. Management at the Upper Deck Company today settled a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against them by Major League Baseball in February. MLB granted Topps an exclusive licensing deal over the summer, but Upper Deck started producing cards with MLB teams and logos [...]

Gaming Weekly: Baseball And Bad Company 2

Feb. 28, 2010   1 Comment  

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MLB: The Show, 2K10 and the latest Battlefield game arrive this week. Who’s buying?

A Park-Full Of MLB 2K10 Screens

Feb. 5, 2010   1 Comment  

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The baseball simulator shaping up to dazzle next month.

MLB 2k10 covers leaked, Evan Longoria shown

Nov. 16, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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The All-Star third baseman, on next year’s cover.

Greening baseball

May 22, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Across most of Major League Baseball (MLB), teams are turning greener than the outfield grass, reports the June 2009 issue of E – The Environmental Magazine (now posted at www.emagazine.com/view/?4664). They’re reducing energy consumption, extending recycling efforts, and taking the first steps into renewable energy. So far, four parks, including Fenway Park in Boston, the [...]

Manny Ramirez suspended 50 games for performance enhancers

May 7, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Baseball superstar Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and has been suspended 50 games, starting Thursday. Ramirez released a statement acknowledging the suspension. “Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was ok to give me. Unfortunately the medication was [...]

Baseball for the 21st Century

March 8, 2009   2 Comments  

Fifty years ago, David A. Mullaney was playing baseball in the backyard. To prevent dented siding and cracked windows that resulted from using an actual baseball, he and his friends used a tennis ball and a broom handle bat. His mother happened to be hanging laundry in the yard when he hit a pitch and [...]

Part II: National League preseason preview

Feb. 20, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Dream teams, disasters (we mean you, Padres) and Manny being Manny. Just in time for the start of spring training, it’s time to make quick judgments and hasty generalizations about how the 2009 baseball season will shape up. Today, we bring you a quick National League preview, with just enough names and numbers to impress [...]

SI: Arod tested positive for steroids in 2003

Feb. 7, 2009   2 Comments  

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New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003, Sports Illustrated is reporting. Rodriguez won his first American League Most Valuable Player award in 2003 while with the Texas Rangers. SI is reporting that four sources independently told the magazine that Arod tested positive for two anabolic steroids at that time. According [...]

Red Sox give up on Teixeira

Dec. 19, 2008   Leave a Comment  

In a disappointing upset added to an even more disappointingly upsetting winter of un-action, the Red Sox announced the team was not a contender in obtaining star slugger Mark Teixeira. In an e-mail to Boston media from Sox owner John Henry Thursday night, he explained that “we met with Mr. Teixeira and were very much [...]