Terry Francona

Bob, Monroe, Conn. What Happened To The Red Sox? Choked Who Deserves The Blame? The Players What Moves Should They Make Next Season? Not a thing as I'm a N.Y.Y. fan. Joe Mama, The Bronx What Happened To The Red Sox? They played poorly , period....

STATEMENT FROM JOHN HENRY, TOM WERNER AND LARRY LUCCHINO ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON RED SOX: "We met with Terry Francona, Theo Epstein and Ben Cherington Friday morning to discuss the 2011 season, ways to improve the club in the future, and Tito's status....

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Soccer-Premier League, Everton at Liverpool, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2) College Football-Air Force at Navy, 11 a.m. (CBS); Texas A&M vs. Arkansas, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Northwestern at Illinois, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Texas Tech at Kansas, 11 a.m....

He didn't get job done Juan C. Rodriguez Sun Sentinel Somebody has to wear it, and for lack of a better alternative, it should have been Terry Francona. General manager Theo Epstein said Francona would not be branded the scapegoat. Teams don't lose...

Where the next curse is Dom Amore Hartford Courant The Cubs are bedeviled by the most hideous curse in sports, so what do they need? A manager who has proven he can break such things. There are only two out there who have proven then can win with...

If Theo Epstein is Tom Ricketts’ top choice as Cubs general manager, then fine. Epstein presided over Boston’s historic collapse this year, which makes him very Cub, but he also has a couple World Series titles, which makes him a god around...

Each morning, Monday through Friday, I'll hook you up with reading material to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday -- that way I'll have an excuse to do the same at the start of mine.   Running it back: The...

BOSTON (AP) - Red Sox starter and former Notre Dame pitcher Kyle Weiland was ejected from his major league debut after hitting Baltimore's Vladimir Guerrero with a pitch. Home plate umpire Marty Foster at first warned Weiland after he hit Guerrero,...

The Orioles quietly packed their belongings late Sunday afternoon and dispersed to various parts of the country, carrying more baggage into the All-Star break than they could have possibly imagined. After an ejection-marred 8-6 loss to the Boston Red...

A contentious four-game series with the Boston Red Sox ended Sunday with four more ejections, Michael Gonzalez's not denying that he threw a purpose pitch behind David Ortiz, and Buck Showalter and Jeremy Guthrie criticizing the umpiring crew. "I've said...

The Orioles were already a little angry about the way they were treated in Boston, and that fire has been flamed by Major League Baseball's ruling Thursday to suspend two Orioles players and manager Buck Showalter and only one Red Sox player, slugger...

The Orioles and shortstop J.J. Hardy continue to make progress on a three-year contract extension that would be worth between $7 million and $8.5 million per season, according to two baseball sources. "My thought is that I still hope it gets done," Hardy...