Red Sox offer some advice to high school players
The process for a Major-League baseball player to be ready for a season hardly ever ends. Many of them have personal trainers, private chefs and state-of-the-art resources to compete with the best of the best. But before getting to that pressurized point in their lives, they enjoyed the innocence of … [Read more...]
Taking over as pitching coach is a ‘dream come true’ for Dana LeVangie
Reflecting on his years at Whitman-Hanson (Mass.) High School, Dana LeVangie remembers being "OK at baseball." His grades? "They weren’t great," LeVangie admitted. But the one thing he always did was grind it out. It is a trait that served LeVangie well as a teenager and ultimately helped him forge … [Read more...]
Matt Barnes is eager to contribute to World Series winner
Maybe in a different year, Matt Barnes wouldn’t have been so into the World Series. His Red Sox had been knocked out in the AL Division Series for the second year in a row, and it was hard to once again watch other teams play in the spectacle he so badly wanted to be a part of. But Barnes couldn’t … [Read more...]
Red Sox need to restore their power in ’18
While watching the Astros and Dodgers play Home Run Derby in a World Series that had nonstop electricity, it was a bit of a wakeup call for the Red Sox, who somehow watched a season-long power surge in MLB pass them right by. Perhaps WEEI.com columnist John Tomase put it best with a tweet during the … [Read more...]
Red Sox relying on a young core with valuable — but scant — playoff experience
David Ortiz had been retired for only a few minutes. He hadn’t even taken his uniform off for the final time. It was the aftermath of Game 3 of the 2016 AL Division Series, and the slugger wanted to relay a message to his teammates after they had been swept out of the playoffs by the Indians. "I … [Read more...]