After starting 2-6, the Boston Red Sox did well to remember the old baseball cliche that the season is anything but a sprint. 

Jon Lester regained the form that made him Boston's best starter late last season. 

Apr. 

A timely three-game winning streak has pulled the Boston Red Sox out of last place and given them some confidence after a surprisingly poor start. 

Coming off a bad game, Kevin Youkilis returned to ripping for the Red Sox. 

Aerodynamics and putrid pinstripe pitching have turned the new Yankee Stadium into a deadly den of dingers, Ken Rosenthal says. 

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BOSTON -- When Pumpsie Green, who broke the color barrier on the last major-league team to integrate, arrived at Fenway Park yesterday to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, you couldn't have blamed him if he thought he'd time-traveled all the way back  

Jed Lowrie's 2009 season might be over. 

REDSOX 10, Orioles 8 

REDSOX 10, Orioles 8 

The standings aren't upside down. 

The club's decision to go with 12 pitchers, rather than 13, has been scrutinized heavily. 

Ryan Freel is accepting of his position with the Orioles. 

--RHP Danys Baez looked visibly shaken upon hitting Red Sox hitter Kevin Youkilis in the head with a fastball Friday night.