After being diagnosed with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament and strained flexor in his pitching elbow, Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka has decided to get another opinion. Manager Terry Francona confirmed after Monday night’s 3-2 loss to the Cleveland Indians that Matsuzaka is in Japan rather than with the team in Cleveland, and that…
BOSTON — This was not Tim Wakefield’s first rodeo, of course. The knuckleballer has been a member of the Red Sox’s pitching staff forever, or at least it seems that way. The truth is Wakefield has been wearing a Boston uniform for more than 17 years. Wakefield has been a starter for the Sox. He…
BOSTON — The ceremonial pitches at Fenway Park on Saturday were thrown out by Dr. Louis Zamperini, a 1936 United States Olympian, and Julia Ruth Stevens, Babe Ruth’s daughter, in keeping with the nostalgic theme of the Boston Red Sox–Chicago Cubs weekend, with the teams meeting in Boston for the first time since the 1918…
