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Mike Nicotera, the agent for Red Sox center fielder Mike Cameron, writes that his client has returned to Boston to meet with team doctors sometime this morning after an initial diagnosis that he may be suffering from a kidney stone(s). Nicotera wrote: “I spoke to Cam last night. Seems to be a kidney stone that he needs to pass. He’s going to follow up with doctors in Boston today.” Cameron was scratched ...

Francisco Liriano’s performance as a rookie in 2006 caused people to draw comparisons between him and teammate Johan Santana, but an August elbow injury sent him to the disabled list and ultimately led to offseason Tommy John surgery. After missing all of the 2007 season, he returned to the major leagues in April 2008. He performed admirably in 2008 (6-4, 2.91), but last year was disastrous (5-13, 5.80). He had lost his ...

Caption: Kevin Youkilis watches his eighth inning home run—his first of the 2010 season—leave Kaufman Stadium during the Red Sox 8-3 win in Kansas City. Youk’s blast was one of five Sox home runs in the game. The Red Sox hit five home runs off the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner tonight en route to an 8-3 victory in Kansas City, but the win came just inches from being ...

In a poll currently running on Boston.com, 77 percent of respondents have said they think Red Sox manager Terry Francona should be utilizing 3B Mike Lowell as designated hitter. At the outset, let me start by stating that the Boston.com poll is flawed. The site gave voters only two responses (play Ortiz, play Lowell) when there are really three options available—Tito also has the choice of platooning the two depending on ...

Caption: KC RF Rick Ankiel was left holding just his bat handle after his eighth inning showdown with Sox fireballer Daniel Bard. Unfortunately, Ankiel flared a base hit into left-center field on this swing to deliver the game-tying and game-winning runs in KC's 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Red Sox. For the second consecutive ballgame a Red Sox starter pitched an outstanding ballgame, and for the second consecutive game a left-handed reliever left a ...

Major League Baseball is concerned with the time it takes to play games, believing that the sport is suffering because games take nearly three hours (on average) to play. For the last four or five years, the league has attempted to address the issue, going so far as to implement measures designed to pick up the pace of the game, including reducing time between pitches and the hitter’s ability to step out ...

Red Sox Nation has a voracious appetite for all things Red Sox, and the Boston media does everything it can to ensure The Nation will have plenty to read about. The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Providence Journal, The Worcester Telegram & Gazette, The Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, numerous other newspapers, NESN, NECN , the sports departments of at least five television stations, ad infinitum—all of these media outlets battle one another ...

In an afternoon press conference at Fenway Park, the Red Sox and RHP Josh Beckett announced they have finalized a four-year, $68 million extension that will keep the right-hander in Boston through the 2014 season. The contract includes a $5 million signing bonus and annual salaries of $15.75 million per year from 2011-2014. For those of you who might find it suspicious the deal was announced on the day AFTER Beckett ...

(Pictured: Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia prepares to launch his game-tying home run into the Green Monster seats in the bottom of the seventh inning of the Red Sox 9-7 win… SOX1FAN photo) By Red Sox-Yankees standards it was a relatively short game in terms of time (only three hours and 46 minutes); but, it must have seemed much longer than that to the ballplayers who participated in this Opening Night ...

Drafted: First Round, 2008 (Sarasota, FL) Height: 6′3″; Weight: 195 lbs Born: Oct. 4, 1989 It seems pre-ordained. It seems like only a matter of time before pitcher Casey Kelly develops into a star. When the Red Sox talk trade with other major league clubs, opposing GMs ask Theo Epstein to include the 20-year-old right-hander in the deal. Epstein declines and declares Kelly untouchable. He and Ryan Westmoreland appear to be the ONLY ...