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Thomas: Thank you Mookie Betts

Aidan Thomas | Monday, February 17, 2020

Growing up in Portland, Maine, I was fortunate enough to watch Mookie Betts play baseball before he reached Fenway Park. Working at the Portland Sea Dogs, the Red Sox’s Double-A squad, I got to see Betts on a nearly daily basis, witnessing first-hand the electric touch he brought to the game. Earlier this week, the

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Ortiz deserves criticism, not love

Ryan Klaus | Tuesday, February 23, 2016

There is perhaps nothing more unpalatable in sports than farewell tours. Yes, a statement that bold can be at least somewhat attributed to recency bias, given the seemingly never-ending and excruciatingly tiresome onslaught of coverage concerning Kobe Bryant’s final season. But other retirement circuits over the past few years — Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter

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Jacobsen: Sox-Yankees rivalry rekindles

Vicky Jacobsen | Monday, April 14, 2014

It’s always sad to see the spark go out. Baseball is best enjoyed when emotions run high and tension fills the ballpark air. But lately, it has seemed like the Red Sox and Yankees, those most celebrated of rivals, just haven’t been able to muster the same level of revulsion for each other. Frankly, the