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NEW YORK (AP) — The Boston Red Sox escaped severe penalties in Major League Baseball’s cheating investigation on Wednesday, with Commissioner Rob Manfred concluding that the 2018 World Series champions’ sign-stealing efforts were less egregious than the Astros’ when they won it all the previous season.

BOSTON (AP) — A minor league player for the Boston Red Sox has tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting the team to close down its training complex in Fort Myers, Florida.

Former Houston Astros pitcher Collin McHugh says that palers were told other teams were cheating too, as a justification for Houston’s now infamous sign-stealing scheme.

A top prospect for the Boston Red Sox who had just arrived from Taiwan, has been placed in quarantine to guard against possible Coronavirus infection.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid says that if President Trump extends an invite to celebrate Kansas City’s Super Bowl win at the White House, he’s going to go.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) may represent the great state of Massachusetts in Congress, but at least one of her most high-profile constituents seems to favor former Vice President Joe Biden for the Democrat nomination.  

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With Los Angeles fans reeling from news that two of the Dodgers’ recent World Series opponents were linked to a cheating scandal that tipped off batters to what pitch was about to be thrown, the City Council voted Tuesday to ask Major League Baseball to strip the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox of their World Series titles.

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Beltrán is out as manager of the New York Mets before a single game, the latest fallout from the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal that has rocked Major League Baseball.

BOSTON (AP) — Alex Cora has already been identified as a ringleader in an illegal system of sign stealing when he was with the Houston Astros.

AJ Hinch won’t be managing in the big leagues any time soon, if at all. Alex Cora will soon join him in the unemployment line, and it’s hard to believe anyone will ever give him another job that involves being a leader of men.

BOSTON (AP) — Major League Baseball says it will investigate allegations the Boston Red Sox illegally used their video replay room to steal signs between opposing pitchers and catchers during their 2018 World Series championship season.

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Richard J. Hill and his wife were arrested last Saturday outside Gillette Stadium for disorderly conduct.

Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has reportedly hired a ex-Boston police chief to investigate the shooting that hospitalized the player.

Former MLB outfielder Johnny Damon has sided with President Donald Trump’s criticism of the City of Baltimore, saying that Major League Baseball players were wary of going out on the town when they visited the city.

While it has become a source of controversy at sporting events over the last few years, singing the national anthem, derived from the work of Francis Scott Key, remains one of America’s most favored and timeless traditions.

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone warned England’s new baseball fans that the historic display of power hitting put on by his side and the Boston Red Sox isn’t how the sport is usually played.

Dominican Republic officials reported the arrest of a man they claim is the “mastermind” behind the shooting of Red Sox slugger David Ortiz.

Shocking surveillance video of the moment former Red Sox star David Ortiz was shot in a bar has leaked from the Dominican Republic.

Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz reportedly begged doctors not to let him die after he was shot in the leg outside a cub in Santo Domingo on Sunday night.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was ambushed by a man who got off a motorcycle and shot him in the back at nearly point-blank range Sunday night in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said.

Much ado was made about all the Red Sox players — and manager — who chose not to attend when the defending World Series champs made their trip to the White House last month. However, not surprisingly, less was made about all the members of the Red Sox organization who were more than happy to visit 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Red Sox outfielder J.D. Martinez told TMZ that the team’s visit to the White House was “awesome” and did not divide the team at all.

Red Sox Icon Bill Buckner, who secured his part in baseball history, in part, for letting a ball roll through his legs during the 1986 World Series, has died at 69.

While some in the media claim that President Donald Trump is trying to bring back “Jim Crow” in America, former ESPN host Jemele Hill has gone even farther back in history to claim that Trump has fulfilled the 150-year-old “racist” vision of former U.S. President Andrew Johnson.

President Trump trolled the sports world with a tweet noting that the Red Sox have been winning “since coming to the White House.”

MSNBC talking head Ron Klain insisted that President Donald Trump takes such pleasure in dividing our country, that he was “happy” when white members of the Boston Red Sox visited the White House and “the players of color” did not.

Friday, MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough voiced their displeasure with some of the Boston Red Sox players electing to visit the White House to celebrate their World Series win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Scarborough questioned

Current Atlantic writer and former ESPN host Jemele Hill, wants to know why white athletes Red Sox players visiting the White House “don’t understand what’s wrong with Trump?”  Moreover, she thinks those same white players owe their “black and brown” teammates “an “explanation” for why that is.

Former MLB pitcher Aubrey Huff recently posted a video on Twitter, in which pleaded with athletes and the news organizations that cover them to focus on entertainment and news. Specifically, Huff told athletes and ESPN to “Leave politics out of sports!”

A sportswriter took to Twitter on Monday to point out that not a single white player on the Boston Red Sox was willing to “stand in solidarity” with “players of color.” Almost all of whom declined to attend the team’s upcoming White House visit.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora has decided he will not attend his team’s scheduled White House visit to celebrate their 2018 World Series title. After taking several months to think about it, the BoSox skipper and Puerto Rican native says that he doesn’t feel “comfortable” making the trip after the way the Trump Administration handled hurricane relief to his native island.

NEW YORK (AP) — Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price thinks Major League Baseball made a mistake by having just 10 games Monday on Jackie Robinson Day.

Cancer survivor Jordan Leandre was invited to throw out the first pitch during Wednesday’s Red Sox-Cardinals game at Fenway Park. Though, his pitch turned into a below the belt surprise for an unsuspecting camera man.

There’s been no shortage of professional athletes letting the world know why they won’t be going to visit the White House to celebrate their championships. However, there have been relatively few who have proudly stated why they will make the trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. has announced that he will skip the upcoming visit to the White House.

Boston outfielder Mookie Betts says he will not join the World Series Champion Red Sox when they visit the White House in the spring.