Boston Red Sox

Single game tickets available for purchase on Jan. 26th

11/14/2007, OAKLAND -- Major League Baseball announced today the Oakland Athletics and World Champion Boston Red Sox will play the first two games of the 2008 regular season in Tokyo, Japan on March 25 and 26th as part of Major League Baseball's Japan Opening Series 2008.    » read more »

Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics to open championship season at the Tokyo Dome

11/14/2007 -- The World Series Champion Boston Red Sox will face the Oakland Athletics in Tokyo, Japan to open the 2008 Major League Baseball Championship Season, Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) announced today.    » read more »

11/12/2007, BOSTON -- Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has been selected as the 2007 American League Rookie of the Year, it was announced today by the Baseball Writers Association of America.    » read more »

Gillette to donate $5,000 to Kevin Youkilis Hits for Kids organization to shave his goatee at the Cask 'n Flagon

11/12/2007 -- WHO: Boston Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis

WHAT: Kevin Youkilis, the Gold Glove first baseman of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, is having his signature goatee shaved off courtesy of Gillette at the Cask 'n Flagon in Boston on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Gillette will present Kevin a $5,000 check for his newly formed charitable organization, Kevin Youkilis Hits for Kids.    » read more »

11/12/2007 -- Major League Baseball and PEOPLE today announced the winner in the nationwide search for "The Sexiest Fan Alive." Chris Piela, a Boston Red Sox fan, from Duluth, Georgia, was selected from nine finalists in an online fan vote. Over 2,000 passionate baseball fans competed for the title of "The Sexiest Fan Alive," and nearly 300,000 fans voted on the nine finalists.    » read more »

- Boston Red Sox acquire outfielder Sean Danielson from St. Louis to complete Joel Pineiro trade
- Catcher Kevin Cash elects free agency

11/02/2007, BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox today exercised the 2008 contract options on righthanded pitchers Julian Tavarez and Tim Wakefield.

In addition, Boston has acquired outfielder Sean Danielson from St. Louis to complete the trade that sent righthanded pitcher Joel Pineiro from the Red Sox to the Cardinals on July 31.

The announcements were made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein.    » read more »

Rally an Opportunity for this Part of Red Sox Nation to Congratulate Team

October 30, 2007 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today sent a letter to Red Sox Principal Owner John W. Henry to convey the state’s heartfelt congratulations to the team for sweeping the Colorado Rockies to win the 2007 World Series and to ask him to consider bringing the Boston Red Sox to Hartford in the coming days so diehard Sox fans from across the Connecticut can celebrate with them.    » read more »

Kennedy, Kerry introduce Senate Resolution to honor the 2007 World Championship team

October 29, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John Kerry introduced a resolution in the United States Senate to commemorate the Boston Red Sox winning the 2007 World Series. The senators also released the following quotes celebrating their team’s win.    » read more »

October 29, 2007 -- AUGUSTA – Maine Governor John E. Baldacci offered congratulations tonight to the Boston Red Sox for winning the 2007 World Series.    » read more »

29 October 2007 -- The Boston Red Sox have won Major League Baseball's World Series, sweeping away the Colorado Rockies with four straight victories.

The American League Boston Red Sox beat the National League's Colorado Rockies, 4-3, late Sunday to clinch the best-of-seven-games championship in Denver, Colorado.

Boston built a 3-0 lead by the seventh inning, and the Red Sox were up 4-1 in the eighth when Colorado's Garrett Atkins hit a two-run home run. But Boston's ace relief pitcher, Jonathan Papelbon, shut down the Rockies to preserve the win.    » read more »

10/25/2007, NEW YORK -- In a freshman class full of impressive young talent, Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Ryan Braun and Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia were voted tops in the Class of '07 by their peers. The Major League Baseball Players Trust and Yahoo!    » read more »

Comprehensive programs include expert analysis and live press conferences

10/24/2007, NEW YORK -- Beginning today with Game 1 from Fenway Park in Boston, MLB.com, the official website of Major League Baseball, will bring fans an unprecedented lineup of live and on-demand video programming for the 2007 World Series between the Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox.    » read more »

10/24/2007 -- Five-time Grammy Award winner James Taylor will sing the Star Spangled Banner prior to Thursday's Game Two of the 2007 World Series.

A member of both the Rock and Roll and Songwriters Halls of Fame, Taylor's new CD/DVD, One Man Band, will be released in November.

Source: MLB

Manchester, NH - Senator and lifelong Red Sox fan Chris Dodd welcomed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to Red Sox Nation this afternoon after Giuliani announced he would be supporting the Red Sox in the World Series. Dodd released the following statement after hearing of Mayor Giuliani's recent conversion:    » read more »

23 October 2007, Washington (By Steve Schy) -- The 103rd edition of Major League Baseball's World Series gets underway Wednesday in Boston as the Red Sox host the Colorado Rockies in Game One at Fenway Park Tuesday evening. As VOA's Steve Schy reports, both teams are entering the Fall Classic on a hot streak.

Colorado Rockies have won 21 of its last 22 games and became the first team to sweep both its division and league championship series opponents.    » read more »