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Yesterday, for reasons that are only clear to him, Red Sox commentator Jerry Remy opined on the air that players who do not speak English should not be allowed to have translators on the field for mound visits. Remy didn’t have some strategic reason for why players should not have translators. It mostly amounted to an opinion that players should speak English. Continue to Article

June 07, 2017 11:53:am EST

There are no video games or interactive exhibits at the new North East Motor Sports Museum in Loudon, New Hampshire. Instead, the museum is devoted to showing off cool cars and the history of car racing in New England, from a 1915 Duesenberg - which looks like a missile on wheels - to the No. 47 car that in 1981 won NASCAR's legendary Talladega race, driven by Massachusetts' Ron Bouchard. You don't need all the data,'' said Raymond Boissoneau, a vintage race car driver who owns 32 race cars himself and helped choose the cars on display at the new museum. Continue to Article

June 07, 2017 9:50:am EST

Here are eight things to know about Scooter Gennett, who was a relatively anonymous major leaguer before Tuesday night, when he became the first player in the Cincinnati Reds' 135-year history to hit four home runs in a game and the first player in MLB history with five hits, four homers and 10 RBIs in a game. 1. Gennett, 27, was born in Cincinnati, but his family moved to Sarasota, Fla., when he was 10 so he could play baseball year-round. 2. Gennett's actual first name is Ryan, but according to a New York Times story from 2014, he told a police officer as a youngster that his name was "Scooter"—after the Muppet—when his mother took him to a police station to scare him after he kept taking off his seat belt. Continue to Article

June 07, 2017 12:48:am EST

Mitch Moreland and Hanley Ramirez hit back-to-back home runs and Andrew Benintendi later connected off struggling Masahiro Tanaka, powering the Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees 5-4 on Tuesday night. The Red Sox made their first visit of the season to Yankee Stadium, and the matchup between the longtime rivals and top teams in the AL East had the feel of October, mostly because of the raw weather — low 50s, windy and damp. Overpowering closer Craig Kimbrel struck out five in 1 1/3 innings to seal the win. Continue to Article

June 06, 2017 11:03:pm EST

Red Sox announcer Jerry Remy said Mashiro Tanaka and other pitchers shouldn’t get to use translators. It sounds like Boston Red Sox color commentator Jerry Remy learned nothing from the Mike Schmidt controversy that dominated baseball news Tuesday. Because about 12 hours after the Phillies legend created headlines for his criticism of Odubel Herrera not speaking English, Remy was on the air for NESN saying non-English speaking players shouldn’t be allowed to use translators on the field. Continue to Article

June 06, 2017 9:46:pm EST