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Specifically: a couple of times a year people write things about how so-and-so is now the best pitcher in baseball, unseating Clayton Kershaw. Funny thing, though: the names of Kershaw’s would-be usurpers keep changing and Kershaw keeps on being the best pitcher in baseball. Padres 6, Braves 0: Rookie Dinelson Lamet shut the Braves out for seven innings, striking out eight and the Padres beat the hell out of Jaime Garcia. Continue to Article

June 30, 2017 7:35:am EST

0:41 - Dave Dombrowski said that Barstool Sports’ Jared Carrabis' report about John Farrell and Craig Kimbrel was not credible. Carrabis responses to the Red Sox GM.  5:40 - Kyle Draper and A. Sherrod Blakely discuss the reports of what the Pacers want for George, what the Celtics counter offer was, and where and when Gordon Hayward is going on his free agent visits.  11:05 - Tom Curran and Kayce Smith break down the Patriots 2017-2018 season schedule and take a look what games might be the toughest.  15:51 - Evan Drellich joins from Fenway Park to discuss David Price’s start and Hanley Ramirez starting to get it going offensively.  Continue to Article

June 30, 2017 1:28:am EST

BOSTON -- Red Sox manager John Farrell seems open to the idea of adding a power bat from the outside if his in-house hitters don’t start driving the ball more often. Farrell was asked Thursday afternoon if he and Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski have discussed the possibility of adding such a player. “There’s conversations on a number of things,” Farrell said. “That’s going to be dependent on what might be available, addressing who’s here first. That’s the priority, is getting the guys here on track that have long, productive track records. So that’s where the focal point comes, vs. okay, what’s step two, looking outside.” Hanley Ramirez and Dustin Pedroia are two key players Continue to Article

June 29, 2017 10:17:pm EST

A friend of mine showed up last night at a place we sometimes meet. He looked like Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale after lobbing a game-ending home run to Aaron Judge of the Yankees. He was supposed to have been on a plane to Italy. I asked him what happened Continue to Article

June 29, 2017 7:00:am EST

Twins rookie lefty Adalberto Mejia is feeling more comfortable each time he takes the mound. Mejia pitched 5 2/3 innings in his second straight scoreless start, Max Kepler hit a two-run homer and Minnesota rebounded from two consecutive losses against Boston to beat the Red Sox 4-1 on Wednesday night. ''He did a nice job,'' Twins manager Paul Molitor said about Mejia. Continue to Article

June 28, 2017 11:34:pm EST