Most people would agree that David Ortiz is a future Hall of Famer. The Boston Red Sox’s designated hitter is in his 20th and final big league season and is putting up the best numbers of his career. He’s leading the league in doubles, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS. No player has ever led baseball in those categories during their final season. Given his terrific final year, his career numbers are getting better by the day: .286 average, 2,400 hits, 618 doubles, 525 home runs, 1,713 RBIs and a .931 OPS. Hall of Fame worthy, right? Not according to Pete Rose. MLB’s all-time hits leader, now a FOX analyst but still ban...
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Home Run Derby 2016 Results: Giancarlo Stanton Wins MLB All-Star Game Event
FINALS — TODD FRAZIERFrazier put on a nice show in the end, but his 13 home runs weren’t enough. Giancarlo Stanton is the new Home Run Derby champion and single-derby home run record holder. What an unbelievable performance. T-Mobile donates $ 582,000 to charity. That’ll do it for us tonight. Thanks for tuning in to NESN.com’s coverage of the 2016 Home Run Derby. FINALS — GIANCARLO STANTONStanton just hit 20 (!) home runs. In the finals. He also shattered the previous derby record of 41 home runs in any given year. He finishes with 61, barring a swing-off. He hit them ...
Bruins’ Matt Beleskey ‘Hated’ Playing Vs. David Backes, Excited To Have Him Aboard
by Zack Cox on Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 11:18AM 2,827 As a player who spent seven seasons in the NHL’s Western Conference, Boston Bruins winger Matt Beleskey is very familiar with his team’s biggest offseason acquisition: former St. Louis Blues center David Backes. Like Beleskey, Backes, who signed a five-year, $ 30 million contract with Boston on the first day of NHL free agency, is known for playing a heavy, physical game. And while guys like that aren’t particularly fun to line up against, th...
Red Sox Notes: David Ortiz, David Price Enter All-Star Break With A Bang
BOSTON — David Ortiz always has had a flair for the dramatic, so it was only fitting that he’d do something special to cap off the first half of his magical 2016 campaign. The Red Sox designated hitter delivered the goods again Sunday, hitting a two-run, opposite-field home run off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jake Odorizzi to help lift Boston to a 4-0 win at Fenway Park. Big Papi’s towering blast gave him 22 homers at the All-Star break, an astonishing achievement for a 40-year-old DH who tallied a total of 23 homers during an injury-riddled 2012 season. Four years later, Ortiz somehow is playing some of the best baseball of his career, entering the...
UFC 200 Live: Miesha Tate Vs. Amanda Nunes, Full Card Results, Highlights
LAS VEGAS — It’s time for UFC 200, and it should be a doozy. Miesha Tate’s women’s bantamweight championship bout against Amanda Nunes headlines UFC’s biggest night ever, but there’s plenty of star power to go around, even without stalwarts Ronda Rousey, Conor McGregor and Jon Jones on the card for various reasons. Brock Lesnar returns to the octagon for a heavyweight clash with Mark Hunt, and Anderson Silva replaced Jones on short notice to face Daniel Cormier in a light heavyweight fight. NESN.com will be octagon-side at T-Mobile Arena for all the action, providing live round-by-round analysis for the three biggest fights, plus results for...
Yoan Moncada Headlines Four Red Sox On Midseason Top 100 Prospects List
The future looks bright for the Boston Red Sox. Even after trading a heap of prospects to the San Diego Padres for Craig Kimbrel over the winter, Boston entered the season with one of baseball’s best farm systems. The club’s top prospects have lived up to their potential through the first half of 2016, and they’re well represented in Baseball America’s midseason list of top 100 prospects. All told, four Red Sox prospects made the list, including four in the top 41 and three in the top 15. Oh, and a Sox prospect landed on the top spot with Yoan Moncada checking in at No. 1. Here are the four prospects who made the list.
Kevin Durant Says He Doesn’t Plan On Re-Entering Free Agency Next Summer
by Zack Cox on Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 5:39PM 2,019 The Golden State Warriors won the Kevin Durant sweepstakes earlier this week, beating out a slew of other suitors — including the Boston Celtics and Durant’s former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder — all hoping to sign the former NBA MVP. Durant’s contract with the Warriors reportedly is a two-year deal with a second-year player option, meaning we very well could see the 27-year-old superstar hit free agency again next summer. Speaking...