Former Red Sox slugger George "Boomer" Scott is dead at the age of 69. He passed away in his native Mississippi. Scott spent nine of his 14 seasons with Boston over two different stints.
Big Papi got tossed in the Red Sox 7-3 win over Baltimore on Saturday night, after the umpire called a strike on an 3-0 count. Ortiz would end up going down on strikes, and he was not a big fan of the pitch that set him up for that.
On Thursday evening, Taylor Cormier got to live out his professional baseball dream. He got to take the mound at Paul Walsh field, where the New Bedford Bay Sox play, and throw out the first pitch of the game.
The Chicago Cubs have pulled Alfonso Soriano from the lineup and manager Dale Sveum says a trade to send the outfielder to the New York Yankees is about "99 percent done."