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There's always a risk involved when taking a flyer on a proven major league ballplayer who's armed with the belief that he can still contribute in the face of Father Time's looming presence. In veteran second baseman Brandon Phillips, it didn't take long for the alleged “risk” to fall by wayside. The 37-year-old has been...

Under sunny skies and with even sunnier dispositions among the 200 kids who were on hand, the Pawtucket Red Sox staged their annual Challenger Division clinic prior to last Saturday's game against Durham. First pitch wasn't scheduled for another few hours, yet McCoy Stadium's infield surface was the picture of timely hitting and enthusiastic base...

Hike up your stirrups, throw on your fitted jersey, and stroll down memory lane to a carefree time when the distance from home plate to the center-field fence was 200 feet and the pressure wasn't nearly as mounting as it is now. It's time to talk Little League, an appropriate topic since the Little League...

Pawtucket Red Sox fans are used to seeing heroes round the bases at McCoy Stadium, but there was something special about Saturday, August 4th that brought new meaning to a win. Sure – the PawSox beat the Rochester Red Wings 8-1 in the middle of their weekend matchup. Seven runs separated the Rhode Island Triple-A-affiliate...

As part of her duties as ESPN's news editor for the morning edition of the popular “SportsCenter" program, Sarah Hart keeps her ear to the ground for intriguing minor-league promotions. “I love minor-league baseball so I reach out to all the teams and tell them to send me their best stuff," Hart said. Each week, one...

The Triple-A ballclub that plays together also bowls together? Yes, and it's done in the name of a very good cause. Every season, the Pawtucket Red Sox put down the gloves and bats and pick up bowling balls at East Providence Lanes – located two miles away from McCoy Stadium – to raise money for The...

On Sunday, July 29th at McCoy Stadium, the Cox Communications virtual reality experience will be set up beginning at 12:30 p.m. – one hour before the PawSox take on the Charlotte Knights. The Cox virtual reality experience is a vr home run simulator in which fans step into the batter's box & swing for...

Getting back into the swing of things can prove challenging for players with minor-league options, a longstanding baseball practice in which Major League Baseball teams can send a player up and down multiple times over the course of a single season without running the risk of losing him to another club. “When you do have...

For Mike Olt, June 7, 2018 was shaping up to be another routine day. The Pawtucket Red Sox were slated to host Louisville with first pitch scheduled for 11 a.m. The odds were pretty that Olt would be hitting somewhere in the middle of manager Kevin Boles' lineup. Then came a distressing phone call from...

When Tzu-Wei Lin returned to his native Taiwan after the 2017 season that featured a noteworthy jump from Double-A Portland to Boston, the super utility player and slick defender who's currently on the PawSox roster did so as a relative unknown. Then came an endorsement deal which proved that not everyone in Lin's homeland was...