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Rob Bradford

Rob Bradford joined WEEI.com after serving as a Red Sox beat writer for the Boston Herald and the Eagle-Tribune (Lawrence, Mass.). Prior to manning the Red Sox beat, he spent several years at the Lowell Sun. He has written two books: “Chasing Steinbrenner,” following the front offices of the Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays through the 2003 season, and “Deep Drive: A Long Journey to Discovering the Champion Within,” which he co-authored with Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell.

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    Winslow Townson/USA Today Sports
    July 06, 2017 - 8:28 pm

    Kelly Olynyk taking his talents to South Beach

    Kelly Olynyk has his payday. After the Celtics agreed to make the forward an unrestricted free agent earlier this week, Olynyk took advantage. The 26-year-old's agent, Greg Lawrence has told ESPN that his client has agreed to a four-year deal with the Miami Heat worth more than $50 million. The...
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    Kim Klement/USA Today Sports
    July 06, 2017 - 7:50 pm

    Xander Bogaerts exits with hand injury

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Suddenly, making the All-Star team seems secondary for Xander Bogaerts. The Red Sox shortstop exited Thursday night's game in the first inning with a right hand contusion after being hit by a Rays starting pitcher Jacob Faria pitch in the first inning. X-rays were negative,...
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    USA Today Sports
    July 06, 2017 - 7:28 pm

    Eduardo Rodriguez to make another start for PawSox

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Eduardo Rodriguez was with the Red Sox at Tropicana Field Thursday, but that doesn't mean he's going to stay with them. Prior to his team's series opener against the Rays, Red Sox manager John Farrell said that Rodriguez will have to make one more trip to the minors while...
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    Tim Heitman/USA Today Sports
    July 05, 2017 - 8:53 pm

    Looks like Tzu-Wei Lin will be with Red Sox for a while

    ARLINGTON, Texas -- Tzu-Wei Lin isn't heading back down to the minor leagues any time soon. The player who at first glance was slated to be a short-term fill-in has seemingly out of nowhere established himself as a valued member of the Red Sox big league team. Heading into Wednesday night's series...
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    Sean Pokorny/USA Today Sports
    July 05, 2017 - 1:27 am

    David Price (briefly) addresses incident with Dennis Eckersley

    ARLINGTON, Texas -- The last we heard from David Price was just before the Red Sox boarded their team plane for Toronto, last Thursday. Tuesday night, there was some catching up to do. After his six innings of shutout ball against the Rangers in what would be an 11-4 Red Sox win over Texas, Price...
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    Tim Heitman/USA Today Sports
    July 04, 2017 - 1:41 am

    Red Sox 7, Rangers 5: Dustin Pedroia's best game ever?

    ARLINGTON, Texas -- Dustin Pedroia has now played in 1,510 major league games. Monday night might have been his best. "Tonight with Pedroia, he's had a lot of great seasons here, a lot of great games, but tonight might be one of the better games he's ever played in this uniform," said Red Sox...
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    Bob DeChiara/USA Today Sports
    June 30, 2017 - 1:41 pm

    These players will decide the American League East

    By the time Saturday's game in Toronto concludes, the Red Sox will be officially at the halfway point of the season. So far, so good (enough). Heading into the three-game set with the Blue Jays, the Sox are in first-place by a game, four games up on the third-place Rays, 4 1/2 over Baltimore, and 6...
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    Patrick McDermott/USA Today Sports
    June 29, 2017 - 9:02 pm

    Eduardo Rodriguez struggles in first rehab start

    It looks as though Eduardo Rodriguez is going to need at least one more rehab start. The Red Sox starter had a rough re-introduction to the minor leagues Thursday night, pitching for the Portland Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field. Rodriguez allowed six runs (5 earned) on nine hits over just three innings...
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    Patrick McDermott/USA Today Sports
    June 29, 2017 - 6:49 am

    Twins 4, Red Sox 1: Will they ever hit home runs?

    This was one of those games where it sure felt like home runs might be important. The Red Sox are still in first-place after their 4-1 loss to the Twins Wednesday night. This wasn't the be-all, end-all when it comes to the state of this team. But the whole ball of wax -- no Hanley Ramirez, the...
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    Greg M. Cooper/USA Today Sports
    June 28, 2017 - 5:59 pm

    Why Craig Kimbrel isn't pitching in the 8th inning

    It was not the normal batting practice image. One day after throwing 30 pitches in his four-out save against the Yankees, Craig Kimbrel could be seen in deep center field at Yankee Stadium. That wasn't uncommon. What wasn't the norm was that his manager, John Farrell, had joined him for what...
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