Red Sox prospect Andrew Benintendi to join team in Seattle and other top stories.

• Red Sox prospect Andrew Benintendi to join team in Seattle

  

  SEATTLE -- The Red Sox are calling up one of the young guys to help them in a pennant race.Andrew Benintendi will skip Triple-A altogether and join the Red Sox in Seattle on Tuesday, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski announced after the Sox’ 2-1 win over the Mariners on Monday night. The Herald first reported the news early Monday evening.Benintendi, 22, was the team's first-round draft pick at No. 7 overall just a year ago and has been hammering the ball while playing quality de..

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• GE unveils striking new headquarters for Fort Point

  

  Marrying history with the future.That was the charge that General Electric gave to Gensler when the industrial giant hired the architectural firm to design a new headquarters complex overlooking Boston’s Fort Point Channel. Advertisement The end result: a striking 12-story glass building, topped off by a giant, sail-like solar “veil” and an illuminated GE logo, connected to two renovated, century-old brick warehouses.A key goal behind the nearly 390,000-square-foot project, as described in d..

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• Rally held to protest Spotlight series

  

  About 150 people from across Massachusetts marched outside The Boston Globe on Monday to protest a Spotlight series on the dismantling of the state’s mental health system and the sometimes tragic consequences.Waving placards and chanting slogans, protesters said that the multipart series — titled “The Desperate and the Dead” — has contributed to the impression that mental illness is often linked to violence. Advertisement “Most mentally ill people are not violent people,” said Sarah Ahern, ..

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• Boston police, community strengthen bond at National Night Out

  

  Mayor Martin J. Walsh and his police commissioner visited city neighborhoods Monday evening to celebrate National Night Out, an annual festival to highlight partnerships between officers and the community.Walsh and Commissioner William B. Evans met with hundreds of residents at stops including the Brighton Commons, Iacono Field in Hyde Park, and Adams Park in Roslindale. Advertisement Residents at every stop were treated to food, music, and games to mark the collaboration between neighborhoo..

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• Video captures a perilous drive into a Roxbury gunfight

  

  A driver witnessed gunfire in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood this weekend, and police are using dashcam video of the incident as part of their investigation, officials said Monday.A video posted to the Web showed the driver navigating through Boston when gunshots broke out. The headline of the video said the driver was using a GPS navigation service at the time. Advertisement The video shows the car heading up Dale Street when the occupants of the car suddenly hear gunshots. The driver stops..

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• Red Sox trade deadline: Boston holds onto top prospects Andrew ...

  

  Chance Sisco,Andrew Benintendi U.S. Team's Chance Sisco, of the Baltimore Orioles, right, high-fives teammate Andrew Benintendi (16) home run during the fourth inning of the All-Star Futures baseball game against the World Team, Sunday, July 10, 2016, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) (Lenny Ignelzi) The MLB trade deadline has passed. The Red Sox made just one trade on Monday, acquiring lefty relie..

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• Craig Kimbrel, Boston Red Sox RHP, says knee injury didn't happen ...

  

  SEATTLE, Wash. — The Red Sox have activated closer Craig Kimbrel from the disabled list just 21 days after he underwent a successful left knee arthroscopy and partial medial meniscectomy at Mass. General Hospital.  He tore his left knee medial meniscus July 9 while in the outfield during batting practice. "Everyone keeps saying I was shagging fly balls," Kimbrel said here at Safeco Field on Monday. "I wasn't. I was just kind of hanging out out there. Took a step to go get a ball that was (on..

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• Red Sox upgrade bullpen, add Fernando Abad from Twins

  

  SEATTLE -- John Farrell will soon have one of the most dominant left-on-left relievers in the game at his disposal.The Red Sox made one last move before the 4 p.m. non-waiver trade deadline on Monday, acquiring Minnesota Twins left-hander Fernando Abad in exchange for minor league right-hander Pat Light.Without giving up any of their top-10 prospects, the Red Sox acquired a reliever who has held lefties to a .163 average and .458 OPS while holding his own against righties, keeping them to a .25..

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