Friday, August 5, 2016

Red Sox throw away David Price gem in loss to Angels and other top stories.

  • Red Sox throw away David Price gem in loss to Angels

    ANAHEIM, Calif. -- It took 100 games before Hanley Ramirez’s defense lost the Red Sox a game.In the most devastating of endings, after David Price had thrown eight shutout innings and turned a lead to closer Brad Ziegler, the Angels loaded the bases with only one out. The Red Sox brought the infield in. Ziegler induced a weak grounder that rolled softly into Ramirez’s glove at first base.But the throw was high, it was wide and the ball sailed over Sandy Leon’s outstretched glove. The Angels kept..
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  • Why these tech execs moved their companies to Boston

    Why these tech execs moved their companies to Boston
    In January, around the time General Electric executives were ratifying the decision to move the conglomerate’s headquarters from Connecticut to Boston’s Seaport District, David Hurley was living in an Airbnb apartment rental in the same neighborhood. Hurley had landed some early funding from two Boston venture capital firms, and he’d decided to move the headquarters of his startup from Raleigh, N.C., to Boston. GE will no doubt be the trophy relocation deal of the year — if not the decade — fo..
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  • Fast Forward: Police shot in San Diego, Red Sox blow it in Calif.

    Fast Forward: Police shot in San Diego, Red Sox blow it in Calif.
    The Fast Forward email newsletter has the news that you need to launch your day. Sign up here. Here’s the news and information you need as you rev up for the day. What’s it like outside? Wet to the south; rain could reach Boston later. Cooler, but muggy. No complaining; we need the rain. Unless you were planning to get married outside or hold your annual Sun Dance on Boston Common. Advertisement While you were sleeping: Two police officers were shot in San Diego; some news outlets are rep..
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  • Questions linger about city camp death

    Questions linger about city camp death
    The 7-year-old Dorchester boy who drowned Tuesday after going missing from a city summer program in South Boston will be buried next week, his father said.Ralph Toney said Kyzr Willis’s body was released Thursday from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and sent to a funeral home in East Boston. Funeral arrangements have not been finalized, he said. Advertisement “I’m lost for words right now,” Toney said. “He was very joyful. Even when he was mad, he had a smile on his face.”As Toney p..
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  • Suffolk president vows to contest firing

    Suffolk president vows to contest firing
    The president of Suffolk University said Thursday she was unfairly fired by the Board of Trustees and plans to fight it. Trustees acknowledged her departure, but gave no reasons for it. Advertisement Margaret McKenna, whose tumultuous relationship with the board has stretched over the past year, vowed to launch a challenge.“I fought a good fight against entrenched interests and a board that did not understand university governance,” McKenna said in a statement.The move came after an emergenc..
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  • Officer says prosecutors silenced him in Sandra Bland case

    Officer says prosecutors silenced him in Sandra Bland case
    DALLAS (AP) — A police officer in the small Texas town where Sandra Bland was pulled over and jailed says the county’s top prosecutors threatened to end his career if he came forward with what he says is evidence of wrongdoing, an accusation the prosecutors deny.Among the things Prairie View officer Michael Kelley said this week that he wanted to tell a grand jury: Bland appeared to have marks on her forehead after a confrontation with state trooper Brian Encinia, who pulled her over last July ..
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  • Boston-Power Vets Take New Approach With Battery Startup Cadenza

    Boston-Power Vets Take New Approach With Battery Startup Cadenza
    Christina Lampe-Onnerud has found it much easier to get a foot in the door with partners and potential customers for her second lithium-ion battery startup, Cadenza Innovation, than for her first, Boston-Power. Maybe that’s because the advanced battery market has matured since she started Boston-Power in 2005. The industry has grown to about 100 lithium-ion battery manufacturers worldwide, she says, as the technology has moved beyond powering personal computing devices and is gaining wider adop..
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  • Red Sox notebook: Matt Barnes, John Farrell OK with innings total

    Red Sox notebook: Matt Barnes, John Farrell OK with innings total
    ANAHEIM, Calif. — The question the Red Sox must consider with Matt Barnes, who entered Thursday as one of just 18 relievers in the majors to have thrown as many as 49 innings this season, involves his workload.How many more innings can Barnes throw this season?The front office may have to determine an answer when figuring out how aggressive they need to be in their pursuit of another reliever during trade deadline talks this weekend.Barnes, who was a starting pitcher as recently as last season, ..
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  • Drellich: Answers elude David Price, Red Sox fans

    Drellich: Answers elude David Price, Red Sox fans
    ANAHEIM, Calif. — As subpar outings become routine for supposed Red Sox ace David Price, so too have hollow explanations.He is not executing. This is Price’s go-to phrase, one that illuminates nothing at all except the obvious — the outcome everyone sees.Last night at Angel Stadium was an exception. His results were as good as any this season: eight shutout innings in a tough 2-1 loss to the Angels, working with no margin for error.Maybe this is a turning point. Either way, Price hasn’t made his..
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  • Buckley: Diva Chris Sale worth cost for Red Sox

    Buckley: Diva Chris Sale worth cost for Red Sox
    It’s always amusing when some doltish big league megastar is unapologetic about his and his agent’s latest round of whining and caterwauling for more dough.“Remember, this is a business,” they always say, somberly. And they are always right.Yet when confronted with the cold, hard realities of what teams must do to pay the bills, “business” suddenly becomes a dirty word.Case in point No. 1: Insufferable Adrian Gonzalez had no problem agreeing with the Red Sox on that seven-year, $154 million cont..
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