Fenway Park

Beginning Monday, capacity at large venues in Massachusetts will more than double as part of the state’s coronavirus re-opening plan. As part of Step 4, Phase 1, both indoor and outdoor venues such as the TD Garden and Fenway Park will be allowed to admit fans at 25% of their regular capacities, up from 12%. This means just under 5,000…

Red Sox fans are back at Fenway Park! Friday’s game marked the first time fans were allowed back inside the beloved ballpark in 18 months. “Just to be back to something normal made me so happy,” said Kim Swart from Stow. Despite the team’s 3-0 loss, fans say they were just happy to be back cheering in-person for their...

The Red Sox home opener against the Baltimore Orioles has been postponed due to rain, the team said Thursday, temporarily dampening excitement over the return of fans to Fenway Park. The game will be played Friday at 2:10 p.m. instead, the Red Sox said in a statement. “The decision to postpone our first game of the season was not made…

The Boston Red Sox announced this week that single-game tickets for April home games will go on sale to the general public on Thursday at 10 a.m. The team said tickets will initially be priced at 2020 individual game prices, and will fluctuate based on demand and variables such as the date, number of tickets available, opponent and weather conditions….

A 19-year-old Massachusetts man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly broke into Fenway Park early Saturday, Boston police confirm. Police say Seamus Webster, of Newburyport, made entry into the stadium around 1:40 a.m. at 4 David Ortiz Way. Webster was charged with trespassing and breaking and entering nighttime, police said. The news outlet Live Boston first reported the…

For the first time this year, the Boston Red Sox finally beat the New York Yankees, but the headline after Sunday’s game wasn’t about the Sox halting two long streaks. Boston’s victory — which prevented their longtime rivals from enjoying clinching a playoff berth at Fenway Park — was overshadowed by a trespasser who disrupted the game in the...

New England Patriots fans will all be watching games at home for at least the start of this football season because of the coronavirus, while Boston Red Sox fans won’t get a chance to watch the team in person at all this year. Officials at Gillette Stadium said Tuesday that they were told by the Massachusetts Reopening Advisory Board...

For one night at least, the Boston Red Sox didn’t miss Mookie Betts’ bat. J.D. Martinez and Kevin Pillar each drove in three runs, and the Red Sox rolled past the Baltimore Orioles 13-2 on Friday night in Fenway Park’s first taste of regular-season baseball during the coronavirus pandemic. Jackie Bradley Jr., Jose Peraza, Martinez and Pillar each doubled...

The Boston Red Sox made a very visible statement of anti-racism Wednesday as they put up a huge Black Lives Matter sign on an exterior wall of Fenway Park. The sign, which says “Black Lives Matter” in large letters followed by the Sox’ logo, faces the Massachusetts Turnpike and directs viewers to the Red Sox Foundation website for more information….

Two Red Sox players have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Red Sox Manager Ron Roenicke.  Darwinzon Hernandez and Josh Taylor had positive test results. Another player’s test results are still pending.  Friday was the first day for players and staff to return to Fenway Park for summer training camp as Major League Baseball prepares to resume its...

Local rockers Dropkick Murphys will perform at Fenway Park later this month with special guest Bruce Springsteen for a benefit show set to be livestreamed for free on the internet. The show, which takes place May 29 at 6 p.m. on the band’s Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Twitch pages. The performance will be presented by Boston-area tech company Pega to…

Like baseball fans across the country, the health care staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston are dealing with the void during an unusual spring season. But John Krasinski has some good news for them. The Newton native on Sunday released the third episode of his YouTube series “Some Good News,” a newscast focusing on all of the…

Monday is Opening Day for the Boston Red Sox as they get ready to take on the Pirates at Fenway Park.

A woman in Worcester is asking for change after her foster son was suspended from school for hugging one of his teachers.

Legendary Red Sox slugger David Ortiz says that, despite not being 100% healed after he was shot in his native Dominican Republic in June, he’s not afraid of returning to the country he loves. But he will be more careful when he does return — just one of the many lessons he’s learned in the last 99 days.

Three months after he was shot in his native Dominican Republic, Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz says his life is forever changed. In his first interview with an English language publication, Ortiz tells the Boston Globe that he almost died. “People need to understand, this isn’t a movie where you get shot in the street and you’re back two...

As he continues to recover from being shot in the Dominican Republic, longtime Red Sox slugger David Ortiz threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park Monday. Big Papi jogged out as the Sox got ready to take on the New York Yankees and expressed his gratitude.

Big Papi is back! David Ortiz vowed he’d be back in his first remarks after he was shot June 9 in his native Dominican Republican, and on Sunday, he posted the first pictures of himself on Instagram since the shooting that sent shockwaves through Red Sox Nation. The photos posted Sunday show the former Boston designated hitter and his wife...

Josh Montinieri told us about the game between the Wareham Gatemen and Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox on July 23.

Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz underwent a third surgery this week for complications from his gunshot wound and is recovering, his wife said Thursday. “Earlier this week, David underwent a third surgery for complications resulting from his gunshot wound,” Tiffany Ortiz said in a statement issued by the team. “The operation was performed by Dr. David King at Massachusetts...