The Red Sox scuffled to just 69 wins last year, and the Yankees endured more aches and pains this spring than an out-of-shape weekend warrior. So, guess who's atop the AL East? Somebody better call rewrite on all those Boston-New York obituaries. ... ...more

As David Ortiz said so eloquently the other day as the Red Sox were battling the latest in a season-long series of brush fires, it's his clubhouse. And for the past decade, it has been. But Kevin Youkilis sublet a large chunk of real estate within those cramped Fenway Park quarters as the heart and soul of the recent-vintage Red Sox. ... ...more

Kevin Youkilis this weekend appears on deck to leave Boston. Question is, will it be a simple change of socks -- from Red Sox to White Sox -- or something a little more sartorially elaborate? ... ...more