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2 days ago
- Boston Globe
Alex Bregman wants to wait until after the season to talk contract extension
The business can be sorted out later. 'Obviously, we're open to talking [when the season is over],' Bregman told the Globe. 'But for the next few months, I'm just really focused on the baseball.' Bregman, a two-time World Series champion who has played in 99 postseason games, knows about as well as anybody the focus this time of year requires. Thus, it is of 'big-time' importance to keep his attention on on-field goings-on, he said. Advertisement 'I'm just focused on trying to do what I can to help this team win and get into the playoffs,' he said. 'I feel like that's where my head and mind need to be.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Alex Bregman (center) said he would rather his agent Scott Boras (left) and Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow wait until after the season to discuss a possible contract extension. Gerald Herbert/Associated Press Bregman joined the Red Sox on a three-year, $120 million contract in February. It includes an opt-out clause after each of the first two years, meaning he can — and almost certainly will, in the eyes of many across the baseball industry — become a free agent again after this season. His agent, Scott Boras , said in June that he and Bregman were 'always open to any conversation' about a longer-term deal. As is the case with many players mere weeks away from hitting the open market, however, Bregman now is content to hold off on that. Advertisement 'Just want to do everything I can every day to try to help this team win games and keep my mind focused on that, preparing to play baseball,' Bregman said. After a quick pit stop at his locker before the Red Sox faced the Padres, Bregman ran off to — in his words — 'go fix my swing.' In about a month since returning from a strained right quad, Bregman was hitting .282 with a .346 OBP and .451 slugging percentage entering Saturday. He had three home runs, three doubles, and 11 RBis in 20 games. That is solid but a step down from his pre-injury production. 'He's going to keep progressing. He missed a lot of time. A lot of time,' manager Alex Cora said. 'The fact that he's posting every day and putting good at-bats and playing good defense and leading the team, that's why we got him. He's doing an amazing job. 'This kid only knows about August and September. He's impacting the guys in that clubhouse. 'Stay in the moment, don't get ahead of yourself, don't look around. Just stay here.' He's amazing. He's really good at what he does.' For a good cause During batting practice, the Red Sox and Padres wore jerseys from high schools in the Hill Country area of Texas, which was devastated by floods last month. The jerseys were to be signed and auctioned off to benefit the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund, in conjunction with the San Antonio Missions, the Padres' Double A affiliate. 'This is a fraternity, right? Just trying to help people,' Cora said. 'Hopefully we can impact guys over there, try to help them to bounce back and get back on their feet and keep doing what they love to do: Play baseball.' Advertisement Emergen-C With Connor Wong playing regularly this week and Carlos Narváez managing a sore left knee, who is the Red Sox' emergency catcher? Abraham Toro , apparently. 'He doesn't know it, but it's Toro,' Cora said. Toro started 15 games behind the plate in the lower minors in 2017. Narváez continues to feel better and could catch if needed, Cora said, but probably won't actually return to the lineup Sunday. Cora has liked pairing Wong with scheduled starter Brayan Bello , so Narváez's return would get bumped to Monday in Houston. Padres player, Sox fan Why did Jackson Merrill , the Padres' center fielder and cleanup hitter, root for the Red Sox as a kid despite being born and raised in the Baltimore area? He inherited the fandom from his father, Josh , who was the black sheep in a New York family full of Yankees fans, Merrill said. 'So I rode with him,' Merrill said. Born in 2003, Merrill was too young to remember the Sox' 2007 World Series title. But 2013 was prime childhood baseball-loving time. He said he was at Fenway Park for the September game in which the Red Sox clinched a playoff spot by beating the Orioles. Merrill's favorite: Dustin Pedoria . 'He was a gritty little player,' he said. 'Made it work with what he had.' Former Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia was a favorite of Padres center fielder Jackson Merrill growing up. Stan Grossfeld Mum on Marcelo Marcelo Mayer , who stayed in Boston to tend to his sprained right wrist, has not started baseball activities, according to Cora, who said he doesn't know a timeline for that to happen . . . Padres' Advertisement Tim Healey can be reached at
Boston Globe
2 days ago
- Boston Globe
Swim Across America raises $525,000 for cancer research at Dana-Farber, Mass General
Advertisement Originally, Mannion said, Boston's event took place on a boat in Boston Harbor, where swimmers would swim in heats in relay races towards Boston Light, the harbor's lighthouse. Swimmers head out at the start of the 1/2 mile swim during the 30th annual Swim Across America-Boston which was held Saturday morning in Pleasure Bay off Castle Island as over 150 swimmers took to the water to swim a course. The swim is a fundraiser for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Mass General Cancer Center. The swimmers had the choice of 1/2 mile, 1 mile and 2 mile loop. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff After the pandemic, the group decided to relocate its annual swim to Castle Island in order to accommodate more swimmers. 'One of the things that I love about Boston is that the location is really unique,' Mannion said. 'You can see the entire city and you've got planes flying overhead.' Almost 200 swimmers and 100 volunteers participated in Saturday's swim, Mannion said. The Boston swim was able to fundraise $525,000, the organization said in a statement to the Globe. Since it began in 1996, Boston's Swim Across America event has raised over $8.5 million to support cancer research, according to the Advertisement Nationally, Swim Across America has raised more than $100 million since its founding in 1987, the Globe The money raised for Saturday's swim is split between Dana-Farber's Cancer Institute, the original beneficiary of the event, and Mass. General's Cancer Center, which partnered with Swim Across America nearly 12 years ago, Mannion said. Janel Jorgensen McArdle, chief operating officer of Swim Across America, said that at Mass. General, the fundraised money goes to a research team led by Dr. Bryan Choi to fund a At Dana-Farber, McArdle said, the fundraised money supports the hospital's adult McArdle, 'It became the highlight of my year every summer, just to be with these people,' McArdle said, 'The people that are involved with Swim Across America, it's all one big family.' At Saturday's swim, McArdle worked as an Angel Swimmer, using her Olympic skills to help others participate. As an Angel Swimmer, 'you go with someone that's maybe not so comfortable in the open water and you swim by their side and make sure they're ok,' McArdle said. 'We want everyone to have a great experience out there,' McArdle said, 'not only in knowing they're doing something that's going to be incredible in the course of the cancer world, but also, they're doing something incredible just as a community of people.' Advertisement Swimmer Sara Dieterich from Newtonville waits for the start of the 30th annual Swim Across America-Boston. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Days after his mother's cancer diagnosis in 2023, Dalton Sousa signed up for the Boston swim to raise money for cancer research — it was his way of 'giving back,' just as his mom had always taught him. Saturday morning, Sousa and about fifteen of his high school and college friends joined him in the water. The team completed a two-mile swim, which took them around 45 minutes. 'One day, I'd love to never have to swim again, because we finally found the cure,' he said. 'Until that point, we're going to be around to keep swimming and raising money.' This year, his team raised over $13,000, bringing his team's total over the three years to $63,000. Next year, Sousa hopes that the total will reach $100,000. 'The main goal is to raise money for cancer research. Everyone there is doing their best to have fun and just have an enjoyable experience,' he said. Mannion, Boston's event director, said that in addition to money raised by swimmers and teams, donations can be made on the 'It's always been about the people,' Mannion said, 'and it's always going to be about the people.' Globe Correspondent Jessica Ma contributed to this report.
Boston Globe
5 days ago
- Boston Globe
The Red Sox caught fire in July. Here's how our photographer captured it.
Write to us at . To subscribe, . TODAY'S STARTING POINT When the home team wins, it doesn't just lift our collective spirit a little bit. Studies suggest that watching our favorite team play can boost our physical and emotional well-being, make us Advertisement So if you're a baseball-watching Bostonian who's feeling particularly lighthearted, social, and flush lately, you might have the Red Sox to thank. The team has been on a roll since last month, when it won Still, most of us don't get to experience the thrill of victory in person, at least not every day; our share of the excitement is dependent on photos or video footage. Enter Barry was at the Sox' July 8 faceoff against the Colorado Rockies at Fenway Park. There he captured shortstop Trevor Story mid-whoop as he rounded the bases after hitting a three-run homer in the seventh inning, propelling the Sox to a 10-2 rout. 'His reaction helps tell the story,' Barry says. 'It's always helpful when you have an expressive player who openly shows their emotions.' Advertisement Not every player is so liberated, he added. 'It is much more difficult if a player's demeanor doesn't change between a home run and a fly out, a touchdown or an interception, a game-winning basket or an airball.' So Barry covered his bases, so to speak: He deliberately took a wide-angle shot to capture a swath of the crowd perched in the stands, on their feet with arms raised. 'If he hadn't reacted, I knew that the fans in the background would,' he said, 'because that's what makes them fans and that is what fans do.' Turns out he needn't have worried. Barry's photo is among the 28 best that the Globe published last month, as selected by the paper's photo editors. They include images of people trying to stay cool in the heat, survivors and firefighters trying to come to terms with a deadly blaze at a Fall River assisted living facility, and more jubilant scenes from Fenway. I recommend taking a look through The streak continues: The Sox notched a 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals last night, 🧩 2 Down: 77° POINTS OF INTEREST Haze during the morning commute on the Massachusetts Turnpike on Tuesday. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff Smoke signal: Wildfire smoke has become Advertisement High rents: A tenant coalition wants to More on Karen Read: Alan Jackson, who led Read's criminal defense team, will also help represent her Power down: As Massachusetts lawmakers consider banning cellphones in school, a new study finds that students use them to watch TikTok and YouTube — sometimes In their court: Governor Maura Healey Trump vs. Harvard: The administration suggested it's Big league: The WNBA is rapidly adding expansion teams. But relocating teams, as could happen to the Connecticut Sun, Intrastate conflict: State Auditor Diana DiZoglio is escalating her fight to investigate the Massachusetts Legislature. She's hired an outside attorney with a Jeffrey Epstein: His imprisoned ex-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, doesn't want a judge to release grand jury records in the sex trafficking case against her. Meanwhile, a House committee subpoenaed the Trump administration for files in the case and summoned Bill and Hillary Clinton and others to testify. ( Advertisement Titan submersible: A Coast Guard report blamed the 2023 implosion of a submersible during a dive to the Titanic on the CEO whose company operated it. The implosion instantly killed him and four others. ( BESIDE THE POINT By Teresa Hanafin 🚶➡️ Unaccountable: A Roslindale woman on her daily walk tripped on a broken sidewalk and fell. She fractured her jaw, broke her nose, and lost some teeth. Yet the city 🪳 Reason #1,694 not to visit Australia: Researchers discovered the heaviest bug ever found Down Under: A giant stick insect that's 16 inches long and weighs about the same as a golf ball. Warning: There's video. ( 🎞️ Forgotten, then found: Almost a century after the early free speech martyr Robert Goldstein was imprisoned for making a movie and then vanished, reporter Mark Arsenault 👃 Plastic transparency: Nose jobs, Botox, fillers, threads, and salmon sperm facials. Celebrities are being more honest about the cosmetic work they've had done. But is that really a good thing? ( 💌 Love Letters: Since moving to Boston, the letter-writer needs help figuring out which old friendships to maintain and which to let go. Meredith's advice: Focus on Thanks for reading Starting Point. This newsletter was edited by ❓ Have a question for the team? Email us at Advertisement ✍🏼 If someone sent you this newsletter, you can 📬 Delivered Monday through Friday. Ian Prasad Philbrick can be reached at
