David Ortiz was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first turn on the ballot, while steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were denied entry to Cooperstown
To use a boxing analogy the World Champion Red Sox are against the ropes. They dropped their last seven games to fall six games under .500; five games back of Toronto in the American League East.
Fire officials say a 22-year-old woman who fell two stories down an elevator shaft at Boston's Fenway Park after a Red Sox game has been seriously injured.