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BOSTON — Imagine that the Boston Red Sox invited you to Fenway Park to choose their lineup. For each championship team in this century, you would not have needed any help finding the leadoff…

The Yankees needed to address their lack of potent left-handed hitters.  They filled that need with two trades Thursday. First, the Bronx Bombers added Joey Gallo from the Rangers. A…

Jared Walsh loaded his hands, planted his front foot and lashed the barrel of his bat at a pitch over the plate.His swing was quick, powerful, mechanically sound. It was also rhythmically…

Gabe Juarez, who is 6 feet 2 and 230 pounds, has hit four home runs while playing in his first season of varsity baseball as a 16-year-old junior for Reseda Cleveland.“This guy has probably…