NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT AUGUST 26 2015 WHITE SOX

Here's why: they, like the White Sox, have a ton of payroll flexibility, Harper is used to playing in the National League, he knows the pitchers in the NL East, Bryant is coming off a down year, and there were those reports that the Cubs in the past, but he played in games last season, most since

For seven seasons, the AL team wore dark blue stockings and had no official nickname. Out of contention in , the team traded closer Heathcliff Slocumb to Seattle for catching prospect Jason Varitek and right-handed pitcher Derek Lowe. Down 6—3 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Red Sox pinch hitter Bernie Carbo hit a three-run homer into the center field bleachers off Reds fireman Rawly Eastwick to tie the game. Taylor after the season, refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning in After pitching seven strong innings, Clemens was lifted from the game with a 3—2 lead. The service, which does not require a subscription to the linear HBO channel through a conventional pay television provider differing from the similar TV Everywhere service HBO Go , was initially made available for purchase through Apple which unveiled the service at a press event on March 9 and Cablevision 's Optimum TV service. At that time, with the loss of all four teams from its lineup, FSN Chicago was effectively left with only events from some minor local and semi-professional teams, national programming from Fox Sports Net, and Midwestern outdoors programs on its schedule; many cable and satellite providers in northeastern Illinois and northwest Indiana also chose to replace FSN Chicago with CSN Chicago upon its launch. The free agency market is loaded this winter and next. Q: Would like to see them sign Brantley, reminder of when they signed Jermaine Dye veteran and some leadership, your thoughts? Louis Cardinals in seven games. The ball complied, and bedlam ensued at Fenway as Fisk rounded the bases to win the game for the Red Sox 7—6. It was followed by singles by Kevin Mitchell and Ray Knight. A predecessor to what became a storied rivalry, this race featured such controversial moves as the trade of Patsy Dougherty to the Highlanders for Bob Unglaub. His departure was more than compensated for, however, by the emergence of star pitcher Babe Ruth. Derek Lowe, newly converted into a starter, won 20 games—becoming the first player to save 20 games and win 20 games in back-to-back seasons. The Red Sox narrowly lost the AL pennant in and The game went to extra innings, where the Red Sox took a 5—3 lead in the top of the 10th on a solo home run by Henderson, a double by Boggs and an RBI single by second baseman Marty Barrett. Blake Rutherford. Hahn wanted Bryant in return. The Red Sox logo worn on uniforms in , announcing the team's first official nickname In , the upstart American League established a competing club in Boston.