--RHP Curt Schilling announced his retirement on his blog Monday, ending his 23-year career with "no regrets". 

The Red Sox brought in some complementary pieces in the low risk/high reward category -- RHP John Smoltz, OF Rocco Baldelli, RHP Brad Penny, RHP Takashi Saito -- but did very little to change the basic structure of last year's 95-win ballclub. 

Tim Wakefield had his pitches moving all around the strike zone. 

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Daisuke Matsuzaka is scheduled to rejoin the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday after helping Japan win the World Baseball Classic. 

Obsessed with who'll be the Yanks' starting CF on April 6? Don't be. 

Obsessed with who'll be the Yanks' starting CF on April 6? Don't be. 

Brad Penny pitched three hitless innings in his spring training debut and the Boston Red Sox hit four consecutive homers in a 7-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on Monday in front of a record crowd of 8,278 at City of Palms Park. 

From bloody sock to bum shoulder, Curt Schilling rarely left the Red Sox spotlight. 

--RHP Curt Schilling announced his retirement on his blog Monday, ending his 23-year career with "no regrets". 

The Red Sox brought in some complementary pieces in the low risk/high reward category -- RHP John Smoltz, OF Rocco Baldelli, RHP Brad Penny, RHP Takashi Saito -- but did very little to change the basic structure of last year's 95-win ballclub. 

Clay Buchholz, by his own admission, was a little too "static-y" in his head last season. 

From bloody sock to bum shoulder, Curt Schilling rarely left the Red Sox spotlight. 

Curt Schilling's career numbers fall short of the Hall threshold. 

Letting Adam Dunn hit in the fifth was only one of Davey Johnson's absurd decisions in Team USA's loss, Ken Rosenthal says.