RED SOX NOTEBOOK: Emotional ride for Mike Lowell

Third Base Fundamentals with Mike Lowell

Baseball's most outspoken fireballer brings the high heat--calling out the hacks, cheats, and ridiculous rules that have tarnished the game--and pitches a-plus stuff on how to make baseball pure, fun, and damn near perfect. Baseball has an image problem. The chorus of nonbelievers gets louder every year, and the Major Leagues have made an art of tuning them out. Enter Joe Kelly: a walking, talking, fast-ball-throwing embodiment of why baseball matters.

A Damn Near Perfect Game: Reclaiming America's Pastime [Book]

Mike Lowell Receives Red Sox Send Off: A Look Back on His Storied