The Boston Red Sox have cut struggling pitcher John Smoltz. Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein delivered the news to Smoltz on Friday.

The All Star Game happened and it was very entertaining.

Here is a picture of some fans at the Friday, July 3 game in Cincinnati.

The All Star voting has begun and is actually concluding fairly soon. Will the teams look like they did last year or will they be really different?

What do you know? The standings are a little bit weird now, because a lot of the teams that we might’ve expected to be dominant have not had as much luck as they had hoped.

Whether it was nerves, rust or age or a combination of the three John Smoltz had a rough debut inning for the Boston Red Sox.

Whether it was nerves, rust or age or a combination of the three John Smoltz had a rough debut inning for the Boston Red Sox.

Jason Bay had four hits, including his 19th homer and a two-run single that helped break open the game in the eighth inning, and Jacoby Ellsbury’s had the first two-triple game of his career and a pair of singles in the Boston Red Sox’s 11-3 victory against the overmatched Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.

Jason Bay had four hits, including his 19th homer and a two-run single that helped break open the game in the eighth inning, and Jacoby Ellsbury’s had the first two-triple game of his career and a pair of singles in the Boston Red Sox’s 11-3 victory against the overmatched Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.

The word “unceremoniously” seems to apply to this situation : Tom Glavine’s second go-round with Atlanta ended in abrupt, businesslike fashion, which is perhaps appropriate for a player who, as the Braves’ player representative during the acrimonious negotiations that led to the 1994 strike, knows better than most the business side of the game. Unless some other team takes a chance on him, it appears that Glavine’s next stop is Cooperstown