Red Sox longtime head groundskeeper Dave Mellor is retiring after the club's final game of the season against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park.

The Red Sox, well ... they are who we thought they were. They finished exactly at .500 (81-81) with Sunday's win.

The Red Sox beat the Rays in Sunday’s season finale, clinching a third place finish in the AL East and a .500 record.

Joe Castiglione -- wearing a white Red Sox jersey with No. 42 on the back to represent his unprecedented run in Boston’s ...