Red sox

• Tom Werner surveyed the scene before ownership's first press conference of the spring in Fort Myers. The media horde had descended, and it wasn't hard to imagine torches, axes and pitchforks at the ready. This mob wanted blood. Werner smiled.
(Boston Herald)
• Scrappy second baseman Dustin Pedroia [stats] ranked as the top jersey-selling Red Sox [team stats] player again last season, moving up a notch to No. 7.
(Boston Herald)
• Another day. Another report of Bobby Valentine's nontroversial trolling. The Red Sox manager has agreed to do a weekly radio show during the regular season, in New York, with Yankees play-by-play announcer Michael Kay.
(The Big Lead)
• DETROIT — The Boston Red Sox are trying to forget last season. The Detroit Tigers are trying to build on it.
(WBUR)
• (AP)Bobby Valentine is on the air! In the heart of enemy territory, no less. The Boston Red Sox manager is scheduled to be a weekly guest on ESPN radio in New York City with Yankees TV broadcaster Michael Kay. Valentines first appearance came on Wednesday.
(YAHOO!)
• Doug Fister and Josh Beckett posted near-identical ERAs last season, but while one right-hander is looking to ride a wave of momentum into 2012, the other is hoping to quickly get rid of a lingering bad taste.
(FOXSports.com)
• Trailing 2-0 after eight innings, the Red Sox scored twice in the ninth to tie the game. Ortiz hit a sacrifice fly to score Dustin Pedroia and cut the lead to 2-1, and newcomer Ryan Sweeney tripled to even the score.
(Taunton Gazette)
• A dramatic ninth inning saw the Red Sox mount a comeback from down 2-0 only to lose in the bottom half as the Tigers staged a rally of their own to walk off with a 3-2 win.
(SB Nation)
• The Boston Park Plaza Hotel Towers announces an exciting 4-year partnership with The Boston Red Sox that recognizes the Boston Hotel as the official hotel of the Major League Baseball Team.
(YAHOO!)