Red Sox News and Notes Friday August 3

The Red Sox play the Minnesota Twins tonight, with the pregame starting at 6:20, first pitch at 7:10 PM.  Tonight's game is #107, meaning that after tonight the season is two thirds over. The Red Sox begin tonight  nine games out of first and four games out in the wild card with 56 games left. Felix Dubront 10-5 with a 4.37 ERA takes the mound for the Sox.  The Red Sox announced the 2012 Class inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame this morning. They include Marty Barrett, Ellis Burks, Joe Dobson, Dutch Leonard and Curt Schilling along with former groundskeeper Joe Mooney and former owner John I. Taylor. Dobson, Leonard and Taylor were inducted posthumously. The Red Sox record is 53-53. The Red Sox have set a team record by putting 23 players on the disabled list 27 times this season. According to the Boston Globe going back to 1987, the 23 players are the most put on the DL in a single season by any team in the majors.