ben cherington is about to land on his feet. mlb.com is reporting he will join the toronto blue jays front office as the vice president of baseball operations. he's from meredith, new school. as the general manager he led the red sox to the world series title in 2013. he left last year after dave dombrowski was hired as the president of baseball operations. patriots back on the practice field today, getting road for the dolphins on sunday. here's coach belichick with his thoughts on miami. >> it's a good football team, they've added some significant players from the last time we play them. i think they've done a talent they have down there. >> miami play tough at seattle last week, so this could be a closer game than patriots fans might be expecting. jean: tonight there's a new way to see our lakes region. josh: paula tracy took a trip down new hampshire's newest hiking trail for tonight's escape out sigh. reporter: more than 50 hikers were on hand to celebrate the in the heart of the lakes region. the fog hill conservation area

. >> the general manager of the red sox, ben cherington is back in baseball. joining the blue jays is the vice-president of baseball operations with an emphasis on excelled in with the red sox as evidence of the development by mookie bets, sanders, bogarts and jackie junior. >> i always knew who stood with him. no matter whoa worked for, obviouslyth toronto, he's gonna make a great contribution. there's no doubt. >> there's imprints all over this current team and the people that he brought in. >> tj resist rare row hit a fly ball, harper races over and makes a nice sliding catch in south territory to leave the bases loaded. hartford for our play of the day. and the red sox releasing their 2017 schedule today they'll open at home for the first time in six years with a three-game inner league series against the pirates. v.o.: kelly ayotte says she's on our side, but on our rights, she's squarely with donald trump. trump: planned parenthood should absolutely be defunded. v.o.: ayotte agrees, voting six times to do just that, defund planned parenthood. and both op

jamie: this was a huge game for manage ben cherington is about to land on his feet the blue jays announced they have hired him as the vice president of baseball operations he will focus largely on player development. ben is from meriden new hampshire and went to lebanon hs. as the general manager, he led the red sox to the world series title in 2013, but left last year after dave dombrowski was hired as the president of baseball operations. in the american league east division, the red sox are being chased by the blue jays, yankees, and the orioles. the jays and yankees lost this afternoon, and the orioles were at fenway park so that meant a win tonight by boston would put some distance between them and the contenders. the orioles and red sox, just a big, big game. the major league leader in home runs gave the orioles an early lead mark trumbo with a solo shot 42nd of the year 1-0 baltimore he leads minnesota's brian dozier by one in the hr chase. porcello was excellent after that he strikes out chris davis and trumbo in the top of the 7th. he retired 17 straight batters at one point, but

former red sox general manager ben cherington about to land on his feet. mlb.com reporting he will j of operations. as the g.m. he led the red sox to the world series title in 2013. he left last year when dombrowski was hired as president of baseball operations. the undefeatedded patriots got back to practice today but had to make it quick because bruce springsteen is moving in for a big concert tonight. gronk had limited participation with his injured hamstring. they had a lot of question marks going into the game with good team without some of their stars. patriots stepped up and did get a win, now they come home to host miami. >> they're important, they count more in the standings, at the end of the year you'll look at the division games and they're important ones. it's a great team and we have to go out there and perform. >> the last time we went down there it was a pretty rough day fo >> the u.n.h. hockey team was on the ice for practice this afternoon. they have a freshman class that has the potents to make a big impact, they will host the northeast

. >>> former red sox general manager, ben cherington, has been hired by the blue jays. he will focus largely on player development. ben is from meriden, new hampshire. he went to lebanon high school. as the general series title but left after last year dave dombrowski was hired. sean: they derailed the dreams give it to big papi. they were on their way back when they stopped on a ramp. i don't know how that happens. big papi. in exchange for the ball, look at this. ortiz gave him a signed bat. he got something for the baseball. erin: i think it is sweet he gave it right back. sean: he wanted to give it back. a farm in oregon is practicing a new exercise regiment: goat yoga. erin: seriously? there are goats involved. laney classes at her goats run free. the farm animals interact with the participating, sometimes just snuggling up, and other times hopping on their backs. many studies show that animals help people deal with stress. she decided to bring the goats into the mix. >> even when they chew their cud, they go into a med meditative state. >> they've been running all