dave dombrowski wasting no time addressing perhaps red sox biggest off season decision. committing to skipper for another year. >> john has done a fine job this year. i've been happy with with him myself. i think he has the respect of club house we played hard we got a good season we won divisional title. we communicate well with one another. the red sox president of baseball operations says addressing his manager's future now rather than later was at the top of his to do list. i think it's important that everybody knows he's our leader he going forward and he's very well respected and gives him clear mind he needs along with the staff to move forward. cleared club house before decision came down. but they made it clear he's right guy for job. door's always open he gets here early stays late. you know he welcomes guys to come in to talk to them you know if they have a problem or whatever it is. he's all i know alcs manager coming up in the big leagues. just play for hard him that's all he asks of you just leave it all out there try best you can to help your team win. joh

but late this afternoon, dave dombrowski cleared things up saying he's standing by his skipper john farrell. despite the early exit the sox front office considered the season a success. >> yeah they made the decision pretty quickly. and it's a surreal scene here. think about i we should be watch game four but instead it is deathly quiet. the season is over and the guys were in the clubhouse today >> you feel like you're face planted into a brick wall. >> no better way the describe the vast emptiness of the post season. >> we left it all out there and that's all you can ask for. we didn't come out on top. >> despite the early exit dombrowski quashed any speculation the manager will be out the door. >> john farrell will be our manager for 2017. so he is staff will be invited back. >> we could have been getting ready for game four insteadm wrapping up the season if david price had won game two. >> those playoff woes continue. >> i need to get off my back. i know that. and until i do it's going to be a topic of conversation and i'm fully aware of that and grow don't like it. >> he has the capab

. >> joe: dave dombrowski addressing no -- wasting no time >> john has didn't a fine job this year. i've been happy working with him myself. i think he has the respect of the clubhouse. we played hard. we had a good season. we won the division. we communicate well with one another. >> joe: the red sox president of baseball operations says addressing his manager's future now rather than later was at the top of his to-do list. >> i think it's important going forward. he's very well respected. it gives him the clear mind he needs along with his staff t >> joe: farrell's players have cleared out their lockers before dombrowski's decision came down, but they made it clear he's the right guy for the job. >> his door is always open. he gets there early. he stays late. he welcomes guys to come in and talk to him if they have a problem or whatever it is. >> joe: john farrell locked in for 2017, but dave dombrowski says he cannot commit to 2018 without first discussing that reporting in the newsroom, joe amorosino, 7news "today in new england." >> nancy: for the second straight year, the chic

exits and there is a stairway heading down to the locker room and who is heading up the stairway dave dombrowski, who had some news >> surprisingly -- i thought you might ask that question -- i just spoke to him when he walked out here and he will be our manager for 2017. he is all set and his whole staff will be invited back and we are anticipating they will be back short of something else happening. but everyone is welcome back -- he did a very fine mike: this is the annual clean out your locker day, saying goodbye until they meet in fort myers. david price -- that name will the tough time on talk shows all winter long and he knows it. >> i have been through seven season so i need to get it off going to be a topic of conversation. i don't dwell on it. i am ready to be better, to come out here and perform -- you play hard and well and they will love you. if you don't play up to their standard it is a different feeling because the expectations. thursday night in columbus, ohio. what's with ohio all week? pats in cleveland, cleveland at fenway, bruins at columbus, cincinnati at gillette sunday. t

life both professionally and bring in a new team president in dave dombrowski. there was a lot of pressure on ferrel to deliver here this year and that's exactly what he did in 2016. >> you know, i think johnny's first question is, hey, you gonna get fired? well, here we are. >> reporter: john ferrel and the red sox have come a long way since a snowy opening day in cleveland, a fact not lost on the skipper on the eve of the american league divisional series. >> i think we've come together with an offense that we felt good about in spring training but the point of maybe being a unique one. i love the fact that the way our rotation is has answered some of the potential questions about them and the way they perform. >> reporter: nobody on the sox staff perform better than the guy getting the ball in game 1, rick porcello. >> definitely very excited for game 1. you know, having the three days off and a little bit of that lull there, we're gonna be chomping at the bit to get back out there and start playing again. >> reporter: putting together a him a cry young award

dave dombrowski has another task on his off-season to-do list. that's replacing mike hayes. the abington native is heading to the arizona diamondbacks as their new executive vice president. he joined the red sox in 2006 and was promoted to general manager in september 2015. apparently sore after the season opener. the bruins drop their first game of the season 4-1. claude julien says rask should be back in net against winnipeg tomorrow, but they'll take it day by day. >>> the revolution playing their final road game of the season in chicago. tied at one in the 80th minute. the go-ahead goal, the rev 2-1. they're still still alive for the final playoff spot but need some help. they three points behind philadelphia with run game remaining in the regular season. >> play of the day brought to you by capital one. >> joe: titans and browns. marp cuss mariota airs it out to wright. watch the full extension here as he lays out for the snag, gets up and gets into the end zone for a 48-yard touchdown. wright's complete effort gets our play of the day. that's sports. we'll have sports

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dave dombrowski released a statement calling the called mike one of the most respected baseball executives in the game. >>> gillette stadium turned all pink yesterday. fans held up cards in honor of breast cancer awareness month. . >>> and the foxboro faithful came out big time yesterday for number 12. patriots hosted the bengals and got off to a slow start, but brady and c half as gronkowski set a new career high in receiving yards. and the pats won this one 35-17. . >> we always get great crowds they were into it today. i was glad we could do a lot better in the second half. >> it's good to be 5 and 1. so just got to keep stringing these games together. >> and how cute is this? tom brady's family certainly enjoyed stadium in pink. this picture was posted on instagram of their daughter looking out from their box at gillette saying go daddy. so cute. >> must have missed the text to be invited. >> you absolutely missed the invite. >>> time for a closer look at what's coming up this morning at 7 on cbs this morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: good morning we're on the front lines in iraq

despite a disappointing end to the season, dave dombrowski says farrell will remain with the the day at fenway clearing out their lockers after their loss to the indians. it's the 6th time in history the sox have been swept in the playoffs. the indians have advanced to the alcs for the 5th time in team history. as the red sox season ends, another begins. the bruins held their media day yesterday and the season opener is coming up on thursday at the columbus blue jackets. all kinds of familiar faces return -- zdeno charra, patrice bergeron, brad marchand, to name a few. marchand was asked for his take on david ortiz. >> he is awesome. he has always been a guy the city has loved and admired. it is an unbelievable watching them over the last number of years and the impact he has had. a couple of titles. >> there is no need to say too much about his performance, what he meant to the team and this city. i think everyone realizes what he left in boston. sean: let's check on some of our granite state athletes in the pros. manchesters zach sanford has officially made the roster of the washin

despite a disappointing end to the season, dave dombrowski says farreell will remain with the , the day at fenway clearing out their lockers after their loss to the indians. it's the 6th time in history the sox have been swept in the playoffs. the indians have advanced to the alcs for the 5th time in team history. as the red sox season ends, another begins. the bruins held their media day yesterday. the season opener is coming up on thursday at the columbus blue jackets. all kinds of familiar faces return. zdeno charra, patrice bergeron, brad marchand, to name a few. marchand was asked for his take on david ortiz. >> he has always been the guy that loved it. it has been unbelievable watching him the last couple of years, the impact he has had. accomplished and the footprint he left in boston. sean: he is one tall guy. let's check on some of our granite state athletes in the pros. manchester's zach sanford has officially made the roster of the washington capitals in the nhl. sanford is a former star at pinkerton academy and boston college. he will make his nhl debut on thursday night aga

reid: red sox president of baseball operations dave dombroski quickly putting to rest any rumors that john farrell would be gone as manager, dombrowski also noting the entire coaching staff will remain. for his part, farrell will have to fill gaps, especially the void at dh and david ortiz. >> i don't know that that hitter exists right now to be honest with you. reid: but that pitcher does. dave price, the highest paid >> i want to make these fans love me. i've got six more years to do it and i'm excited for it. reid: there is one year left on his contract and dombrowski did not address whether the red sox will pick up another option. read about jc: a live look at the city skyline tonight the sun warming things up a bit for us today after a very chilly start. stormteam 5's a.j. burnett joins us many saw their first frost? my kids went outside like it was february. aj: you and me and a lot of other parents do this every morning -- you need the jacket outside this morning and "no i don't." 29 in orange, 66 in norwood. october,. but that is what you get sometimes. and we have generally clear skies overhead right now. we will back out to

this afternoon but it was immediately after that they met in a room and dombrowski told ferrel he was coming back. here's how dave told us. >> i just spoke to john when he worked out there and john ferrel will be our manager for 2017. every is welcome back like they did a very fine job for us. >> one issue resolved and resolved quickly and another issue will take at least another year to address and that's the issue david prays has winning games in the postseason. he is well aware of this cross he has to bear and also knows the solution. >> i need to get it off my back, i know that. and until i do, it's gonna a topic of conversation. and i'm fully aware of that. hasn't happened yet and i definitely wanted to have it this year to get it off of my back. that's for 2016/2017. >> the dodgers trying to force a game 5 against the national autos. tied things up at 5:00. those were kershaw's runs. chase ultimately, singles to right, that scores the go ahead run, proves to be the winning run. we are going to game 5 back in d.c. as the dodgers take goal game 4 today 6-5. th the beginning of the hockey season. the bruins ge