How Massachusetts senators voted on whether to allow racetracks to install slot machines:

No
Steven A. Baddour
Stephen M. Brewer
Stephen J. Buoniconti
Gale D. Candaras
Harriette L. Chandler
Sonia Chang-Diaz
Cynthia Stone Creem
Kenneth J. Donnelly
Benjamin Downing
James B. Eldridge
Susan Fargo
Jennifer L. Flanagan
Anthony Galluccio
Jack Hart
Robert L. Hedlund
Patricia Jehlen
Brian Joyce
Thomas McGee
Joan M. Menard
Mark Montingny
Michael O. Moore
Richard T. Moore
Michael W. Morrissey
Robert A. O’Leary
Steven C. Panagiotakos
Anthony Petruccelli
Stanley C. Rosenberg
Karen E. Spilka
Steven A. Tolman
Susan C. Tucker
Marian Walsh

Yes
Scott Brown
Thomas P. Kennedy
Michael R. Knapik
Marc Pacheco
Bruce Tarr
Richard Tisei

Ted Gartland, a dayside photo editor at the Globe, has been taking pictures in Greater Boston since 1971. Each weekday, he highlights an outtake that did not appear in the morning paper. To view the work of more Globe photographers, click here.

(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Dom DiMaggio's wife, Emily (top with hat), emerges behind the casket of her husband today after the funeral in Wellesley.

By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff

WELLESLEY -- As a soaring hymn filled the small church, Red Sox great Johnny Pesky gently sobbed, wiping away tears of grief over his former teammate and friend of many years, Dominic DiMaggio.

Some 200 mourners gathered at St. Paul's Church this morning for Mr. DiMaggio's funeral, where the great outfielder was remembered as "an even better man" who put his baseball career on hold to serve his country, and who loved friends and family deeply.

"He was not just a fine ballplayer, but a fine man," his son, Paul DiMaggio, said in a poignant eulogy. "A great player, but a better person. Those were his values, and his virtues."

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(Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff)

By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff

The cavalcade of colorfully attired cyclists today delivered a pointed message to any politician who might ridicule their demands for more bike lanes and bike racks: We're voters, too.

Lola Heiler, 65,and her dog, Jake, joined the ride from City Hall to Christopher Columbus Park. (Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff)

“If you call us wacky, you will be defeated, because none of us are going away!” declared Richard Fries of the Bikes Belong Foundation, to cheers and ringing bells from the 50 cyclists who kicked off Bay State Bike Week in Christopher Columbus Park in the North End.

The cyclists said they were hoping that bikers across the state would collectively log 250,000 miles this week to show the state’s political establishment that they are serious about their demands for more dedicated lanes, racks, and other improvements for cyclists.

Boston is "this close to becoming America's Amsterdam," Fries said, referencing the famously bike-friendly city. So many cyclists were crossing the Longfellow Bridge from Cambridge into Boston this morning, "it looked like Beijing," he said.

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Michael Flaherty (right) stood behind Mayor Thomas M. Menino on Sunday at the 13th Annual Mother's Walk For Peace in Townfield Park in Dorchester. Flaherty, a city councilor, is challenging Menino for what would be his fifth term.

(Yoon Byun/Globe Staff)

Ted Gartland, a dayside photo editor at the Globe, has been taking pictures in Greater Boston since 1971. Each weekday, he highlights an outtake that did not appear in the morning paper. To view the work of more Globe photographers, click here. To watch Gartland's weekly segment on NECN, click here.

ST. PETERSBURG -- One month is in the books. And statistically speaking, the Red Sox have both one of the best records in the game and one of the worst starting rotations.

In baseball, this qualifies as an oxymoron.

Still the possessors of the best record in the American League, the Red Sox and starter Josh Beckett were completely annihilated by Matt Garza and the Tampa Bay Rays last night by a 13-0 score in a game that was not nearly so close. The Sox were outhit, 18-1. They managed just three base runners and sent only 29 men to the plate. In order to spare the elixir that has been his bullpen, manager Terry Francona went to all-purpose tool Jonathan Van Every to record the final two outs of the game.

More than anything, this game especially was a reflection on the ineptitude of a Red Sox starting rotation that has been a colossal disappointment thus far. As a group, Sox starters now have a 5.52 ERA that ranks 12th in the league ahead of only the Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians, who are a combined 17-30. Only the starters of the Oakland A’s have allowed a higher on-base percentage than those of the Sox. Minus Tim Wakefield, Red Sox starters have a gruesome 6.65 ERA that defies logic.

Good thing the Sox have a deep bullpen, eh?

"I know back in the day, they used to have nine [pitchers on an average staff],’’ said Francona, whose 12-man staff consists of seven relief pitchers and five starters. "I wouldn’t want to do it. I look up and see seven [relievers] in the bullpen and wish we had more."

And he said that before asking Van Every to take the mound while moving Javy Lopez into right field in the bottom of the eighth inning.

As worrisome as Beckett’s performance continues to be, the problem currently goes much deeper. In 12 combined starts this year, Boston's top three starters Beckett, Jon Lester and Daisuke Matsuzaka are 3-5 with a 6.92 ERA while allowing 86 hits and 31 walks in 65 innings. Toss in a couple of hit batters and the vaunted big three of the Boston rotation have allowed a colossal 129 base runners, an average of basically two per inning. The relievers are pitching too much because the starters aren’t pitching enough, a long-term recipe for disaster for any major league team.

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This is a scene from the Mass. Maritime Academy during the whole pirate craze.

ST. PETERSBURG -- One month is in the books. And statistically speaking, the Red Sox have both one of the best records in the game and one of the worst starting rotations.

In baseball, this qualifies as an oxymoron.

Still the possessors of the best record in the American League, the Red Sox and starter Josh Beckett were completely annihilated by Matt Garza and the Tampa Bay Rays last night by a 13-0 score in a game that was not nearly so close. The Sox were outhit, 18-1. They managed just three base runners and sent only 29 men to the plate. In order to spare the elixir that has been his bullpen, manager Terry Francona went to all-purpose tool Jonathan Van Every to record the final two outs of the game.

More than anything, this game especially was a reflection on the ineptitude of a Red Sox starting rotation that has been a colossal disappointment thus far. As a group, Sox starters now have a 5.52 ERA that ranks 12th in the league ahead of only the Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians, who are a combined 17-30. Only the starters of the Oakland A’s have allowed a higher on-base percentage than those of the Sox. Minus Tim Wakefield, Red Sox starters have a gruesome 6.65 ERA that defies logic.

Good thing the Sox have a deep bullpen, eh?

"I know back in the day, they used to have nine [pitchers on an average staff],’’ said Francona, whose 12-man staff consists of seven relief pitchers and five starters. "I wouldn’t want to do it. I look up and see seven [relievers] in the bullpen and wish we had more."

And he said that before asking Van Every to take the mound while moving Javy Lopez into right field in the bottom of the eighth inning.

As worrisome as Beckett’s performance continues to be, the problem currently goes much deeper. In 12 combined starts this year, Boston's top three starters Beckett, Jon Lester and Daisuke Matsuzaka are 3-5 with a 6.92 ERA while allowing 86 hits and 31 walks in 65 innings. Toss in a couple of hit batters and the vaunted big three of the Boston rotation have allowed a colossal 129 base runners, an average of basically two per inning. The relievers are pitching too much because the starters aren’t pitching enough, a long-term recipe for disaster for any major league team.

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The proposal that The Boston Globe's largest union will present to its members tomorrow calls for an 8.3 percent wage cut and an additional five-day unpaid furlough, according to a person briefed on the negotiations.

Together, the two measures amount to a roughly 10-percent wage cut for the Boston Newspaper Guild, which represents more than 600 editorial, advertising, and business office employees.

Other provisions, according to another person briefed on the matter, included: a freeze in pension contributions for many employees, an end to 401(k) matching contributions, and an elimination of lifetime job guarantees now enjoyed by 190 Guild members over the years in exchange for other concessions.

The proposal represents what is being described as the company's last offer, and the Guild has agreed to present the proposal to its members for a vote. The union leaders, while agreeing to put the offer to a vote, say they do not plan to recommend for or against its ratification. The terms of the offer have not been officially released, to allow the union time to brief its members on the details.

"We have a proposal to bring before members of The Boston Newspaper Guild," Guild president Daniel Totten said in a note to members e-mailed today. "Since each member is the final authority on contract matters, it is imperative that we bring a proposal forward that will ultimately be voted on by the entire membership."

Globe spokesman Robert Powers declined comment.

Early this morning, shortly after finishing a 10-hour negotiation session with Globe management, Totten said that “out of respect” for members, he would not be disclosing further details until a membership meeting scheduled for tomorrow.

“There is likely to be a lot of misinformation on this matter. I ask for your patience until we meet in person to discuss,” Totten wrote to the Guild membership.

“Please remain strong,” he added, “as we continue through this difficult period.”

But many Guild members today were unsatisfied with the lack of information, calling on Totten and other leaders to release more details and asking why they were being left in the dark about what they were being asked to give up.

“We’re a news organization, and it’s unbelievable that we have to wait so long for answers,” said David Abel, a reporter at the Globe for the past 10 years. “We think it’s only fair to learn about the agreement as soon as possible. There are a lot of jobs on the line, and a lot of anxiety.”

The understanding between the union and management came after a tense month of bargaining, after the The New York Times Co., the owner of the Globe, said it would shut the paper unless the Guild and other Globe unions agreed to $20 million in concessions by May 1.

Half of that was to come from Guild, the largest of the unions. The company was prepared to file an official 60-day plant closing notice with the state on Monday until Globe management struck deals with three of the paper’s four major unions early that morning.

In addition to agreeing to millions of dollars in financial concessions, unions representing press operators and mailers also agreed to change language governing lifetime job guarantees.

The other major unions came to agreement after high-pressure talks on Sunday night and early Monday morning. Those agreements are still subject to ratification by members. But the Guild left the bargaining site in Weymouth without a tentative agreement.

Entering last night's bargaining the session the Guild and management were far apart on terms. The company on Sunday had proposed what it called its ‘‘last, best offer,’’ deeply slashing wages of guild members by 23 percent to gain the $10 million in concessions, according to union and management representatives with knowledge of the negotiations.

Labor laws allow companies, under certain legal conditions, to impose the terms of their last, best offer if an impasse is reached in negotiations.

The union on Sunday had countered with a proposal that provided, by the union’s reckoning, slightly more than $10 million in savings, but management negotiators rejected it.
The proposal included a wide range of cuts in pay and benefits, including a 3.5 percent wage reduction for most members, pension cutbacks, and a lengthening of the workweek from 37.5 to 40 hours.

The talks, however, have become deadlocked over the company’s drive to eliminate lifetime job guarantees for about 190 guild employees.
(By Keith O'Brien and Robert Gavin, Globe staff)

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