{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_ifupje6hsnzbo7oh2mga","title":"‘High-character kid': Yankees star Ben Rice has supporters in native Mass.","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/high-character-kid-yankees-star-ben-rice-has-supporters-in-native-mass-ifupje6hsn","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_ifupje6hsnzbo7oh2mga","seq":1035794,"kind":"article","title":"‘High-character kid': Yankees star Ben Rice has supporters in native Mass.","url":"https://www.nbcboston.com/news/sports/high-character-kid-yankees-star-ben-rice-has-supporters-in-native-mass/4023772","summary":"Massachusetts natives on the Yankees have been shining against the Red Sox. Walpole’s Cam Schlittler , a candidate for the American League Cy Young Award, got the start in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series, striking out 10 Red Sox batters in 6.1 innings. Ben Rice, from Cohasset, hit two home runs in the contest, including a grand slam. Before reaching the big leagues, Rice attended Noble and Greenough School in Dedham. “This is just a story of a really high-character kid with…","published":"2026-10-01T02:28:32Z","seen":"2026-10-01T02:28:32Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-nbcboston-com-3950e3","name":"nbcboston.com","domain":"nbcboston.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7957979","name":"WBTS-CD","type":"broadcaster","country":"US","designations":["television station"]}},"via":"kite-nbcboston-com-3950e3","topics":["vermont","post"],"authors":["Malcolm Johnson"],"entities":[{"id":"Q9168644","name":"Ben Rice","type":"person"}],"image":"https://media.nbcboston.com/2026/09/GettyImages-2297278030.jpg?fit=7838,5225&quality=85&strip=all","mentions":2,"story":"st_ifupje6hsnzbo7oh2mga","category":"sport","category_p":0.6299999952316284,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.5799999833106995,"political":0.029999999329447746}]}