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Papi’s Back Tonight!

July 25, 2008 – 7:10 am

Papi returns to the lineup tonight, and with it comes the wondeful dilemma of how to set up the batting order.  Things are not as they were when Ortiz got hurt.  Pedroia is the hottest hitter in the league.  Drew picked up the slack in a big way.  And Ellsbury is struggling a bit.
Here’s my [...]

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And on the first day of the Papi-less part of the 2008 season…

June 4, 2008 – 2:14 pm

…the sox did it right.
They received 6 innings of solid pitching from Justin Masterson.  Manny Delcarmen and Craig Hansen took care of the middle relief.  Even JD Drew stepped up his production.
All of these elements would appear to be parts of the formula for success for Red Sox team without David Ortiz in the [...]

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The Rivalry: 5 Great Moments

April 15, 2008 – 9:22 pm

I meant to get this out at the end of last week, when the Yankees and Red Sox played their first series of the season. But it didn’t happen. But with a game Wednesday night, it makes sense to take some time and think about all the fantastic moments this rivalry has seen. [...]

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Yet Another Curse

April 13, 2008 – 3:24 pm

This is great. This is the kind of thing that used to happen to us. Not anymore. The great thing about this whole Ortiz shirt being buried under the new Yankee stadium thing is that spending all this time and money (after denying it ever happened) just shows the world the Yankees [...]

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