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FORT MYERS-CHICAGO--TOKYO - One day (Thursday, March 20, 2008) in the life of the Boston Red Sox is going to be missing from the history books. On their first-ever trip... [link]

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Papelbon hopes long flight proves to be a flop

FORT MYERS - The Red Sox are all in. The approximately 19-hour trip to Japan that the Red Sox embarked upon last night was going to feature an array of time-killing devices...
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Zuma Trojans!!!

That’s the name of the high school team that children of men and women serving at Camp Zuma in Tokyo attend. Wake (his wife Stacey), Mike Timlin (and his son Jake), Brian Corey and I had the honor of being flown out in UH-60 Blackhawks to Camp ...
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Rays Considering Crisp?

We've seen Coco Crisp's name connected to Tampa Bay's outfield need before.  Marc Lancaster tossed out the idea on Sunday .  Today, Buster Olney writes : The Rays are searching for an outfielder who can hit left-handed, and now that they ...
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The Red Sox in Japan: A travelogue from Fort Myers to Tokyo | Boston Red Sox | projo.com | The Providence Journal

08:56 AM EDT on Friday, March 21, 2008 By SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer TOKYO — The Red Sox charter landed about two hours ago in Tokyo and I thought I would catch you up a bit on the team’s long day’s journey into night . . . day . . . then ...
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The Official Site of The Boston Red Sox: News: Timlin's status for opener in doubt

TOKYO -- Amid the craziness of Wednesday's getaway day in Fort Myers, Fla., Red Sox reliever Mike Timlin suffered an injury to his right ring finger that has left his status for Tuesday's opener against the A's in doubt. Timlin suffered the injury on ...
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Just because the big club is just about to land in Japan, it doesn't mean Red Sox baseball isn't being played in Fort Myers. I'm at the club's minor-league complex right now waiting for Jon Lester to make his final spring training start in a ...
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The Globe's Dan Shaughnessy relayed his experiences accompanying the Sox on their 20-hour journey from Fort Myers to Tokyo. Read all about it here ...
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester, who did not accompany the team to Japan yesterday, faced minor leaguers today in a final tuneup before his start against the A's in Tokyo on Wednesday. Lester threw five innings in a "camp game," not ...
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Jon Lester played on more game in Fort Myers before he had to make his way to Japan to join the rest of the team. Lester pitched in an intrasquad minor league game going 5 hitless innings with 8 K's. Lester leaves for Japan tomorrow. He gave an ...
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There was no daylight to tell the Red Sox what time it was when they touched down in the Land of the Rising Sun. It was early Friday morning in Japan, late Thursday morning back in Boston, and infinitely timeless in the minds and bodies of the ...
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TOKYO - Since the Red Sox landed at 12:16 a.m. Tokyo time today, the demands on them have not been that great. There was no welcoming party of any sort at the downtown...
Papi even bigger in Far East
FORT MYERS - David Ortiz made his only trip to Japan more than three years ago, but the Red Sox slugger left quite an impression. During a 2004 series between stars from Japan...
Timlin's status for opener in doubt
Amid the craziness of Wednesday's getaway day in Fort Myers, Fla., Red Sox reliever Mike Timlin suffered an injury to his right ring finger that has left his status for Tuesday's opener against the A's in doubt.
Finger injury throws Timlin into limbo
TOKYO -- As long a day as Wednesday was for most of the Red Sox, it was appreciably more taxing for Mike Timlin. While everybody in Fort Myers was focusing in on the...
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Red Sox ace Josh Beckett played long toss and then threw a 45-pitch bullpen session at the team's Minor League complex in Fort Myers, Fla., on Friday morning.