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Vernon Wells reaches out to 'Mr. Dork'
Published 5/8/2007 by Dan Lamothe at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
... Now that a lull in the schedule is over and all of this Roger Clemens nooonnnsense is starting to settle down a bit, the Boston Red Sox can get back to what's important: real-live baseball. And, since the team is playing the Toronto Blue Jays tonight , perhaps it's relavent to mention the message that one of their star players, Vernon Wells, had recently for fans heckling him. From

Advance Scout: Red Sox, May 8-10
Published 5/8/2007 by Alex Obal at Batter's Box Interactive Magazine
... Julio Lugo: ..., who is in a 11-for-71 funk. He's getting himself in trouble by being too much of a free swinger, according to hitting coach Dave Magadan. "I think he's going through what a lot of players new to a team go through. He's trying to show his new team and the fans that he's more than capable of getting the job done -- which he is -- but a lot of times you try to do it in one at-bat rather than over the course of a series, a week, a month, or a season. I think right now a lot of it is pitch selection, chasing pitches outside of the zone. I have all the confidence in the world he'll get the job done in the leadoff role. He's just going through a period now, he's hit some balls hard that guys have run down." Says Terry Francona, Master of Patience and Understanding: "I'm not going to move him in the order. Give him today off to get his legs back and he'll be fin