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Baseball Today: Wednesday, July 16
Published 7/16/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... , but, as Dustin Pedroia pointed out, that wasn't particularly surprising. Said Francona: "I learned two things. They want Rivera to pitch, and I [stink]." (Boston Globe) ...

Red Sox (I mean All-Star Game) news...
Published 7/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (The Bottomline) at The Bottom Line
... I would have got anybody out.“It wouldn’t have been anything pretty, that’s for sure.”Despite, going to 2-4 with the game-tying home run, Drew and the Red Sox were predictably booed on a regular basis last night.“It was brief to say the least. It was a little weird. I heard about it when I got back out to right field, for sure,” Drew said. “Then as the game went along, I think they forgot that I hit a home run and it picked up again.”Drew was able to shrug off the boos, but Jonathan Papelbon took them to heart , specifically because his wife was in attendance. "The whole ...

Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 7/16
Published 7/16/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... Francona and his staff that were at the game last night. The fans booed loudly whenever they had the chance. No boos though were louder then the ones Jonathan Papelbon received when he came into the game, allowed a hit and then eventually allowed a run. The run scoring wasn’t really his fault as a Dioner Navarro throwing error put the runner in scoring position with 1 out. No matter whose fault it was, Papelbon was booed heavily at the end of the inning. Curt Schilling talked about his memories of playing in Yankee Stadium. With the American ...

5 Reasons the AL Won the All-Star Game
Published 7/16/2008 by Jodie at Gossip On Sports - The Latest Dish On and Off the Field
... with a two-run HR during his first at-bat. It probably helped that as a member of the Red Sox, he didn’t get verklempt over the sappy pre-game Yankee lovefest. (We’re guessing Jonathan Papelbon, whose Mariano Rivera remarks made him—along with his pregnant wife—a jeer target, didn’t either).   ...

MLB: Pouring MORE Salt in the Wound, One MVP at a Time
Published 7/16/2008 by Eric (noreply@blogger.com) at Keep Your Sox On: From Brooklyn to Boston
... The fans, of course, will have none of that: Red Sox players in Yankee Stadium will get booed (though I can't fault them there), people will yell threats at Jonathan Papelbon's pregnant wife (that's a little messed up - threaten the idiot, not the idiot's wife), ...