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New England Sports Blog found this 3/24/2008 on www.boston.com [flag]
TOKYO - Scenes from Japan on the long and winding road with the Red Sox: David Ortiz and Daisuke Matsuzaka wore eyeglasses when they participated in the breaking of the sake barrel at an official welcoming party Friday night. "I'd never seen Daisuke with glasses," said chairman Tom Werner. "It worried me a little. Maybe he needs glasses." The locals will notice something missing when the Sox ... [link]

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Red Sox Links (03-24-08)
Published 3/24/2008 by Matthew Hume at New England Sports Blog
... Globe (Nick Cafardo)  Beckett Looks Strong >  Craig Breslow To Cleveland Indians Boston Globe (Amalie Benjamin)  Josh Beckett To DL; Sean Casey, Tim Wakefield And Mike TImlin Inactive >  Drew, For One; Is Having A Blast Boston Globe (Dan Shaughnessy)  So Far, So Good As Interesting Scenes Abound AP (Howard Ulman)  ...

The Tokyo Split
Published 3/28/2008 by Beth at Cursed To First - Sox and Pats forever.
... -- So much for being the 'Washington Generals', eh? I understand that there is payroll disparity between the Red Sox and Oakland. I understand we are lumped in with the Yankees now. But please. What kind of loser attitude is that for the team's own traveling secretary to take? It's one thing to point out competitive disadvantages for small-market teams in general and quite another to just whine about an outcome that's not even certain yet, because the Red Sox taking the trip is getting more publicity. That's got nothing to do with the team's chances, as we saw in how the actual ...

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Hike up yer Sox for first pitcher

New England Sports Blog found this 3/24/2008 on www.nydailynews.com

City Red Sox bars (yes, there are such enemy watering holes) will open at dawn Tuesday so Bosox fans can watch their team take on the Oakland Athletics. in the season's opening game - half a world away in Japan.
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Beckett to start season on DL

kcudah posted 3/24/2008 from mlb.mlb.com

The Red Sox are expected to make a series of roster moves in the hours leading up to Tuesday's Opener against the A's, including the placement of ace Josh Beckett on the 15-day disabled list. The right-hander, who has been sidelined with a back injury, will be placed on the DL, retroactive to March 19. That means the earliest Beckett will pitch is April 4, when the Sox open a three-game ...
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Quite a welcoming party

kcudah posted 3/24/2008 from bostonherald.com

Tuesday will be Daisuke Matsuzaka’s night to be welcomed home, a welcome that may well turn into a thunderous one. However, there might not be enough battery power left in this city’s cameras to capture the moment in the wake of Hideki Okajima [stats]’s return to the Tokyo Dome on Sunday. “That was a great feeling - I’m retiring,” joked Okajima, who helped the Red Sox [team stats] beat ...
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Pitching Assignments

Projo Sox Blog found this 3/24/2008 on joyofsox.blogspot.com

Everything seems set until the home opener on April 8. When Josh Beckett will join the rotation is not yet known. F0321 - Exh Hanshin 11PM: Buchholz S0322 - Off S0323 - Exh Yomiuri 6 AM: Wakefield M0324 - Travel T0325 - G1 Oak 6 AM: Matsuzaka/Blanton ...
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OPENING DAY BROADCAST INFO

Rover found this 3/24/2008 on bloodsox.blogspot.com

Just to let everybody know, the Red Sox will be playing the Oakland A's on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The games will start at 6:05 AM Boston time, which is 7:05 PM Tokyo time. The games will both be on ESPN2, and will NOT be on NESN. In Boston, the games will be on WEEI 850 AM (as well as WROL 950 in Spanish), and will be on the WEEI/WRKO Red Sox Radio affiliates throughout New England. ...
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