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bostonherald.com - 24 days ago

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Big Papi expects big things in 2010 C ANTON - Theo Epstein has since said the words weren t meant as a shot across the bow, but they sure came across that way. At the Red Sox [ team stats ] season-ending press conference, the general manager directed the following at David Ortiz [ stats ] : If ...

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Ortiz Wants To Play Three Or Four More Years
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