Ellsbury homers

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TORONTO - Toronto ace Roy Halladay has never retired Jacoby Ellsbury. After the Sox rookie homered in the third inning on a 1-1 pitch, he's now gone 4-for-4 against Halladay in his short career. The type of upper-cut swing Ellsbury took for the homer, is precisely the swing the Sox have been wanting Ellsbury to take in games. Sox GM Theo Epstein said in spring training that one of the ... [link]

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Blogging with the Enemy: Questions for Red Sox Monster
Published 4/8/2008 by Ian Casselberry at Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts
... RSM: The logjam isn't looking like much of a logjam at all, actually. Barring a slump of bang-your-head-on-the-desk proportions, the job is Ellsbury's -- now, and hopefully for 10 more seasons. Now, if only he can keep cooking with the same mojo he had over the weekend, when he hit his first home run of the season off Roy Halladay. ...

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