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Baseball Today: Wednesday, May 21
Published 5/21/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... STALLED: In his Inside The Game feature, Krasner wonders if the pressure of being two home runs shy of 500 is affecting Manny Ramirez at the plate. ...

Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 5/21
Published 5/21/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... the first time,” Francona said. “I was congratulating somebody that had no idea what I was talking about. I’m just jumping right into the conversation. I could tell, boy this guy’s not being very friendly.” Pitching coach John Farrell had flashbacks of his own no-hit bid back in 1989 during Monday night’s game. Yasuhiko Yabuta has been showing some improvement lately for the Royals. Is Manny Ramirez feeling the pressure of hitting 500 home runs? Coco Crisp is still not ...

Manny stuck on 498?
Published 5/21/2008 by mikemcd (mmcdermo@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
Manny Ramirez has now gone 29 at-bats since his last home run, and he has just two home runs in the last month of baseball. Since April 22, he's seen his batting average fall 50 points, from .342 to .292, and he's struck out 24 times in 25 games. All this has some folks wondering: Is the pressure getting to Manny? (Click the link here to vote.) Steve Krasner explored the subject today in his Inside the Game column. "He doesn't look the least bit settled in the batter's box," Krasner writes. "He's jumping at pitches and when he hits them, he isn't ...

Gods don't use calendars
Published 5/23/2008 by Hart Bracken at The Soxaholix
... Some people think it's because of "pressure" but I'm not buying it. ...