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07:55 AM EDT on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 By JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer BOSTON — Prior to last night’s execution of the Baltimore Orioles, Red Sox manager Terry Francona said he loves the way his club has played all year. Why shouldn’t he? It doesn’t matter that the Red Sox are in second place in the A.L. East with less than a month to go in the regular season. It doesn’t matter ...
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Baseball Today: Wednesday, September 3
Projo Sox Blog —
... The surge continued with a 14-2 pasting of the Orioles last night, recounted here by McDonald, that enabled them to pick up ground on all the contenders in both the division and wild-card hunts. Click the link to read about more heroics from Dustin Pedroia; also, WEEI.com's Alex Speier tells us of ...
Pleats For MVP!
Center Field —
I almost don't even want to mention it. Like it's a mirage that will fade away once it's spoken about. That the hushed (and not-so-hushed) conversations all around New England will somehow jinx it.
Of course, I'm talking about the magic of Dustin "Pleats In Cleats" Pedroia.
Tito Francona loves him. ...
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