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Maybe he was playing too shallow

BOSTON -- There’s been a lot of talk of late concerning how shallow Manny Ramirez has been playing left field. It has cost Red Sox pitchers a few runs over the last week, but Wednesday night he was back to normal depth.

Francona admitted yesterday he spoke with Ramirez after Tuesday’s game where he cost Tim Wakefield two runs.

Francona said he felt Manny kept creeping in a little of late, but not purposely.

''He actually took some routes (Wednesday) that were very aggressive and he did a good job,'' said the manager.

''He’s always aware of not allowing teams to score on base hits to left, which is good. There are a lot of different ways to approach our left field; you always try to take away something. But at different times of the game you have to be aware of what can hurt you worse, or what you want to take away.''

-- JOE McDONALD

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