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Ramirez is sick

Manny Ramirez is out of the starting lineup.

"He's sick," said manager Terry Francona. "He was sick last night. He said he has the flu. Intestinal turmoil. Call it what you want."

Of course, being out of the lineup the day before the All-Star break with the Red Sox in Detroit is nothing new.

In 2003, Ramirez seemingly was miffed because Pedro Martinez was allowed to go home to the Dominican Republic on the day before the break while the Sox were on the road, playing the Tigers. Martinez was not scheduled to pitch that day.

So Ramirez came down with what he called "flu in the throat," a condition he informed manager Grady Little about in the early morning hours before the game and did not play in it.

And then there's the All-Star Game factor. Several times Manny has come down with an ailment or disclosed a family illness that kept him from going to the All-Star Game.

Not this year, apparently. Francona said he expected Ramirez to join his five teammates for the trip to San Francisco for the All-Star Game, which will be played Tuesday.

-- Steven Krasner

Posted by Steven Krasner  at 11:19 AM | Permalink

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