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Ortiz one of many to receive cortisone shot

BY JOE McDONALD
Journal Sports Writer

BOSTON _- Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has been a virtual walking ice pack this season. Still, he's had one of the best offensive seasons in the league, and he admitted this morning that he received a cortisone shot in his ailing right knee in preparation for the postseason.

“It’s okay,” he said. “I got a cortisone shot the other day to relieve the pain that’s there. Now, I hope it stays like that.”

Knuckleball pitcher Tim Wakefield, who is not on the roster for the ALDS, also had a cortisone shot in his back on Monday and will not be available for the first round of the playoffs.

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