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The greatest game he's ever lost?

4:37 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | | Write a comment
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BY DANIEL BARBARISI Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- When he stepped back to think about it for a moment, Rays first baseman Carlos Pena couldn't believe what he'd just seen. "This has to go down as one of the most......

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ALCS workout day: Varitek's swan song?

3:11 PM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
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BY DANIEL BARBARISI Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Tomorrow night could be the last in a Red Sox uniform for catcher and team captain Jason Varitek, who has been a fixture with the team since 1997. Varitek's three-year contract expires......

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ALCS Game Three postgame notes: Bay doesn't believe offense is a huge concern

10:02 PM Mon, Oct 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
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BY DANIEL BARBARISI Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Jason Bay thinks that the demise of the Red Sox offense has been greatly exaggerated thus far. Although the Sox were shut down by Matt Garza tonight, and some hitters are struggling......

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ALCS Game Three postgame notes: Byrd takes one for the team

9:38 PM Mon, Oct 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
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BY DANIEL BARBARISI Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Paul Byrd came into the game in the sixth inning to keep the Red Sox within striking distance. After Rocco Baldelli hit a three-run shot off the Sports Authority sign atop the......

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ALCS Game Three postgame notes: Cash expects a new Wakefield tomorrow night

9:31 PM Mon, Oct 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
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BY DANIEL BARBARISI Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Knuckleball pitchers are a rare breed in baseball, and they are just as rarely understood. Many people don't realize that despite slow-tossing the ball towards home plate, knuckleballers suffer from the same......

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Game 3 photo update: For Baldelli's brother, a first time on the field

baldelli_brother.jpg 9:06 PM Mon, Oct 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Rhode Island native Rocco Baldelli, left, a Rays outfielder, had his 10-year-old brother Dante, right, on the field with a friend of Dante's before the start of Game 3 of the ALCS between the......

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Looking ahead: Wakefield prepares for Game Four

5:02 PM Mon, Oct 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
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BY DANIEL BARBARISI Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Tim Wakefield ruins catchers. Causes retirements. Makes them hang up their spikes. It's not that Wakefield is a bad guy -- by all accounts, he's a gentleman -- but he makes his......

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Sunday workout: Perez still reveling in Saturday's moment in the sun

8:35 PM Sun, Oct 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
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BY DANIEL BARBARISI Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- The biggest moment of Fernando Perez brief major league career went by so fast he still isn't sure what happened. B.J. Upton hit a short fly to right field. Perez looked at......

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Sunday workout: Red Sox Nation still heard from -- Rays Nation seems unlikely

7:49 PM Sun, Oct 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
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BY DANIEL BARBARISI Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- It was long joked that at an average Rays-Sox game in Tampa probably drew more Sox fans than Rays supporters. Much of the time, it was less of a joke and more......

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Sunday workout: With Lester on the mound, Sox hoping for a sunny day on Monday

7:42 PM Sun, Oct 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
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BY DANIEL BARBARISI Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- With the left-handed Jon Lester on the mound tomorrow afternoon, the Red Sox may have an advantage beyond the Fenway home crowd: the shadows cast by the late-day sun. So both Lester......

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