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Dice-K versus the Rays, and Shields versus the Sox

Daisuke Matsuzaka was 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in three starts this season against Tampa Bay. That's the good news. Here's the bad news: All three of his starts against the Rays were the kind of Matsuzaka starts that cause......

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Projo SoxTalk with Kevin McNamara -- Why the Rays must win Game 1

Click the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara's comments, recorded this morning from Tampa. He speaks about Joe Maddon's ability to transform his team from habitual loser to big-time winner, Evan Longoria's celebrity status in Tampa Bay, Mike Timlin's......

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Projo SoxTalk with Joe McDonald -- Rays relieved they won't face Lester this weekend

Click the play button below to hear Joe McDonald's comments, recorded this morning from Tampa. He speaks about the Red Sox' playoff rotation -- and why the Rays are glad they'll be seeing Josh Beckett in Game 2 -- Daisuke......

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Baldelli, Wheeler the first Rhode Island teammates since 1984

Here is the list of major league teams that have featured multiple players from Rhode Island, since World War II: 2007-08 Tampa Bay Rays: Rocco Baldelli and Dan Wheeler 1983-84 Oakland A's: Bill Almon and Davey Lopes 1982 Chicago White......

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Manny Ramirez's 1967 Lincoln Continental on auction for charity

Get your bids in now. According to The Boston Globe, the Franciscan Hospital for Children is hoping to get about $80,000 from this sale. Here's the link to the auction site, and here's the text of the press release from......

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Doc says Schilling would have returned with earlier surgery

BOSTON (AP) - Curt Schilling's surgeon is saying the right-hander probably would have been ready for this postseason if the pitcher's shoulder operation was performed in January. Dr. Craig Morgan wanted to operate then and said in spring training that......

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Projo SoxTalk with McDonald -- Baldelli and Wheeler on their biggest stage

Click the play button below to hear Joe McDonald's comments, recorded this morning, just as he was arriving in Tampa. The topics: excitement in Tampa Bay over the Red Sox-Rays series, the Rays' success playing in front of big crowds,......

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Dice-K to start Game 1 for Red Sox

Terry Francona just announced in a live news conference that Daisuke Matsuzaka will start Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Friday night in St. Petersburg, followed by Josh Beckett in Game 2, Jon Lester in Game 3......

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Projo SoxTalk -- McNamara on a dramatic end to a great series

Click the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: removing Jon Lester after seven innings, Mike Scioscia's ill-fated suicide squeeze call, Jed Lowrie's big hit, and general thoughts on a very high-quality four-game series.......

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Roundup of late-night Red Sox coverage

-Kevin McNamara has the final game story. -Bill Reynolds recaps another great night in Fenway history. -Reynolds analyzes Jon Lester's second terrific performance of this postseason. -McNamara writes about Jed Lowrie's big hit. -Theo Epstein points out that the Red......

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