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Now, you can say Curt Schilling threw his last pitch for the Boston Red Sox. Schilling threw out the ceremonial first pitch, which he bounced about 15 feet before the catcher (I’m not kidding). Schilling wore blue jeans and a white Red Sox jersey with No. 38. My advice to Schilling: Don’t give up your [...]
Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon is still the same — talkative and very funny. Red Sox manager Terry Francona was surprisingly loose during his chat with the media three hours before the game. And David Ortiz was typical joyous self as the Red Sox face elimination. While sitting on the bench before the game, chatting [...]
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Theo Epstein was tired and seething. He didn’t get much sleep the night before Game 4, which the Sox lost, 13-4. Ken Rosenthal’s And he was cranky, for among other things, story on Foxsports.com headlined: Will non-white free agents shun Boston? “That was (bleep)!” said Epstein. Esptein was right. It was and still is “bleep.” [...]
FYI … I have an indepth profile on Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon in today’s Eagle-Tribune. He is a fascinating individual. Anyway, here is a story I found while surfing from the St. Petersburg Times on Sept. 2, 2007. It is Maddon at his best: Rays manager Joe Maddon made it clear that he didn’t [...]
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If you have any thoughts, comments or questions, send them along. As for my prediction tonight: I am picking Sox in a semi-high scoring game (7-4-ish). The Red Sox simply own Scott Kazmir. Anyway, I’ll be in touch later.
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