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| Boston Red Sox's Jason Bay, hits a two-run single during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, while Nationals' ccatcher Josh Bard looks on, Tuesday, June 23, 2009, in Washington. Red Sox won 11-3. (AP Photo/Manuel Balc |
The Natural-ized
Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay married an American, has two American daughters and makes his living playing America's pastime.
Now he can say he's an American, too.
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| Boston Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis celebrates his two-run home run against the Baltimore Orioles during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, in Baltimore. The Red Sox won 6-5 in 11 innings. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) |
Rally-Ho! Sox in 11, 6-5
One day after being victimized by the greatest comeback in Baltimore Orioles history, the Boston Red Sox staged an improbable rally of their own.
The Red Sox used a four-run ninth inning to pull even, Julio Lugo singled in the tiebreaking run in the 11th and Jonathan Papelbon became Boston's career saves leader by closing out a 6-5 victory over the Orioles on Wednesday.
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| Baltimore Orioles' Nick Markakis (21) celebrates with Felix Pie, the Orioles' 11-10 win over the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) |
Meltdown in Maryland
John Smoltz watched in disbelief as the Boston Red Sox wound up on the wrong end of the biggest comeback in Baltimore Orioles history.
Smoltz wasn't upset that he didn't earn his long-awaited 211th victory. He just couldn't believe that the Red Sox didn't win, either.
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| Boston Red Sox starter Jon Lester delivers a pitch against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, June 29, 2009, in Baltimore. The Red Sox won 4-0. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) |
Sox Blank Birds
It's about as close as it gets to a sure thing in baseball: Jon Lester and Jonathan Papelbon pitching for Boston against the Baltimore Orioles.
Lester threw seven shutout innings, Papelbon earned a milestone save and the Red Sox extended their dominance of the Orioles with a 4-0 victory Monday night.
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| Boston Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis reacts after being forced back to first base against the Atlanta Braves on a fielder's choice off the bat of Red Sox's David Ortiz during the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Turner Field in Atla |
Sox Leave Hot-Lanta with Loss
Tommy Hanson was very much aware of who he'd be facing in these two starts.
It didn't faze him a bit.
The big right-hander became the first NL rookie to beat the New York Yankees and Boston in consecutive starts, throwing two-hit ball over six scoreless innings, and homers by Chipper Jones and Garret Anderson carried Atlanta past the Red Sox 2-1 on Sunday.
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| Boston Red Sox starter John Smoltz pitches during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Thursday, June 25, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) |
Smoltz, Sox, Drop Finale' in D.C.
Time "absolutely stood still" for John Smoltz as game time approached.
He sped through his warmup faster than planned. His phone was overflowing with 71 text messages. Try as he might to downplay his Boston Red Sox debut -- a 9-3 loss to Washington on Thursday night -- there was no way he could avoid the magnitude of the moment.
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