Francona

I'm currently listening to Terry Francona on the Dale & Holley show fence with those hosts about Ortiz's productivity. Folks really don't learn, I guess. I would rather talk about how the Sox now have an official losing streak when playing the opening of an opponents ball park. Honestly, it's just absurd. Sooner or later, Ortiz is going to remember how to be Grimace, the hulking force that crushed balls into right center, or pulled them deep into the right field seats. That's if he can still do those things. If he can't, well, there are a little less than three weeks left in April. If Ortiz is still going to strike out looking at balls he should be protecting the plate on regardless of whether it was just enough off the plate to be a ball, then he probably will start platooning with Lowell. I don't think he'll be outright benched, but even

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Theo & Francona are in agreement that surgery wont be necessary; we'll wait and see if the Vader-like cast will do the trick. JD Drew was the offensive star of last night's win, going 2 for 3 along with Coco Crisp's off the wall tie breaking double.  Dice-K's replacement Justin Masterson allowed four runs on six hits in six innings-- he's 2-0 with a The Rays are 0-4 at Fenway Park this season; 65-88 since their inaugural season 10 years ago. They'll return for a final 3 game series in September following tomorrow nights game.

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s wrist will be immobilized by a soft cast in hopes that the tear will heal on its own.  While Francona said that he believes surgery to be "very unlikely", they won't know anything definitive for at least a few weeks.  It's a blow to the Sox clubhouse and Nation alike.  After a tough start to the season, Papi's batting average had finally climbed to a respectable .252 with 13 homers and 43 RBIs.  It's tough to lose that stat in your lineup, but with the pressure of reaching 500 off his shoulders, Manny's heating up again, and Lowell, Youkilis, and Ellsbury are all producing as well.  The fact of the matter is, we don't know how this will effect the Red Sox.  Hopefully

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Things must've gotten heated because Hernandez threw the shortstop out of the game.  Then when Francona came out to retrieve Lugo, and ask why he was being ejected, Francona was eje

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and Magadan got pissed off.  He said something to the ump, and the umpire threw him out.  Francona came to his hitting coach's defense, but the ump stood his ground and Magadan left t

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But for me, the best moment of the night had to be when Francona hugged Lester after the win. The pride on the manager's face was overwhelming. He's seen this kid go through so much, Francona

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