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    Jerry Remy: Players should 'learn baseball language'

    Per Remy's extension: his narrative has gotten 'old'. Orsillo was special, but although different styles, O'Brien does a very nice job of play-by-play. That being said, I truly get a kick out of Eck. He tells it like he sees it. And yes, he's a 'homer', but a very insightful 'homer'. In...
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    Who's on Third? I don't know

    I concur with Al Z, play Marrero against lefties, and additionally, in games that Sandoval starts against righties, let the Panda get 3 AB's, and then insert Marrero for defensive purposes late in the game.
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    One season or fewer: your favorite short-term Red Sox.

    Although he was here for 2 years, 1967 & 1968, utility infielder Jerry Adair was 'clutch' and an integral part of the Impossible Dream.
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    One Season or Fewer, Your LEAST Favorite Red Sox

    In 1952 Frank Baumann received a $90,000 signing bonus from Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, who nicknamed him "Beau". Hands down, Frank Bauman to this day was the biggest schmuck to ever put on the Red Sox uniform.
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    A Love Letter to the 1967 Red Sox

    My grandfather had me memorize the Sox starting lineup before I knew the Lord's Prayer, so by 1967 as a 26 year-old Graduate student at B.C., I was a dyed-in-the-wool Sox fan. But the 1967 team was and will always remain my favorite. 1967, coincidentally, was the only year that I was...
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