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Sweet Caroline! The Sox Were Almost No-Hit!

Found July 30, 2008 on Lansdowne 9:
PLAYERS: John Lackey,  Dustin Pedroia
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox,  Los Angeles Angels

It was around 9:15pm, sitting in Grandstand Section 19, row 6, seat 17, when the tunes of Neil Diamond engulfed the stadium. "Good time's never seemed so good….so good! so good! so good!" Sure, good time's have absolutely never seemed so good, especially when your boys are in the midst of being no hit by one of the ugliest men in baseball, John Lackey. If it wasn't for Pedey, the Sox may have hit the lowest point of the season thus far. [...]
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