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New Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine has gone on the record as saying that adding a starting pitcher isn’t at the top of his priority list. He thinks they have plenty of arms in the mix when they get to Ft. Myers in three weeks, so for right now, it’s not at the top of his wish list.
Um, excuse me, Mr. Valentine, but if not now, when?
While everyone is focusing on the team’s epic September collapse, let’s not also forget the team’s dreadful start to 2011: 2-11. It started with an opening-series sweep at the hands of the Rangers. Fine, I’ll grant you, they were the defending AL champions and just happened to be on their way to heading right back to the World Series. I get it, one of the best teams in the league knocked ‘em around a little. But then you get to Cleveland and get swept? Come on.
The Red Sox scored a total of 11 runs in those first six games while their opponents took extra BP and scored 38. That kicked off a month that...
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Baseball Reflections:
PLAYERS:
Bobby Valentine,
Josh Beckett,
Jon Lester,
John Lackey,
Daisuke Matsuzaka,
Clay Buchholz,
Daniel Bard,
Hiroki Kuroda,
Michael Pineda,
David Price,
James Shields,
Matt Moore,
Jeremy Hellickson,
Wade Davis,
Carlos Pena,
Luke Scott,
Roy Oswalt,
Carlos Silva,
Vicente Padilla,
Aaron Cook,
Felix Doubront,
Justin Germano,
Alfredo Aceves
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, St. Louis Cardinals
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, St. Louis Cardinals
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