Found August 01, 2008 on The Hot Corner:
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Jason Bay, welcome to the Red Sox.Talk about a young man overwhelmed by the sight of Fenway ready to rock itself off the foundation after an extra-innings win. Bay was gracious the entire day, and even when they labeled him the hero of the game and megawatt sideline reporter Heidi Watney took him aside for a party-line postgame candid, he made sure to give credit to everyone else. What a difference, huh?In the field, Bay looked like what we expected. His first several ABs produced two walks, a HBP, and two strikeouts. Then in the twelfth he promptly sent a moon ball off the Monster for a triple and his first Red Sox hit.  An intentional walk to J.D. Drew brought up Jed Lowrie (who already had the only Sox RBI of the game, as he scored Bay), who promptly bounced one over the mound that bad-hopped Bobby Crosby for an infield hit, and the winning RBI, scored (again) by Bay.Bay's biggest impact came not at the plate, but in the field and on the basepaths. In the fifth inning, w...
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