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That's how a memorably bizarre inning and a half in Baltimore got started tonight, with a shout from home plate umpire Bob Davidson into the Red Sox dugout at the beginning of the eighth. "Who you yellin' at?" was the......

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If not, head over to my Flickr for some photos from Thursday's game, most of them taken during that spectacular 9 run 2nd inning. As for the rest of this weekend's games...I can see running into Halladay being a major......

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First saw this video at Keep Your Sox on in Brooklyn. In addition to further elucidations on the inner life of Cinco Ocho, Jonathan is surprisingly forthcoming on the impact the Manny trade has had on the team....

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RJPOAT, originally uploaded by eüa. Subtract your best hitter, and get a 10 times more potent offense! So far, that seems to be what's happened. It's not so much that they've replaced Manny (though Youkilis is currently doing his damndest)......

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Tito's face says it all. "It's not a masterpiece, but it'll be hard to find a more exciting game at Fenway Park than this thing," Remy said in the afterglow of Youkilis' three-run Monster shot to score the 11,734th run......

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are those sunglasses or goggles?, originally uploaded by Boston Wolverine. I stand corrected. We ended up splitting the series after all, thanks to Messrs. Kickass and Papelbon. I could tell by Josh Beckett's first few pitches that he was feeling......

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Big Papi's Smile, originally uploaded by new hobby. It helps me get through series like the one we're in the process of dropping to the White Sox. He hasn't looked like a very happy camper whenever he's been asked about......

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In the seventh inning, Jason Bay hit a not-quite-home run that deflected off Kansas City center?fielder Joey Gathright's glove, rolled a good ten feet or so along the wall and was then gathered up again by left fielder Ross Gload,......

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As a disclaimer, let me once again state that I'm aware this is rank speculation on my part about an athlete I've never met and judge only by his mannerisms on my television. But last night, it sure looked to......

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Manny has arguably been orchestrating his departure from Boston ever since the new ownership took over. Thousands of man-hours and gallons of ink have been used describing his role on the Red Sox, his place in Boston, his behavior, his......

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I've written a lot about Manny, quoted quite a few memorable articles about him, come across some classic photos of him, and taken a boatload of photos of my own, too. A digital scrapbook, if you will, after the jump....

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Allen Chace at Over the Monster nailed it earlier today with that statement. At least, he did for me. But consider this an acknowledgement of the Manny Trade, at least, even if I'm still working on figuring out exactly what......

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The Red Sox have now been swept 7 times this season. This is the first time at home. So...uh...at least we didn't trade Ivan Rodriguez to the Yankees for Kyle Farnsworth? Look, I got nothin'. So here's a picture of......

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It's pretty sad when the highlight of the game for your team is, hey, at least we weren't no-hit! That said, of course it was the Happy Scrappy Hero Pup who did it. Of course. I can't say that I've......

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