Pawtucket's Kottaras still playing catch-up
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George Kottaras expects perfection from himself. That's not surprising. "I get down on myself," the catcher said last week in Pawtucket. "But that's how people are. You fail and you're like . . . I just get to the point where I get corrective actions going. This happens, so what do I have to do to correct ...
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Tashan is still in the making but yet it seems to be making a buzz for number reasons.
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The Yankees&#39; grip on first place was secure again, the margin inflated to 4 1/2 games. The Red Sox, second-place finishers for seven years running, were destined for it to happen for an eighth year in a row.
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While Massachusetts General Hospital has been the unfortunate destination for David Ortiz and Jon Lester , Pawtucket will be the go-to spot for several Red Sox players with baseball-related injuries.
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The utter improbability (absurdity?) of career minor leaguer Kason Gabbard, with major relief from Mike Timlin, muting the mighty bats of the Chicago White Sox in a 1-0 shutout last night was trumped by the news that Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon apparently does not have a major injury to his right shoulder, though it remains uncertain whether Papelbon will ...
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Even with the distraction of a player's arrest and legal problems, the Texas Rangers remained focused on their drive for a postseason berth.
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In some ways, he is the 26th man. Nomar Garciaparra played such an integral role in helping the Red Sox become a championship-caliber franchise that his former teammates have not forgotten him even as they approach the threshold of a dream.
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Without two of their best hitters and with two Class AAA pitchers in the starting rotation of late, the White Sox still have found the energy to make one last-ditch push at catching the Minnesota Twins.
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Playing catch-up before the locals renew acquaintances with the Red Sox, who return home tonight for the first of seven games against the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Devil Rays, with a quick trip to Detroit next weekend taking them to the All-Star break:
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He&#39;s done just fine when the Indians have scored a lot of runs. The five-game winning streak from July 20 through Aug. 14, when the Tribe scored 60 runs, and that 22-0 victory over the Yankees on Aug. 31 come to mind.
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David Ortiz knows how to send a crowd home happy. Big Papi had a game-ending hit for the Boston Red Sox for the second time in three days, and fifth time this season. The latest was a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning Monday night that gave the Red Sox a 9-8 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
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Womack extended his hitting streak to 13 games...St. Louis has 47 road wins, which is greater than all other NL team&#39;s home wins...The Cardinals have won 31-of-43...This season series is tied at 5-5. Milwaukee
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It took him just three at-bats to get three hits last night at Fenway Park, so Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell felt he was in for a career game.
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The waiting is over. All season long, Red Sox Nation has been waiting for its team to live up to its potential, leave behind its mediocrity and reel off a lengthy winning streak.
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Josh Beckett's so locked in it would surprise few if he were led to the mound blindfolded and still hit Jason's Varitek's mitt location spot on. No matter that the Red Sox scored 13 runs last night, Beckett could have been staked to 1 1/2 runs and he could have held on to the lead. The fact that the Rockies ...
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The latest of David Ortiz's 10 game-winning homers for the Boston Red Sox may not have been one of the longest he has hit although it was one of the biggest.
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By the end of yesterday's game, with pitching changes and defensive replacements dragging the pace down, it had become closer in appearance to Pawtucket-Scranton than Boston-New York. It was a game - won by the Red Sox, 10-1 - that had tested and tried the patience of even the purist of baseball fans. It had made you long for the ...