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Even the most devout Patriots fan would be hard pressed to recall who served as the long snapper for Adam Vinatieri's winning 41-yard field goal in the Super Bowl last February. Lonie Paxton remembers because it wasn't him. Paxton was a spectator for Super Bowl XXXVIII, standing on the sideline in street clothes when hired hand Brian Kinchen ...
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No, his position in the starting lineup isn&#39;t solidified after one preseason game, and there&#39;s a big question mark surrounding his future.
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When Bill Borson came aboard as NESN's vice president of programming and production eight months ago, making contingency plans in the event of an NHL lockout was one of the assignments waiting on his desk.
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Although different parts of Joe Ogilvie's game have come and gone in the past few days, he's managed to hold it together enough to stay in front.
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There are progressions that must continue in Josh Beckett's game. Last season, he went over the 200-inning hump for the first time. He faced American League hitters for the first time and realized how much tougher the lineups with a DH can be.
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The selection of a new manager is not the only immediate task facing the Yankees.
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Tom Coughlin and his staff drilled it into the players last week not to give up if the ball was not caught. The way the play develops, it could be a lateral and a live ball.
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Secret agents have aroused more attention than Julio Lugo's arrival in Boston did. But that didn't make him any less welcome to the Red Sox, who introduced the shortstop they've coveted for years to a thoroughly distracted media yesterday at Fenway Park.
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Billy Wagner couldn't close it out. Trevor Hoffman couldn't, either. After two of baseball's best closers flopped again last night, Heath Bell had enough moxie to hang on for his first major league save.
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Eric Staal had the âAâ sewn onto all his jerseys earlier this week after a teammate was traded and he became Carolinaâs newest alternate captain. Now, he must take even more of a leadership role
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Jon Lester had what was described as a "strong side session" yesterday at Fenway in front of pitching coach John Farrell and manager Terry Francona . The Red Sox wanted to watch him throw and then map out a plan for the foreseeable future.
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Of all the questions swirling around the Red Sox this offseason, from the future address of outfielder Manny Ram&#xED;rez, to the role of pitcher Jonathan Papelbon, to the keep-him-or-not debate over shortstop Alex Gonzalez, there is one that evidently has been put to rest, perhaps with no more than a handshake. No signature required. No furtive departures on the agenda.
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When he departed last night's 6-4 victory over the Blue Jays, Tim Wakefield was treated to a rousing ovation from the Fenway Park crowd of 34,867. It was no faint praise, either, for the Sox knuckleballer.
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Here's my description of the ideal big league backup catcher: he is smart, incredibly disciplined, extremely hard-working, a total team guy and he hits for power .
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Summoned in the bottom of the seventh to help create a bridge to closer Jonathan Papelbon, Mike Timlin's larger role in Game 4 of the World Series last night was to use his vast postseason experience in what looked like a combustible situation.
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Just minutes after the Red Sox acquired him last December from the Rockies, Mark Bellhorn declared that he planned to wage an all-out effort to win the job as the starting second baseman. Little did he know the Sox would sign Pokey Reese a week later and all but hand Reese the job. And few observers seemed to believe that ...
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Clay Buchholz might still be able to take the mound a few more times this season.