Youkilis Joins Ortiz on the Players' Ballot
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Both David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis will appear on the all-star ballot used by players to choose the reserves in next month's game.
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David Ortiz, still champagne-scented, was watching Saturday's decisive playoff game between the Yankees and Twins with a friend. Up stepped Ruben Sierra, who'd been 1 for 20 in the series, to clock a three-run homer and tie the game in the eighth. &quot;Here they come,&quot; the Red Sox slugger said. Did anyone from Eastport to Block Island expect anything else?
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Atlanta&#39;s Russ Ortiz and Houston&#39;s Roger Clemens will be on the mound for the Braves and Astros, respectively, as the National League Division Series continues Sunday with Game 4 at Minute Maid Park.
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Their beacons of hope are Kevin Youkilis , Casey Fossum , and Shea Hillenbrand , prospects who once walked in their spikes and made it to the bigs. Nearly 200 Red Sox farmhands from the Dominican Summer League to Triple A Pawtucket yesterday were close to packing their equipment bags and heading home for the winter after spending the season ...
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MVP? On this night, that would stand for a mightily, vociferously peeved David Ortiz, distressed at the way his remarks about the American League MVP race were used to portray him as selfishly campaigning for himself while disparaging Derek Jeter of the Yankees.
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First it seemed Russ Ortiz would be relegated to the bullpen for the division series. Now it sounds like he&#39;ll start a potentially decisive Game 4 if the series goes that far.
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Earlier in the week, when he wasn't in the Red Sox lineup, infielder Alex Cora spent three innings online in the clubhouse, voting for teammate Hideki Okajima in the Major League Baseball All-Star balloting.
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With two days to go before they file their roster for the Championship Series, the Red Sox yesterday appeared likely to stick with the 25 players who helped them sweep the Angels in the first round. The Sox used every position player, including rookie third baseman Kevin Youkilis , in the opening series and every pitcher but Curtis Leskanic and ...
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For now, it's so easy. No decisions. Place Kevin Youkilis in the No. 2 spot in the order. Watch him smack the ball around the ballpark.
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David Ortiz, who is batting .385 in the playoffs, will play first base for the Red Sox on Saturday, with Kevin Youkilis replacing him for defense if the team has a lead.
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David Ortiz hit his league-leading 49th homer, and Kevin Youkilis had a three-run double in the seventh inning to lead the Red Sox over the Yankees in their first game Sunday.
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A.J. Pierzynski got his ticket punched to Pittsburgh. A magnet for mayhem, the White Sox catcher beat out Minnesota rookie pitcher Francisco Liriano for the final AL All-Star spot in Internet voting Thursday. NL batting leader Nomar Garciaparra breezed to the last NL slot in the fan balloting.
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One day after they signed third baseman Troy Glaus to a $45 million four- year deal, they handed former Giants pitcher Russ Ortiz, who spent the last two years in Atlanta, a four-year, $33 million contract.
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As if the rivalry weren't chock-full of subplots already, the Red Sox will inject another today when they submit their 25-man roster for the American League Championship Series and replace Kevin Youkilis with Ramiro Mendoza , who won two World Series rings with the Yankees.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Coming off a season in which Kevin Youkilis earned his first Gold Glove - and backed it up with a nice offensive performance - the Red Sox first baseman will get a hefty raise in 2008.
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Red Sox Manager Terry Francona called it difficult to be able to pick two starters from the talented threesome of David Ortiz, Mike Lowell and Kevin Youkilis. But he could not have made a bad decision.
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Wade Boggs, a five-time American League batting champion, and Darryl Strawberry, an eight-time All-Star, are among 12 players who will appear on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time.