Gimme Some Skin!

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High-Five Times: Manny Makes the Catch of the Day
NESN: The Talkin' Manny on the High-5 Double Play
MLB.com: Watch the Manny Moment

Pay-back's a #&@*!

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Jay 'Playing Time' Payton Slams Reeling Roadsters
5 Losses in Last 6 Games for Sinking Sox

Box: Orioles 6, Sox 3
Globe: Sox Trip on Okajima's Slip
Getting the Last Word In: Jay Payton Releases a Bomb on Former Team
Pedroia Opens the Floodgates, But Gets a Mulligan for the Bad Hop
Everyman's Base Hit: Congratulations to John Van Every
Chokajima: ERA Aside, 11 of the 14 Inherited Runners Have Scored
The Bus Is Gassed Up and Waiting to Take Hansen Home
Bright Side: Lowell and 'Tek Drive the Ball Deep
A Good Start Spoiled: Lester Deserved More

"We've been playing better than the losing. We just need to find a way to grind out a win."
-- 5.14.08, Jason Varitek giving the Josh Beckett generic speech after a loss

'Right Down the #&@*! Middle'

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What the #&@*! Is Wrong with Josh Beckett?
And Are the Beat-Up Sox Suddenly in a Free Fall?

Box: Orioles 5, Sox 4
Globe: Beckett Swears He Should Be Doing Better Than This
Great Scott: The Bad Beckett Gets Taken Deep in Baltimore
Forget All-Starting: 11 Hits to This Squad and a 4.21 ERA Won't #&@*! Cut It
Deja-Lose All Over Again: 2nd Night, 3-Run 1st, Then a Big Snooze on Offense
Don't Look Now But the Rays Are in the Catbird Seat in the East
Another Headache for Sox: Coco's Got a Serious Tummy Ache
The Sun Comes Up, the Sun Goes Down, and J.D. Drew Gets Injured
Blood and Guts Ellsbury Comes Off the Bench to Answer the Call
Celticitis? Sox Are 1-8 on the Road Against AL East Foes
Manny Had a Good Night by the Box Score, But Killed Sox in the 7th
Cora-Led Comeback in 8th Fizzles, Too

"It was a [expletive] pitch. It was right down the [expletive] middle... that's the same question he just asked... you execute pitches, you get outs, you don't execute pitches, you don't get outs (repeat over and over and over)" -- 5.13.08, the usually ornery and unusually ordinary looking non-executioner Josh Beckett

(BDD / Frank Galasso Illustration)

Ft. Myers News-Press: 'Don't Go Nuts to Keep Red Sox'
Meanwhile Sarasota Group Organizes to Attract Spring Sox
Smaller Herald Headline: Lame Sox Fan to Pay Yankee Fan After Brawl
Where's Specter When You Need Him? Seize the S.D. Cheerleader Tapes!
Time to Un-Retire ChiSox Employee Pudge Fisk's Number at Fenway Now?

Clay Can't Pitch Away

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Another Rough Road Start for Buchholz

Box: Twins 7, Sox 3
Sox Offense Gives It That Old Celtics Try After the 1st
Brutal Night for Buchholz: 4 1/3, 7 Runs, 5 Walks, 8 Hits
0-for-4 'Tek's Hitting the Quietest .252 on the Planet
Homer in the Dome: Manny Inches Closer to No. 500
J.D. 3 Hits

"It's tough, but you have to give the Twins credit. They have a great bullpen that pitched great, and you have to tip your hat to them... He [Twins starter Livan Hernandez] changed his speed a lot, with good location. When he's on, he's on, and he pitched great. You have to give him credit." -- 5.12.08, new Red Sox spokesperson Manny Ramirez

Hug It Out JT

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You Won't Have Julian Tavarez to Kick Around Anymore
Tavarez Designated for Assignment,
Clearing Way for Possible Trade...
... Or a Chance for Him to Pursue That Second Career

(BDD / MikeBriggz.com)

More ?'s: Now Who Will Tell Us When Manny Will Report in the Spring?
Will Manny Demand to Be Packaged in a Deal with His Favorite Fellow Dominican?
No. This Isn't 2005.
And Who's Head Will Manny Pet on the Road Now?

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