A year ago around this time, Oscar Tejeda came to the realization he just wasn't ready to hit when pitches were arriving at the plate. He'd hit .257 with an on-base percentage of .311 in his second full season at Single-A Greenville, a marginal-at-best improvement over his numbers from the previous season.

With the encouragement of the R...

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Speaking with a small group of reporters outside the visitors' clubhouse at Fenway Park after Friday's Red Sox-White Sox game was postponed, Manny Ramirez took the blame for the sour way his tenure in Boston ended two years ago.

"I think everything was my fault," Ramire...

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9/4 Cup of Coffee: Brandon Jacobs homered and drove in 5 as Lowell won yet again, while Salem was eliminated from playoff contention despite Stolmy Pimentel's impressive outing.Adam Mills gave up 5 runs in the first inning as Pawtucket fell 10-4 to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (NYY). Mills allowed 8 runs on 12 hits in 3.2 innings, and TJ Large gave up a...

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BOSTON - Pitching coach Don Cooper said the White Sox bullpen will be "rested and ready" as the result...

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For one day, Hurricane Manny was upstaged by Hurricane Earl. Manny Ramirez' latest return to Fenway Park,... (Boston Herald @ 1AM)
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A week ago, it seemed inevitable. Now, it's official. Dustin Pedroia's season is finished. ...

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Manny Ramirez was openly apologetic for the sour way his memorable tenure with the Red Sox ended....

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(BDD / Mr. Punchy) Manny Being Sorry

Former Slugger Says It Was All His Fault

"I think everything was my fault. But hey, you gotta be a real man to realize when you do wr...

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Tonight's Red Sox game has been posponed due to Hurricane Earl.   You'll get a double dose of Manny on his new team tomorrow.

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What had seemed somewhat inevitable over the last week officially occurred on Friday, as second baseman Dustin Pedroia had surgery to repair the navicular bone in his left foot....

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Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia did, as expected, have season-ending surgery on his foot this afternoon. A team official had no further update as of 3:30 p.m.

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With Massachusetts in a state of emergency as a result of Hurricane Earl, Friday's series opener between Red Sox and White Sox at Fenway Park will be played Saturday as part of a doubleheader....

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It's official: The Red Sox-White Sox game scheduled for Friday night has been postponed in advance of Hurricane Earl. The game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. Tickets for Friday night's game will be honored for the 1:05 p.m. game on Saturday afternoon.

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Please check out this week's ESPNBoston column: August minor league notes....

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Pawtucket W 2-1

Box Score

Josh Reddick: 2-4, HR
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(Greg Fiume / Getty Images) Sox Win Again, But Season Can't Be Saved

Boston 6, Baltimore 4 | Win No. 9 for Matsuz...

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The Tri-City Valley Cats ran wild on Single-A Lowell pitcher Madison Younginer on Tuesday night, stealing five bases in the third inning en route to scoring two runs. Speedy infielder Ben Orloff, who now has stolen 20 bases in fewer than 60 games, stole second and third and came around to score on an error in one tough sequence.

But Youn...

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RHP Madison YounginerDate: August 31, 2010Team: Lowell SpinnersLine: 5.0 innings, 5 hits, 3 earned runs, 4 strikeouts, 3 walksStuff: Featuring a fastball, curveball, and change-up, Younginer works with three pitches that all show major league potential. Sitting 92-93 MPH, his fastball moves downward through the strike zone, with late life, and can ...

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As the end of the season approaches, there are those who have started to handicap the races for postseason awards -- Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year.

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9/3 Cup of Coffee: After seeing their winning streak snapped, Pawtucket made an effort to start a new one, while Greenville moved even closer to the playoffs with a win Friday night.Josh Reddick homered and Mark Wagner scored on a sacrifice fly to give Pawtucket a 2-1 win over Lehigh Valley (PHI). Kris Johnson allowed 5 hits in 5.0 shutout inning...

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For 5 innings Dice-K was lights out, I mean, total darkness. Well, almost: 2 hits, 0 runs, 4 strikeouts, NO WALKS (yes, you read that right folks), all on 70 pitches. The Sox batted around the order in the 2nd inning and tallied 5 runs in the process: Beltre- HR, Lowrie- BB, Lowell- single, Nava reaches on error, Kal...

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BALTIMORE - Before a Red Sox game in June, the home clubhouse resembled a scene out of "Romper Room." ...

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Adrian Beltre homered and David Ortiz had two RBIs in the second, but it was Scott Atchison's two perfect frames of relief that sealed Boston's 6-4 win vs. Baltimore on Thursday....

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Jonathan Papelbon not only picked up his 35th save in the Red Sox's 6-4 victory over the Orioles on Thursday night, but right-hander also became the first closer to reach that plateau in each of his first five full Major League seasons....

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BALTIMORE - The short-lived Carlos Delgado experiment is over for the Red Sox. Delgado, who signed a minor... (Boston Herald @ 12AM)
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BALTIMORE - Dustin Pedroia has an appointment to have only a CT scan, not surgery, today. But that doesn't... (Boston Herald @ 12AM)
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Anywhere you look on the American League leaderboards, Adrian Beltre is there.
Fifth in batting average. 12th in home runs. Eighth in RBI. Seventh in doubles.

And pretty much every night in the Red Sox box score, Beltre is there, too. Wednesday night, he hit the big three-run homer that capped off the Red Sox' scoring. Thursday n...

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BALTIMORE - Adrian Beltre homered to spark a five-run second inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore... (Boston Herald @ 10PM)
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Ah, normalcy.

If the Red Sox aren't beating up on the Orioles, then the order of things is truly disturbed. And with their second straight win Thursday, the Red Sox won this weekend's series, and finally pulled ahead in the season series, 8-7.

Last year, the Red Sox demolished the Orioles, 16-2, in the season series. This year,...

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Adrian Beltre ignited a five-run second inning with a solo homer and Daisuke Matsuzaka worked five shutout innings before tiring in the sixth as the Red Sox defeated the Orioles, 6-4, on Thursday night....

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"I don't really care what he does offensively," Triple-A Pawtucket manager Torey Lovullo said on Thursday afternoon about newcomer James Kang. "He's a young kid. He's 22 years old. He's going to be excited with each at-bat that he gets."

Kang had plenty of reason to be overwhelmed on Thursday night. The infielder was just finishing his c...

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It's not the big hardware that Clay Buchholz is chasing, but it's something.

Clay Buchholz, a top contender for the AL Cy Young award, was awarded the AL's Pitcher of the Month award for August, the first time the young pitcher has been so honored.

Buchholz, 26, went 4-0 with a 1.03 ERA in six August starts, earning three of hi...

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There were days this season - a lot of them - where it seemed like utilityman Eric Patterson was on the roster bubble, and the persistent injuries would force the Red Sox to put him on waivers and probably lose him to another team.

But right around the trade deadline, the Red Sox held off making a roster move as long as possible, and th...

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Rookie center fielder Ryan Kalish continues to make a positive impression on manager Terry Francona, who wrote the 22-year-old's name in his starting lineup for a second consecutive night on Thursday....

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Catcher Jason Varitek tested his fractured right foot by running hard from first base to third base before Thursday's game against the Orioles....

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The arrival of the White Sox on Friday at Fenway Park for a three-game weekend series means the return -- again -- of former Red Sox standout Manny Ramirez....

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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz has been named the American League Pitcher of the Month for August.

Buchholz went 4-0 with a 1.03 earned run average and 28 strikeouts over six August starts. The right-hander finished the month second in the A.L. in ERA, tied for second in wins and tied for third in innings pitched (43.2). H...

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Apparently Daisuke Matsuzaka was running sprints four hours before tonight's game in the middle of extreme heat.

I'm gonna wager a guess and say that boy's a little crazy.

He starts tonight against the O's Brad Bergesen:

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MLB announced the AL Pitcher for the Month of August and it is our very own, Clay Buchholz.  During the month, Clay was 4-0 with a sick ERA of 1.03.  And he's also leading the AL in ERA for the seas...

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Major League Baseball announced Thursday that Toronto slugger Jose Bautista and Boston right-hander Clay Buchholz have been named the American League's top hitter and pitcher for August....

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Dustin Pedroia on Thursday refuted a report that he would undergo surgery Friday to place a screw in his previously fractured left foot....

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With reports swirling that he was going to have surgery Friday to insert a screw in his broken foot, Dustin Pedroia would not confirm that surgery was planned -- but he didn't exactly deny it, either. And he said he expected that surgery would happen at some point, no matter what.

"I think that putting the screw in is probably the best ...

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Scutaro SS
Drew RF
VMart C
Ortiz DH
Beltre 3B
Lowrie 2B
Lowell 1B
Nava LF
Kalish CF

Dice-K SP

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The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo reports that second baseman Dustin Pedroia will have surgery tomorrow at Massachusetts General Hospital to have a screw inserted into his right foot.

The report, which cites an unnamed big-league sou...

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Alex Rodriguez has dropped agent Scott Boras, and is now represented by Jay Reisinger and Jim Sharp, according to USA Today.

Boras negotiated the 10-year, $275-...

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On Wednesday, the Red Sox said second baseman Dustin Pedroia's injured left foot was improving. On Thursday, the Boston Globe was reporting he would have surgery on that foot on Friday....

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Will Middlebrooks has had to learn to be more of a leader on his Single-A Salem team this year. He hasn't had any choice. He's just too good of a player.

"Last year, he was kind of in the background and wasn't really much of a leader," Salem manager Kevin Boles said this week by phone. "But he's feeling his way out, and he's taking charg...

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The Portland Sea Dogs, the Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, are offering free tickets to tomorrow night's ballgame at Hadlock Field to anyone named Earl. The Sea Dogs are scheduled to host the New Hampshire ...

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Pawtucket L 3-9

Box Score

Josh Reddick: 1-4, A
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Hey Man, Want to buy a bridge (season that is)?

Dave F.

So, Theo either has way more vision than we give him credit for: or his usage of the term "Bridge Season" caused him to be resting on his laurels this season in terms of deals made, or this is just a coincedence!

Most people would tell yo...

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The ten people in the stands as the Marlins took on the Nats last night witnessed a big fight.  Watch below:

 

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Ahhhh, September.

It's the time of year (after maybe opening day) that every baseball fan across the country, regardless of what team they're rooting for, can look forward to.  Teams in competition have the ability to play their best team every day, using what September callups they want to bolster the troops, giving an occasi...

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It can't compare to the Brandon Spikes footage that's out there, but Terry Francona shows a lot more skin here than we are used to seeing from him. Some Web sites are saying that Francona was celebrating the engagement of his daughter and his f...

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The Red Sox have brought Adalberto Ibarra along slowly since they signed him to an international free-agent contract this summer, a contract that reportedly had to be renegotiated after he failed a physical. Rather than throwing him to the wolves behind the plate and asking him to learn new pitchers this late in the season, he's exclusively serv...

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9/2 Cup of Coffee: It was a dismal day on the whole for Sox affiliates on Wednesday, as only division-leading Greenville came away with a win.A close game early got out of hand in the late innings, as Pawtucket saw its winning streak end at eight with a 9-3 loss to Lehigh Valley (PHI). After allowing a first-inning run, PawSox starter Ramon A. Ram...

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Amiel Sawdaye took over as Boston’s Director of Amateur Scouting in January 2010, kicking off his ninth year in the Red Sox organization. He served as the Assistant Scouting Director from 2005 to 2009 after previously holding the title of Scouting Assistant. Sawdaye made a big splash in his first year heading up the Red Sox scouting department, spe...

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For the second straight month, a pair of teammates in Greenville have taken home the SoxProspects.com Player of the Month honors. Reynaldo Rodriguez was named Player of the Month, while Pete Ruiz was selected as Pitcher of the Month by the SoxProspects.com staff. Rodriguez shined in an impressive crowd of hitters, posting a line of .348/.449/.674 ...

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Jon Lester was serving up singles and doubles in the first 2 innings like it was Mickey D's at lunchtime. The 1st inning looked like this: ground (beef?) out, single, single, HBP (hit by a pickle?), double, K (ketchup?), ground out. This resulted in 4 runs, after Lester had been staked to a 1 run lead courtesy of a S...

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Jon Lester found his rhythm after struggling early, and then Marco Scutaro and Adrian Beltre went deep in a seventh-inning rally of the Sox's 9-6 win vs. the O's on Wednesday....

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Second baseman Dustin Pedroia and catcher Jason Varitek were examined at Camden Yards by a team physician before Wednesday's 9-6 victory vs. the Orioles, and both will undergo bone scans on their injured feet on Friday in Boston, manager Terry Francona said....

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BALTIMORE - The way things were going last night, Jon Lester was sure his mastery of the Orioles was over. ... (Boston Herald @ 1AM)
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Home-plate umpire Tom Hallion left the Red Sox-Orioles game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning after being hit in the left arm by Nick Markakis' foul ball....

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Amidst all the assumptions that Dustin Pedroia's season is probably over, there was a ray of hope this afternoon: renowned foot specialist Dr. George Theodore examined the injured second baseman's broken foot, and saw significant healing, manager Terry Francona said.

"Much improved from last week, when he looked at him," Francona said....

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It's not over yet.

Trailing early after an uncharacteristically poor start by Jon Lester against the Baltimore Orioles, Boston's hitters finally took matters into their own hands and bashed their way to a heartening win over the Orioles.

Maybe it wasn't a "season-saving" win, and maybe it won't do much to narrow the AL-East gap...

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Marco Scutaro and Adrian Beltre homered in a six-run seventh inning, sandwiching no-doubt-about-it blasts around Victor Martinez's decisive RBI double and helping the Red Sox rally for a 9-6 victory over the Orioles on Wednesday night....

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Marco Scutaro may not be willing to talk about his bum shoulder, but his manager certainly recognizes that rotator cuff issues are causing his 34-year-old shortstop to alter his play, and his pregame routines. The team checks in with him regularly to make sure that he's not acting too stoically, and masking an injury he can't play through.

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The Red Sox have announced six of the seven farmhands that will represent the organization this year on the Arizona Fall League's Peoria Javelinas....

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Josh Beckett's numbers remain unsightly, but two consecutive decent starts have the right-hander feeling better about his recovery from a strained back and what he can offer the Red Sox in his final handful of starts down the stretch run....

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Despite inflammation in his right rotator cuff, an injury that was partly to blame for an errant throw that led to a costly unearned run in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Orioles, Marco Scutaro was back at shortstop Wednesday night....

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Jarrod Saltalamacchia has one goal during the final 30 games of the season: Learn all he can....

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Red Sox left-hander Felix Doubront, who surrendered two solo homers in an inning of relief against the Orioles on Tuesday night, returned to Boston early Wednesday to have a sore chest muscle examined....

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The Red Sox brought up their first wave of reinforcements Wednesday, adding lefty reliever Dustin Richardson from Triple-A Pawtucket, and reinstating catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and infielder Eric Patterson from the disabled list. The trio join righty reliever Robert Manuel, who was brought up Aug. 31 when Manny Delcarmen was traded to Colorad...

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