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Jon Stopper Blanks Yanks
Battle for Second Place Resumes Today

Thursday Bronx Box: Boston 7, New York Nothing
Globe: Finishing Kick for Sox | Shaughnessy's Take
Big Jon Locks in All-Star Spot in First Yankee Stadium Start
Not Since Pedro2000 Has a Sox Hurler Tossed a Complete-Game Shutout vs. NYY
Not Since Roger Moret Did It 35 Years Ago Has a Sox Lefty Blanked the Yanks
A Shell of His Former Self: Manny's Soft Signal Is No Sign He's Back
Breaking Out of It News: RBI Single for Tek in the 8th
Added Punch: Coco Makes an Impact in Comeback
Sac It to Me: A Little Lugo Love, Too

"Stuff-wise, I don't think it was any different." -- 7.3.08, Jon Lester on last night compared to his no-hitter

Sorry Andy, This Time Lester Was ...

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7th Hell: Delcarmen-Hansen Double Up for Disaster

"Manny not taking the extra base on an error, Lowell actually going for a stolen base in the ninth with some of the slowest feet in baseball, the bullpen failing to produce any "productive" innings since last year... For one of the highest paid teams in baseball, this team sure played some bush-league ball the last five games. Pressure? You better believe it's on now." -- 7.3.08, B. Smithers, BDD e-mail

Wednesday Night Box: Tampa Bay 7, Boston 6
Stinging Rays Rally to Sweep Slumping Sox
Can't Blame It on the Rain: Milli Delcarmen Forgets to Cover First
Managing to Lose: Was Tired Tito Asleep at the Wheel?
Was Francona Too Wrapped Up in Manny's Attack on Jack?
Thanks for Stepping Up: Manny "The Small Ticket" Ramirez Goes 0-for-5
Poor Penmanship: It Would Be Great If Dice-BB Could Go Past 5 Innings
File Under Whew! Timlin Coming Back to Bolster the Bullpen
Singular Effort: Pedro Finishes a Hit Shy of the Cycle
Per Usual, Lugo Contributes to Sox Slide
How'd Tek Do in that All-Star Vote?
Hope Coco Enjoys His Week Off

"... We had a lead ... got to Delcarmen, and things unraveled in a hurry." -- 7.2.08, Tito on Manny Being Horrific

Sweep Caroline

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Did Road Sox Nation Let the Team Down in Tampa Bay?
Were There Really More Rays Fans Than Sox Fans at the Trop Last Night?
What's Next? Will Yankee Fans Take Over the Stadium?

Red Sox Reality Check: In Defense of the Pink Hats
Drew's Just 262,802 Votes Out of OF Spot: No Time Left to Vote for J.D. & Co.

Ex and the City

Bronx Bombshell: A-Rod Is Out at Home

NY Post: C-Rod Goes Down Swinging with Kravitz in Paris

Slap on the Wrist for Manny?

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Tito Doesn't Want to Tell Us the Inside Story

7.2.08: Terry Francona on sports radio WEEI’s Dale and Holley program: “I was there. I was there,” Francona said when asked if he witnessed the altercation between Ramirez and McCormick in Houston on Saturday. “I’m gonna speak a little bit more in general terms because how we choose to deal with things is how we choose to deal with things. When things happen in our clubhouse that get out to the media, to me that doesn’t make it that we should treat it differently or make the punishment more severe. When somebody does something wrong, we try to handle it and we always handle it internally, and we will continue to do that, but we will not change the discipline because it has leaked to the media. I think that would be a horrible mistake on my part. We’ve always tried to handle things with respect regardless of whether people know or not, and we’ll continue to do that.”

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Sox Drop to 0-5 at the Trop; Fall to 2 1/2 Back of Rays
Rocky Ramirez Just 10-for-54 in His Last 16 Games

Tuesday Night Box: Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1
Garza Beats Tim Sure-Thing-at-the-Trop Wakefield
The Big Ticket Taker: Sugar Ray Manny Can't Push a Run Home
The Defense Rests: Cora, Cash Cost Sox Early Run
Red Hot Mike Lowell Picked the Wrong Night to Turn Cold
Tito Knows Best? No Casey at the Bat, .358 Hitter Pulled Back
Bummer for Boras, Too: Two More K's for Terrible Tek
Balfour Rings Up Sox to End It

Jack Strikes Back

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"You want 16 tickets?!? Have you seen your numbers over the last 16 games?!? Lugo's in line for extras before you. Van Every and Varitek, too." -- What Jack McCormick should have said to Manny

Since the Sox Are Content to Sweep Manny's Shove Under the Rug
McCormick Had to Take Matters Into His Own Hands
Survey Said: Should Manny Be Punished?
Ryan: Why No Suspension? | Shaughnessy: Actions Unacceptable

Shea Hey! Hillenbrand Lands in the Atlantic League
Gallery: How the Sox Lead Was Lost in June