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Boston Red Sox Nation - Schilling, Nomar, Manny, Pedro, Millar, Mueller, Lowe, Nixon, Ortiz, John Henry, Nixon, Damon
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2018 “off” to essentially turn
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David Ortiz's final Boston Red Sox season, 2016; The 40-year-old is as crucial to Sox making the playoffs as he was at 28
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Alex Cora managed Tuesday's game 'like a playoff game,' and the Red Sox prevailed - The Boston Globe
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Red Sox can't pen a happy Opening Day ending, fall to Yankees in 11 innings - The Boston Globe
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Red Sox can't pen a happy Opening Day ending, fall to Yankees in 11 innings - The Boston Globe
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MLB The Wild shamrock
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but they won't need to
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Alex Cora managed Tuesday's game 'like a playoff game,' and the Red Sox prevailed - The Boston Globe
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Red Sox shouldn't forget about Jackie Bradley, Jr.