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One Good Sweep Deserves Anotherby Cameron on August 4 at 7:17PM | comments (0)
[ comments (0) ] [ BallHype ] There are road trips, and then there are road trips where a team needs to made hay. Well, it's time to make some hay.  Who needs sitcoms when you can have pressure-free base hits? (AP)Boston opens it's latest sojourn away from the friendly confines of Fenway Park tonight in Kansas City, the first stop on a tour in which the Red Sox clearly need to keep winning to keep pace in an AL East race that is not about to go away. Amazingly, the Devil Rays are right on pace and the Yankees, buoyant after adding Xavier Nady and Pudge Rodriguez, are about to charge. If you need more proof of that, check their two-scoops of comeback win over the Angels yesterday. Of course, those are precisely the reason the Jason Bay trade was so important. It's picked up the spirit of the Sox, all while keeping the media circus alive with tales of Manny Ramirez's petulant recent past, complete with him refusing to board the bus to Seattle and then turning back MRIs, not to mention his begging back to Boston after he was -- at least according to him -- miraculously dealt on the verge of the deadline last Thursday. There's no two ways to put it: Bay's been terrific so far. Every time he touches the ground it looks like he's stretching a hit farther than he should. He swings with ease, he says all the right things after games and he clearly has his teammates rallying around that. Will the rejuvenated push toward the playoffs -- and balanced lineup -- keep making strides? It'll have to with a shift in formation, and minus Mike Lowell, if they can in KC tonight. Will Bay keep hitting like a house afire away from home? Time to find out. |
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