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		<title>Video: Bay sustains Boston&#8217;s offense through first half</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/07/09/video-bostons-bay-sustains-bostons-offense-through-first-half/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Isner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back when Manny Ramirez was moved right before the 2008 trade deadline, fans were undoubtedly concerned about the impact on Boston&#8217;s offense &#8212; but not only because of the loss of Manny&#8217;s bat.
Without the best right-handed hitter in the game behind him, what would become of David Ortiz?
Fortunately for Theo Epstein and his crew, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=26793&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forget Halladay &#8230; Red Sox need a bat</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/07/09/forget-halladay-red-sox-need-a-bat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roy Halladay has everyone salivating.  GMs, players, and fans can’t help but contemplate what the Doctor would add to their team.
Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi says he’s willing to move him within the AL East for the right price.  That has sent Sox fans into a frenzy thinking about what it would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=26698&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Ken Burns documents baseball&#8217;s impact</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/07/08/video-ken-burns-documents-baseballs-impact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Isner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Burns is an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker whose work has earned him seven Emmy Awards. One of his most notorious endeavors &#8212; Baseball, a documentary series that most recently covered Toronto&#8217;s 1992 World Series win over Atlanta &#8212; first hit the scene 15 years ago.
Another of Burns&#8217; most notorious accomplishments? He&#8217;s a Red Sox fan.
&#8220;It&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=26564&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sox sitting pretty heading into All-Star break</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/07/02/sox-sitting-pretty-heading-into-all-star-break/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/07/02/sox-sitting-pretty-heading-into-all-star-break/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Isner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tom Caron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Red Sox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Smoltz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Red Sox are home until the break.  They have 10 games remaining, three series against teams that are a combined 21 games under .500.  This is the final sprint before the midseason deep breath.  The team’s next day off is Monday, July 13, the start of the All-Star Game work stoppage. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=25546&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Red Sox, Smoltz a perfect pair</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/06/25/red-sox-smoltz-a-perfect-pair/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/06/25/red-sox-smoltz-a-perfect-pair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Atlanta Braves]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clay Buchholz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When John Smoltz made his Major League debut, pitching eight innings of one-run, four-hit ball against the Mets, the Montreal Expos were beating the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 at Riverfront Stadium.
How times have changed.  Riverfront Stadium was demolished nearly seven years ago.  The Expos moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico as wards of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=23837&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fans treated to something special throughout Fenway&#8217;s sellout streak</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/06/18/fans-treated-to-something-special-throughout-fenways-sellout-streak/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/06/18/fans-treated-to-something-special-throughout-fenways-sellout-streak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday night, the Red Sox celebrated the 500th straight sellout at Fenway Park. They were only the fourth U.S. pro sports team in history to reach that plateau, and the first not in the NBA. The Sox honored the 38,196 on hand with thanks and gifts.
&#8220;This is really a compliment to our fans,&#8221; said Red [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=22536&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Angels of South End Baseball visit TC and Jim</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/06/16/angels-of-south-end-baseball-visit-tc-and-jim/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/06/16/angels-of-south-end-baseball-visit-tc-and-jim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One local Little League team had the exciting opportunity to go on NESN and ask Hall of Famer Jim Rice baseball questions, thanks to NESN&#8217;s Little League Sunday Sweepstakes.
The Angels of South End Baseball were the first team to visit in 2009, and the players had some interesting questions for Rice.
Your Little League team can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=22119&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Red-hot Red Sox cool off Yankees&#8217; solid staff</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/06/11/red-hot-red-sox-cool-off-yankees-solid-staff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk about turning the tables. How many times can we remember the Red Sox rolling into Yankee Stadium on a hot streak, only to lose two of three (or be swept) by the Yankees and have to limp out of Gotham with their heads hanging low?
Now, it&#8217;s the Yankees&#8217; express route to first place that has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=21459&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TC joins SNY to talk Yankees-Red Sox</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/06/09/tc-joins-sny-to-talk-yankees-red-sox/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/06/09/tc-joins-sny-to-talk-yankees-red-sox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Keefe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Yankees in town for a three-game series, Tom Caron joined Ted Berg for New York Baseball Today on SNY in New York to discuss the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry.
TC talks about the revitalized Yankees, the changed Josh Beckett and Jon Lester and what to expect this season in the tight AL East.
&#8220;Since we last [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=21019&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Changes put Red Sox lineup in order</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/06/04/changes-put-red-sox-lineup-in-order/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Red Sox offense is back in business, as a new batting order has been just what the team needed. Facing the possibility of a sweep in Toronto on Sunday, Terry Francona shuffled the lineup and has seen immediate results.
Essentially, there were three key elements to the move. The biggest was the drop of David [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=20161&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ever-frustrating Dice-K taking it to new level</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/05/28/ever-frustrating-dice-k-taking-it-to-new-level/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/05/28/ever-frustrating-dice-k-taking-it-to-new-level/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 15:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www2.nesn.com/?p=18780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was another maddening night for Daisuke Matsuzaka and Red Sox fans who watched him struggle over five long innings in Minnesota on Wednesday. Dice-K tied a Red Sox record by throwing four wild pitches, and with five on the season, he has thrown the third-most WPs in the AL. That&#8217;s a staggering number for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=18780&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big Papi&#8217;s smile is back</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/05/21/tom-caron-big-papis-smile-is-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/05/21/tom-caron-big-papis-smile-is-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 14:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget about the new Yankee Stadium. On Wednesday night, Fenway Park was the new launching pad of the AL East.
The Red Sox launched a season-high five home runs against the Blue Jays, four of them in the fifth inning. It was only the seventh week of the season, but it felt like a statement game [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=17517&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Game 7 will come down to the goaltenders</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/05/14/game-7-will-come-down-to-the-goaltenders/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/05/14/game-7-will-come-down-to-the-goaltenders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 15:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cam Ward]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here we are.  The Bruins have battled back and are one win away from making it to the third round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 17 years (when they lost to eventual Cup champion Pittsburgh in what was then known as the Wales Conference Finals.)
The Bruins have made it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=16021&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A dark day in Mannywood</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/05/07/a-dark-day-in-mannywood/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/05/07/a-dark-day-in-mannywood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 19:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manny says he’s sorry. He is not appealing the 50-game suspension levied on him by Major League Baseball, and will sit out until July 3 (at the earliest) and forfeit more than $7.5 million in salary during that time.
So Thursday night, when the Dodgers take their record-breaking, 13-game home winning streak onto the field at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=14547&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>B&#8217;s and Canes have history at stake</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/04/30/bs-and-canes-have-history-at-stake/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/04/30/bs-and-canes-have-history-at-stake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cam Ward]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www2.nesn.com/?p=12823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Strike up &#8220;Brass Bonanza,&#8221; the Bruins are facing the team once known as the Hartford Whalers. Once upon a time, The Whale was New England&#8217;s other NHL team, a survivor from the WHA who found a home in America&#8217;s Insurance Capital. They played in The Mall (aka the Hartford Civic Center), usually before half-empty crowds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=12823&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yankees, Red Sox renew rivalry in weekend series</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/04/23/yankees-red-sox-renew-rivalry-in-weekend-series/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/04/23/yankees-red-sox-renew-rivalry-in-weekend-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A.J. Burnett]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www2.nesn.com/?p=11417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They’re heeeeere. 
 
The New York Yankees are in town to begin a three-game series at Fenway Park Friday night. It’s hard to imagine the rivalry living up to its past, but there is reason to believe that the 18 baseball games between Boston and New York this season could have even more riding on it than in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=11417&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Red Sox looking for some home cooking</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/04/16/red-sox-looking-for-some-home-cooking/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/04/16/red-sox-looking-for-some-home-cooking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brad Penny]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www2.nesn.com/?p=9522</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Red Sox are home at last.  They are at Fenway Park with a 3-6 record, trying to turn around their worst start since 1996.  They are in Boston, a city where they’ve spent all of five nights since spring training began back in mid-February.
Make no mistake. This is a very good thing.
Last year, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=9522&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tough first starts not too important</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/04/09/tough-first-starts-not-too-important/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/04/09/tough-first-starts-not-too-important/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For starters, the start of a season can be difficult. After Josh Beckett&#8217;s gem on Opening Day, things have been a little tougher for the Red Sox rotation.
Jon Lester gave up five runs over five innings, suffering his first home loss since April 9, 2008.
A day later, Daisuke Matsuzaka matched a career-high when Tampa Bay [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=8231&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The good and bad of spring training 2009</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/04/02/the-good-and-bad-of-spring-training-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/04/02/the-good-and-bad-of-spring-training-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Red Sox are heading north. Really. After more than seven weeks in Ft. Myers, the team begins its journey into real baseball when it departs for New York and Citi Field to play the final two games of this unending exhibition season.
It was a long spring by any measurement, but it feels even longer coming on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=7023&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yankees could be in for rude awakening</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/03/26/yankees-could-be-in-for-rude-awakening/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/03/26/yankees-could-be-in-for-rude-awakening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the Yankees beat the Red Sox 7-1 at George M. Steinbrenner Field. It didn&#8217;t have the usual &#8220;Rivalry Renewed&#8221; feel to it, but it was a good time to take stock of the most expensive team in baseball.
So, what are we to expect from the Bombers in 2009? We know they spent nearly half [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=5870&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to fix the WBC</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/03/19/how-to-fix-the-wbc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another day, another injury at the WBC. Now Kevin Youkilis is back with the Red Sox, joining teammate Dustin Pedroia as players deemed medically unable to defend their nation against global baseball upstarts.
I hate to beat a dead horse, but can we all agree the World Baseball Classic is being played at the cost (for some) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=240&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NHL fighting gets a makeover</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/03/12/nhl-fighting-gets-a/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NHL’s general managers believe they have given fighting a fighting chance. At the league’s GM metings, which wrapped up yesterday in Florida, the group of front-office leaders recommended two changes in rules regarding on-ice fisticuffs: 
&#8211;There will be an additional 10-minute misconduct given to players who are believed to take part in a “staged” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=241&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manny back with L.A., his condo back on the market</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/03/05/manny-back-with-la-his-condo-back-on-the-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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In the end, Manny Ramirez ended up just where you expected him to be for the coming season. Wednesday, Manny officially “settled” for a two-year, $45 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
You can no longer doubt that his days in Boston are long gone. You can, however, buy the little corner of the universe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=484&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Several Sox prepare for WBC</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/02/26/several-sox-prepare-for-wbc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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The Red Sox took another step toward the 2009 baseball season Wednesday, splitting a split-squad first day with a win over Boston College and a loss to the Twins.  Josh Beckett looked sharp; Tim Wakefield looked rusty.
Terry Francona says the coaching staff will have seen every healthy pitcher work by the end of the weekend.
Every [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=485&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Optimism abounds in Red Sox camp</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/02/19/optimism-abounds-in-red-sox-camp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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FT. MYERS, Fla. – It is truly the starting line of the 2009 baseball marathon. The first full day of whole team workouts was Wednesday, and it was our first glimpse of the full roster in uniform getting ready for another season of Boston baseball.
Technically, it wasn’t the complete team. Daisuke Matsuzaka isn’t here &#8212; he&#8217;s working out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=486&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A starting nine for the start of spring training</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/02/12/a-starting-nine-for-the-start-of-spring-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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FT. MYERS, Fla. – With pitchers and catchers reporting Thursday, the focus of Red Sox Nation has moved south for the next seven weeks. By this time next week, the entire collection of the 2009 Red Sox will be here, coming together as a team and getting in their first workouts as a team. 
There are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=487&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spring training should thaw our sports hearts</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/02/05/spring-training-should-thaw-our-sports-hearts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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Forget the fact that the thermometer outside my window says it&#8217;s five degrees. That&#8217;s five degrees Fahrenheit. Not wind-chill degrees or &#8220;real feel&#8221; degrees or any other made-up indicator. Five measly degrees. It&#8217;s cold.
Yet with the turn of a key, the hearts of New Englanders everywhere will begin to thaw Friday. The Red Sox equipment truck will roll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=488&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get ready for the yawn bowl</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/01/29/get-ready-for-the-yawn-bowl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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Are you ready for some football? The least-anticipated Super Bowl in a long, long time is this Sunday. The Arizona (yawn) Cardinals face the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Hope the commercials are entertaining.
Maybe we should look ahead to the Pro Bowl. At least we’ll know most of the players in that game, right? It’ll be the last time the Pro Bowl [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=489&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smiling faces for these Red Sox players</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/01/22/smiling-faces-for-these-red-sox-players/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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Theo Epstein remains perfect.
I’m not saying he’s been perfect as a GM, although two championships in his six-year tenure is pretty good. And I’m not saying he’s a perfect human being, although his charitable work through the Foundation To Be Named Later has been pretty good, too.
Since taking over the general manager’s duties of the Red [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=490&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Young and old coming to Boston</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/01/15/young-and-old-coming-to-boston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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On Tuesday, the team introduced John Smoltz as the newest pitcher on the staff.  Smoltz, who will turn 42 a month into the 2009 season, brings 20 years and more than 3,000 major league innings of experience to the Sox.  A sure-fire Hall of Famer, Smoltz felt taken for granted by the Braves, and saw [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=491&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Burrell means bad news for Boston</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2009/01/08/burrell-means-bad-news-for-boston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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The power shift in the American League East continued this week, with the announcement of a big-money free-agent signing.
We’re not talking Mark Teixeira.  We’ve had enough of him for awhile.  We’re talking Pat Burrell, the outfielder who just won a World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies and is now crossing over to the team his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=492&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boston sports Christmas wish list</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/12/25/boston-sports-christmas-wish-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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The lists have been made long ago. Now, it’s time to check them for the second time (after all, the song says “he’s checking them twice.”) With all due respect to Santa Edes of Red Sox Hot Stove fame, here is a list of gift ideas to give the hard-to-please person on Santa’s list.
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		<title>Teixeira too good to pass up</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/12/18/teixeira-too-good-to-pass-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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A week ago, the Yankees completed a quarter-of-a-billion dollar pitching bailout package when they added CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett to the rotation. Now that the best available initialized pitchers are in New York (J.J. Putz had already been traded to the Mets), 29 other teams are scrambling for the next available free agent.
Deposed Dallas Star [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=494&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yankees not done yet</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/12/11/yankees-not-done-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Just like that, the toughest division in baseball got even tougher.
Baseball experts can scratch their heads at the contract CC Sabathia signed to play for the Yankees – a seven-year, $161 million deal that gives the pitcher the right to walk away after three years if he’s unhappy – but the Steinbrenners did exactly what they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=495&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sox looking for diamonds</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/12/04/sox-looking-for-diamonds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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The big-name pitchers are still out there. CC Sabathia has created a logjam in the free-agent market as he tries to figure out a way to refuse the Yankees&#8217; latest offer-you-can&#8217;t-refuse. A.J. Burnett has opted out of millions of Blue Jays dollars, and Derek Lowe says he wants to pitch for a contender (as long as they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=496&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nine reasons to be thankful</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/11/26/nine-reasons-to-be-thankful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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For many people, Thanksgiving is the best holiday of the year. It doesn’t have the hype or buildup of Christmas, and is a day spent with family and friends feasting on great food and football. Pigskin might be the order of the day, but we’re taking a moment right now to list the things Red [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=497&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crisp shipped out of Boston</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/11/20/crisp-shipped-out-of-boston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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It was a year later than everyone expected, but Theo Epstein finally did the inevitable and traded Coco Crisp. Crisp will now try to re-establish himself as an everyday center fielder with the Kansas City Royals, while the Jacoby Ellsbury Era begins in earnest here in Boston.
A player that came to town with so much potential [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=498&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Red Sox won&#8217;t break bank</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/11/13/red-sox-wont-break-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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The silly season begins Friday. That’s when the general managers of Major League Baseball teams can finally make offers to free agents. There are plenty of big names available, and there are plenty of teams willing to spend absurd amounts of money to bring one or more of the top names to town for the 2009 season.
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		<title>Century-old clash</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/11/06/century-old-clash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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It’s known as the Biggest Little Game in America, and this Saturday it takes center stage on NESN.
The greatest rivalry in college football won’t be played out in Ann Arbor or Columbus or South Bend or Austin or Tallahasee. It won’t be played before 100,000 people at the Rose Bowl.
It will be played in front of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=500&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Phillies win in prime time</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/10/30/phillies-win-in-prime-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Bud Selig may be onto something here.
Inadvertently, the commissioner of Major League Baseball gave baseball fans across the nation something they have been longing for: an intense, edge-of-your-seat World Series game that was over before &#8220;The Tonight Show.&#8221;
In fact, the Philadelphia Phillies were popping the champagne at around 10 p.m. on Thursday night, celebrating their first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=501&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reality sets in</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/10/23/reality-sets-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Did you watch Game 1 last night? Did anyone outside of Philadelphia?
It’s still surreal to watch World Series action being played at the Trop. The Rays lost to the Phillies in the first game of the Fall Classic, a series that began in the autumnal beauty of the Florida Gulf Coast.
Nothing says “change of seasons” like a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=502&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drafting a blueprint</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/10/16/drafting-a-blueprint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Yes, we’ve been here before &#8211; twice in the past four years, to be exact. The Red Sox take the field for Game 5 of the American League Championship Series down three games to one.
That’s great, but as anyone on Wall Street will tell you these days, past performance is no guarantee of future success.
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		<title>State of the rotation</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/10/09/state-of-the-rotation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daisuke Matsuzaka has been tabbed as the Game 1 starter for the ALCS against the upstart Tampa Bay Rays. For manager Terry Francona, it was actually an easy decision.
“The reasoning is actually pretty simple,” Francona said during Wednesday’s off-day workout at Fenway. “You could get into a lot of details, but there really didn’t need to be.”
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		<title>Cocktails and coffee</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/10/02/cocktails-and-coffee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget what the House of Representatives decides to do. Here in New England, we know it’s going to be a sluggish economy in the coming days. Productivity will be down, sales will be sluggish, and offices will be operating at less than full efficiency.
This, of course, has nothing to do with the mortgage crisis. This is what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=505&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A certain special month</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/09/25/a-certain-special-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say &#8220;there’s only one October.” Last October, Dane Cook said it again. And again. And again.
Here in Boston, we know better. There is an October every year &#8211; and the Sox play baseball in it just about every season. Last night’s playoff clincher brought about the 12th Red Sox champagne celebration since the &#8220;Cowboy Up&#8221; gang brought the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=506&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paving the road to Disneyland</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/09/18/paving-the-road-to-disneyland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How ‘bout those Rays? Have you had enough of Joe Maddon’s “plucky” team? You’re not alone. The Red Sox are more than happy to move on from Tropicana Field after losing two of three games there. The Sox also lost two of three to the Rays at Fenway Park last week.
In each series, the Sox won the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=507&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t blame the bullpen</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/09/11/cant-blame-the-bullpen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Red Sox bullpen has taken its share of criticism this season. Here in Boston, we know our baseball, and fans love to second-guess strategy. In baseball, there is more strategy concerning bullpen use than in any other aspect of the game.
You can’t criticize the bullpen this morning. Not after they went toe-to-toe with the Tampa Bay Rays [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=508&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Best is yet to come</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/09/04/best-is-yet-to-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been looking forward to this part of the schedule since the Red Sox departed for Japan in March. Through all the road woes &#8211; the 20 games in 27 days from May into June, the 16 games in 22 days from June into July &#8211; the Sox knew they had a very friendly schedule waiting for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=509&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye Yankee Stadium</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/08/28/goodbye-yankee-stadium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sox and Yanks play one more game this afternoon in the Bronx.  For all the history, all the bad memories of losses to the Yankees, the Sox have a chance to put their history at Yankee Stadium in a glittering frame.
The Yankees have been theoretically out of the playoff picture for some time, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=510&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to the drawing board</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/08/21/back-to-the-drawing-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was difficult to watch Clay Buchholz face the Orioles on Wednesday night. The young Red Sox righty was looking for his first major league win since May 2, but he also was searching for a little peace. Frankly, he has looked lost at times. 
He certainly did last night. Buchholz lasted only 2 1/3 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=511&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another piece of the puzzle</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/08/14/another-piece-of-the-puzzle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Red Sox are enjoying their stay at home, and on Friday night, they’ll welcome a new pitcher to the fold. Paul Byrd, a 13-year major league veteran, will make his Boston debut with a start against the Toronto Blue Jays.
This move was a no-brainer. The only question is why another team didn’t step in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=512&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The ball&#8217;s in Theo&#8217;s court (again)</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/07/31/the-balls-in-theos-court-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the clock ticks down to the 4 p.m. trade deadline, Red Sox Nation awaits. Will Theo Epstein make a move? Manny Ramirez has made it clear his days in Boston are nearly over. When a player says his team doesn’t “deserve a player like me,” it’s hard to imagine him fitting in and helping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=513&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>He&#8217;s ba-aaaaack!</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/07/24/hes-ba-aaaaack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Ortiz is on the way back. By tomorrow night, he’ll be in the heart of the Red Sox lineup, easily the biggest bat added to any team before the trading deadline. His timing couldn’t be better, returning to the team just in time for a suddenly important series with the Yankees. Big Papi is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=514&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manny restoring Manny</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/07/10/manny-restoring-manny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is why you bring Manny Ramirez back for $20 million next year. You bring him back to drive in six of the most important runs of this month. You bring him back to anchor the lineup and drive in the winning run one night and the tying run the next night in a pair [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=515&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bullpen help wanted</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/07/03/bullpen-help-wanted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a complete bullpen meltdown in St. Pete last night. The Sox seemed to be in good shape with a three-run lead after five innings, but that lead wasn’t big enough. 
Hideki Okajima started the long night of relief for the Sox, and he pitched well. He gave up one hit and then retired [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=516&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Halftime report</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/06/26/halftime-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s halftime for the 2008 Boston Red Sox.
We might be two and a half weeks away from the All-Star break, the unofficial halfway point of the baseball season, but we are actually at the real midway point. The Sox have played 81 games and have 81 to go. They’ve got a day off to get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=517&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unfair and unbalanced system</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/06/19/unfair-and-unbalanced-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We now bring you Interleague 2008, already in progress.
It&#8217;s the annual showcase of strangers playing in strange ballparks, of AL managers pulling double switches for the first time all season, of pitchers hitting and running. 
And getting hurt.
In the past four days, two key pitchers in the AL East have been put on the disabled [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=518&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Battle-tested Sox</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/06/12/battle-tested-sox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is what we wanted, right? Parity in baseball, deeper divisions, tougher opponents. Ever since the last collective bargaining agreement was ratified in 2002, Major League Baseball has told us that revenue sharing and the “luxury” tax system would work to bring small-market teams up to speed. Now, we’re seeing it more than ever.
We’ve discussed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=519&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Papi&#8217;s away&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/06/05/when-papis-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you replace David Ortiz?
You don’t.
Understanding that is the first step toward realizing what the Red Sox are going to try to do without Big Papi at their disposal in the weeks ahead. There is no one that can step in and fill the shoes of the man who has averaged over 45 home [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=520&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rolling without the Dice</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/06/01/rolling-without-the-dice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Their depth is being tested again.
Daisuke Matsuzaka is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Friday after leaving Tuesday night’s game with what is being described as “shoulder fatigue.” It is a vague description that should leave Red Sox Nation feeling vaguely concerned about a pitcher who is 8-0 and was quite possibly on course to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=521&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Special delivery</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/05/23/special-delivery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are two pitchers on the opposite ends of the Major League Baseball spectrum. Justin Masterson is 23-years-old, and has pitched 12 1/3 big league innings. Bartolo Colon is 34, has started more than 300 major league games and was the 2005 Cy Young Award winner.
Both are here to give the Red Sox rotational depth.
Masterson [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=522&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beast of the East</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/05/15/beast-of-the-east/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday night in Baltimore, the Red Sox squandered a 3-0 first-inning lead for the second straight night. In St. Petersburg, the Tampa Bay Rays picked up their second walk-off win of the homestand, beating the Yankees 2-1 in 11 innings.
Welcome to Bizarro World, also known as the AL East.
If you&#8217;re a &#8220;Superman&#8221; fan, or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=523&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A whole new ballgame</title>
		<link>http://www2.nesn.com/tom-caron/2008/05/08/a-whole-new-ballgame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Caron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to take a few moments to welcome you to my blog, although it should be you welcoming me. It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve posted something for nesn.com, and this piece you read today is an evolutionary effort that goes back to something we used to call &#8220;TC&#8217;s Mailbag,&#8221; which ran as far [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=www2.nesn.com&blog=6816797&post=524&subd=nesnblogs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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