Word: ortiz
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Boston has the AL batting champion in Bill Mueller—who will likely hit eighth, no less—and two MVP candidates in Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz. Mueller finished the regular season hitting .327, just one percentage point ahead of Manny. Manny hit 36 home runs, while David Ortiz came out of nowhere—well, fine, Minnesota—to belt 31 home runs...
...fans are uttering their dreaded favorite slogan—“this is the year!”—now that Pedro is healthy, Manny and Nomar are in the middle of the lineup, David Ortiz and Bill Mueller are MVP candidates and Byung-Hyun Kim is closing...
...have home field advantage and had the best at-home record in the Majors this season. They have two lefties starting against a Sox lineup that is filled with lefties (Johnny Damon, Ortiz, Todd Walker, Trot Nixon). Nixon will not be 100 percent throughout the series, regardless. Jason Varitek has a career average of under .235 against Oakland. Mueller hits much better against righties than lefties. Nomar has been terrible on the road this season...
RESPOND II CD RELEASE SHOW. Deb Talan, Jennifer Kimball, Merrie Amsterburg and Bourbon Princess with Monique Ortiz get together to perform at Club Passim on Thursday for the release of Respond II, a CD compilation benefiting families and victims of domestic violence. The CD is a follow up to the highly acclaimed Respond, and includes contributions from Deb Talan and Bourbon Princess. Thursday, April 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets $15 regular, $13 for members, available at Club Passim, 47 Palmer...
...bottom of the second, the Giants threaten a big inning. Singles by J.T. Snow and David Bell put men on first and second, and pitcher Russ Ortiz is safe at first after bunting the runners over. It’s bases loaded, none out, and impossible to tear one’s eyes away from the television—unless you’re Carl Morris, who is tracking the inning’s evolution on his expected-runs table. Only after announcing that the Giants should score 2.4 runs in this inning does Morris pick up his head...