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Chicago White Sox (Baldwin 2-1) at Clev. (Ogea...
...this is the year that the Red Sox can finally shed the 80-year curse of the Bambino, then it is certainly possible for Harvard to resume the 10-game winning streak the Elis snapped Saturday. But Harvard only has 11 games after the Beanpot to make its final preparations for the postseason...
...Sox at Tigers, NESN...
This can only be good, especially for Boston, a city which fairly or unfairly suffers from a reputation of intolerance. The Red Sox were the last team in the Major Leagues to integrate, twelve years after Jackie Robinson, and their treatment of minority players has been suspect ever since. The city itself has had its own problems, especially with school integration. If something as relatively unimportant as baseball can help erase whatever sort of intolerance still exists, the Red Sox have done Boston a great service by signing Pedro Martinez...
Pedro struck out twelve batters through nine innings Friday night. He walked off the mound after the ninth inning losing 2-0 (the Red Sox would end up winning the game in 10 innings), but nevertheless received a standing ovation from the crowd at Fenway. It's not very often that fans call for a losing pitcher to come back out for a curtain call, but Pedro is different: He has captured all of Red Sox Nation's heart...