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Oh yeah! Excruciating!

Wow! That's so cool!

Yeah and like Eck mentioned, he seems to be working faster. Thank God for that!

He shared a lot of insight and knowledge but man he was non-stop.

Yaz statue unveiled at Fenway Posted by Steve Silva, Boston.com Staff September 22, 2013 01:55 PM There's a new statue in town. The Red Sox today honored Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski by unveiling a statue showing Yaz tipping his cap after his final at-bat in 1983. "I'm deeply honored to stand before you today, seeing this statue in front of the place that I called home for 23 years," Yastrzemski said during the 30-minute ceremony outside the right field entrance of Fenway Park. "This statue means as much to me as being inducted into the Hall of Fame and having my number retired." Yaz said the 2013 playoff-bound Red Sox compare favorably to his 1967 pennant-winning club, except he believes this year's team has better pitching. "Oh, what a difference this year compared to last year," Yastrzemski said from the outdoor podium on Van Ness Street. "Ben [Cherington] puts a team together, and John [Farrell] pushed all the right buttons. I was talking to [Jonny] Gomes, [Daniel] Nava, and [Dustin] Pedroia a little bit before, and what a difference playing on a winner. I was telling them my first six years with the Red Sox, they were tough years, 25-30 games out by All-Star break. You lose the incentive. And then '67 came along and baseball was fun again. You guys made it fun here for the fans of Boston." Former teammates celebrating the great No. 8 Sunday included Hall of Famer Jim Rice, outfielder Dwight Evans, Bill Lee and Luis Tiant. Current Red Sox players Dustin Pedroia, Jonny Gomes, Daniel Nava, and manager John Farrell were also on hand. An emotional Yastrzemski said after the ceremony that Evans and Tiant should be in the baseball Hall of Fame along with him. Yaz was inducted in 1989. Mayor Tom Menino attended the event and proclaimed it "Carl Yastrzemski Day for the city of Boston." The statue is the third outside Fenway Park, and is located between the statue of Ted Williams and “The Teammates” statue near the Gate B entrance. It was sculpted by Toby Mendez, who also created “The Teammates.” Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year major-league career with the Red Sox. He had a career .285 batting average with 452 home runs and 1,844 RBIs. Mobile users can watch video of the ceremony here.

Just saw the pix you posted. Awesome! Had to be great to be there!

Yes PAPI!!!!!

Can't believe Ortiz went to 2nd. Also can't believe how bad that call was. Papi was out. You could tell that without the replay. A break for us.

I keep forgetting that you can't have all caps. Gotta mix it up.... So happy for JBJ!

There the guy that Wasatch calls "that idiot with the head phones behind home plate" all the time.

Jbj!!!!

No I checked. If I did have it on I think I would get only the Spanish broadcast. I checked the low definition broadcast of the game and have the same problem.

Exactly! Nice 1st for Felix. This English/Spanish broadcast is giving me a headache!

Yeah that was great! Love YAZ!!!

Can y'all hear Don and the broadcast in Spanish?

Getting psyched for the Yaz statue ceremony!

RED SOX (94-62) Pedroia 2B Victorino RF Ortiz DH Carp 1B Nava LF Middlebrooks 3B Drew SS Lavarnway C Bradley Jr CF Pitching: LHP Felix Doubront (10-6, 4.15)

Some one start the GT! No time to get slack. Need to get the home field advantage. Need some GT MOJO!!!!!

Ellsbury could return as early as Wednesday Posted by Staff September 22, 2013 11:25 AM By Anthony Gulizia, Globe correspondent Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury has missed the last 14 games with a right foot fracture, but manager John Farrell said he is optimistic Ellsbury can return to the lineup as early as Wednesday. The Red Sox play their final home game of the season against the Blue Jays Sunday, before closing out the schedule with two games against Colorado and a three game set with Baltimore. "Hopefully he's in the lineup Wednesday," Farrell said before Sunday's game. "The work he's going through right now, the baseball activities, are starting to wrap up. There's been no setbacks. That's an optimistic view, but I'd hope we'd be able to get him some at bats that day." Wednesday's game is at Colorado, meaning there is no designated hitter, ruling out the possibility of Ellsbury easing his way into the lineup. Farrell was optimistic Ellsbury could start in center field. Before Sunday's game, Ellsbury was on the field playing catch with bullpen catcher Brian Abraham. Prior to the foot fracture, Ellsbury was hitting .320 in his last 17 games. Farrell said he is looking for Ellsbury to show "further comfort with the increase and intensity of work he's been going through." Jackie Bradley Jr. is slated to start Sunday, and has started in 9 of the last 13 games. He's also 4 for 7 in the last two games.

Not sure why the line ups double posted! WIN!!

RED SOX (94-61) Drew SS Victorino CF Ortiz DH Gomes LF Nava RF Middlebrooks 1B Bogaerts 3B Ross C McDonald 2B Pitching: RHP Clay Buchholz (11-0, 1.51).

Extremely fair. Wish he couldn't appeal it and be playing. f*** him.

More mvp78 mojo to keep this winning thing going! YAY RED SOX!!!

Moreso than a Soxsport post?

When we postd on the Boston Herald Forum back in the day, he stayed around after the 2004 ALCS and took his lumps. Have always given him credit for that.