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You know how people are out here. I'm not worrying about anything just making a statement.

Demster has been much better lately. He looked pretty bad mid season. I thought he'd be the obvious choice to go to the BP but with Doubront's last 2 starts, I don't know. Not sure how that'll pan out.

I know. I am so damn superstitious when it come the them.

Complaints about the end result are fine and to be expected. I just don't think anyone can say "the Red Sox sucked this season" That wouldn't be accurate.

I know it's crazy but I can't even say out loud "Red Sox are going to the play offs" yet. I'm beyond thrilled with the way the season has turned out and will be happy no matter how far they go. Anyone who would say this team sucks hasn't been watching the Red Sox all season. Oh and how awesome was Mike Carp last night? Love this team!!!

Time for me to log off because all of the negative folks will be chiming in. Go RED SOX!!

Ha ha! The least of anyone's worries AKA The Blow Jays!!!

Except for our Red Sox.....f*** the AL East!

Yeah, that's it pretty much....

I know. Douchebaggery in full force

That's a horrible feeling.

I can't believe it's only the 6th inning. Wow! Love ya D. Lowe! Always!

Totally agree about Lowe! So much better tonight. Nice job. I hate the shift unless it benefits the Boston Red Sox!

The Red Sox are a good baseball team (Thanks UN?). Lovin' it!

LMMFAO jung!!!!!!! So true!

NICE play by Napoli!

I knew what you meant. Just giving you s***!

Yeah, that's exactly why I don't like beards.... Gomes, Pedey, Napoli and Ross look ridiculous. And if they were on other teams, I'd constantly make fun of them. But they are on MY team, so I LOVE THEM!!!

RED SOX (88-58) Pedroia 2B Victorino RF Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Nava LF Drew SS Middlebrooks 3B Ross C Bradley CF Pitching: RHP Ryan Dempster (8-9, 4.79).

No worries! You posted it under the appropriate thread and I didn't.

Yaz to be honored with statue at Fenway Posted by Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff September 11, 2013 12:35 PM The Red Sox announced Wednesday they will unveil a statue of Hall of Fame left fielder Carl Yastrzemski on Sept. 22. The statue will be the third outside Fenway Park, and it will be located between the statue of Ted Williams and “The Teammates” statue near the Gate B entrance. The statue will depict Yastrzemski tipping his helmet to the crowd as he famously did Oct. 2, 1983, after his final at-bat. “This is quite an honor,” Yastrzemski said in a team news release. “To have a bronze statue at Fenway Park is something I never could have imagined, and I am very grateful to the Red Sox for this kind gesture.” The statue will be unveiled at an 11 a.m. ceremony prior to the Red Sox’ game vs. the Blue Jays. Yastrzemski will also throw out the first pitch that day. 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.

RED SOX (87-58) Pedroia 2B Victorino CF Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Gomes LF Nava RF Saltalamacchia C Middlebrooks 3B Drew SS Pitching: RHP Clay Buchholz (9-0, 1.71).

Boras: Expect Ellsbury back for postseason Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff September 10, 2013 01:24 PM Scott Boras, the agent for Jacoby Ellsbury, said today he expects the Red Sox center fielder to be back for the postseason, likely earlier. According to Boras, the biggest issue for Ellsbury is the swelling in his right foot and not the small fracture on the surface of the navicular bone. The swelling is affecting the movement of a tendon coming from the tibia. Once the swelling has gone down, Ellsbury will be able to start swinging a bat and proceed from there. "The Red Sox' interests and our interests are the same in this, we clearly want Jacoby to be back for the postseason and we're all on the same page to make sure he's available," Boras said. Boras described the navicular bone as having three layers. Ellsbury has what he said was a "very minute" fracture running east and west on the top surface of the bone. When Dustin Pedroia fractured the same bone in 2010, he had a fracture that ran north and south through all three layers of the bone. "No surgical intervention is needed. This is self-healing," Boras said. "But it got to the point where it was painful and I called [Red Sox general manager] Ben [Cherington] and said Jacoby should get an MRI." The pain grew during the long game against the Yankees on Thursday night and may have been aggravated when Ellsbury stole a base in the 10th inning and eventually scored the winning run. Boras, like the Red Sox, could not give an exact timetable for Ellsbury's return. "I think it will be short," he said. "He'll be able to get into a tennis shoe and do some hitting and from there maybe DH a game or two before going back to the outfield. "This is not anything that can re-occur like a hamstring. The issue is that it's merely a response to the surface fracture. The question is how long does it take for that tendon and the specialist gave us a plan how to treat that." Ellsbury, Boras said, has confidence in the Red Sox medical staff. "Everybody wants the same thing here," Boras said. ______________________________________________________________ I hadn't realized that he originally got the injury 8/28 vs O's. Also read that some where in the Globe

Pitching matchups for the Rays series Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff September 10, 2013 11:43 AM Tuesday: RHP Clay Buchholz (9-0, 1.71) vs. LHP David Price (8-7, 3.51), 7:10 p.m., NESN, MLB Network. Wednesday: RHP Ryan Dempster (8-9, 4.79) vs. RHP Alex Cobb (8-3, 2.99), 7:10 p.m., NESN, ESPN. Thursday: RHP Jake Peavy (3-1, 3.55; 11-5, 4.01 overall) vs. RHP Jeremy Hellickson (11-8, 5.04), 7:10 p.m., NESN, MLB Network. -------------------- Thank God they are all Nationally televised since I probably won't have the choice of the NESN feed. Rays announcer's blow!