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One by dripping one, the playoff-bound Red Sox emerged from their clubhouse early this morning.

Standing in slippers, wearing “2009 AL Wild Card Champions’’ hats, grinning like rock stars, reeking of cigar smoke and dripping a trail of beer and bubbly onto the concrete concourse outside their sanctum, Mike Lowell, Dustin Pedroia, Jason Bay and Tim Wakefield shared their thoughts on going back to the playoffs.

“We play from the first day of the season, this is our goal,’’ said Lowell. “We’d rather do it on the field in front of the fans but we don’t care how it comes. Hopefully this is just step one.’’


Click here to read the full article – By Michael Silverman of Boston Herald

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Count Astros shortstop Miguel Tejada and Mets pitcher Johan Santana as two of a large number of players who are happy to see Red Sox DH David Ortiz begin to recover his hitting stroke.

“To see him struggle hurt me personally,” said Tejada, who said it didn’t feel like an All-Star Game without Ortiz around. “I’m so happy to see that he’s back to what he used to be.” Ortiz, who had been named to the All-Star Game the last five seasons before this one, is hitting .222 with 12 homers and 47 RBI at the break. But he’s shown signs of breaking out of his season-long slump of late (.320, 7 HR, 18 RBI in June).

Click here to read the full article – By John Tomase of Bostonherald.com

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In what has become a recent tradition, one that serves as a sign of their success and popularity, the Red Sox will send a sizable contingent to the All-Star Game, with six players named to the American League roster.

Second baseman Dustin Pedroia and left fielder Jason Bay were both voted in as starters by the fans, and ace Josh Beckett and closer Jonathan Papelbon were voted in by the players. First baseman Kevin Youkilis was another selection by Maddon.

Click here to read the full article – By Ian Browne of MLB.com

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The Red Sox placed third baseman Mike Lowell on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday, hoping to give his troublesome right hip some more time to heal.

Lowell underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in the hip during the offseason, and he had 15 CCs of fluid removed on Monday. He also received an injection of Synvisc, a lubricant that helps alleviate pain in joints. The 35-year-old Lowell started just two of the team’s past nine games and returned to Boston for treatment on the hip following Sunday’s game in Atlanta. He was hitting .282 with 10 homers and 41 RBIs in 68 games when placed on the DL.

Click here to read the full article – By Jeff Seidel of MLB.com

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