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The Boston Red Sox will rely on a well-rested Daisuke Matsuzaka to avoid the sweep in his first game back from the DL.
The Boston Red Sox will rely on a well-rested Daisuke Matsuzaka to avoid the sweep in his first game back from the DL.
The Tampa Bay Rays are coming off their first successful season in the history of the franchise. Finally, they're not considered doormats with no vision of the future. Now the Pirates stand alone there. (Even the Royals are much improved!)
This club is scary in the pool of young talent they already hold plus more on the way in the minor leagues. The Rays will compete for a very, very long time. But will they be able to withstand the Red Sox and Yankees assault in 2009?
Tim Wakefield pitched 6 innings of one run ball en route to helping the Boston Red Sox (63-40) win 7-1…