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Wednesday’s Links – Hot Stove Season
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Ellsbury goes 3-for-5 as DH in third rehab start
Boston outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury took great pains Tuesday to explain how he feels about playing through pain.
“I’m willing to play through pain,” Ellsbury said after his latest rehab game (of a 20-day assignment) with the Pawtucket Red Sox who beat Durham, 5-4. “That’s never been an issue. That’s never been a problem for me. It’s just knowing that when I do play through it, it’s not going to make my situation worse.
“That’s the biggest thing - not making my situation worse. I’ll play through any kind of pain, just as long as it doesn’t jeopardize my career and make the situation worse where I’m not helping the team.”
Ellsbury nearly steals homer in second rehab start
Durham’s Chris Richard crushed a Ramon Ramirez pitch over the fence in right-center for a solo home run.
Ellsbury, who again batted leadoff and played center field, scaled the fence and came within inches of making a spectacular catch.
Jacoby Ellsbury goes 2-for-4 on bobblehead night
Jacoby Ellsbury put his name in Pawtucket’s “record book” last night when he played six innings in the first of two games against the Durham Bulls and went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
Ellsbury, who batted leadoff and played center field, lined an off-field single to left -- on a 3-2 count in the first inning -- off right-hander Virgil Vasquez, who pitched last season for the Pirates.