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Legal Greenies? Nick Green Explains Ins, Outs of Therapeutic Use Exemption

Posted: Aug 9th 2009 7:30PM by Ed Price (author feed)
Filed under: Red Sox, FanHouse Exclusive, MLB PEDs, MLB Inside Scoop

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NEW YORK -- Three hours before every Red Sox game, Nick Green takes an amphetamine.

It's legal.

It's within baseball's rules.

And he's not alone.

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Starting Five: Watch Out for That Tree!

Posted: Jun 25th 2009 6:00AM by Jeff Fletcher (author feed)
Filed under: Blue Jays, Cubs, Nationals, Rays, Red Sox, Reds, Starting Five

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Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.

You Oughta Know ...
That talk about maple bats has died down since last year, but the problem is still there. For proof, look at what nearly happened to Red Sox shortstop Nick Green during Wednesday night's game. The Nationals' Elijah Dukes shattered his bat on a swing, with the pieces of the bat and the ball heading simultaneously toward Green.

Green managed to avoid both. The ball got into the outfield for a hit, but the threat to Green was apparent when the shattered barrel of Dukes bat stuck in the ground like a stake near Green.

"It's scary to see a bat go flying that far," pitcher Jon Lester said. "I thought they did some research this offseason to try to figure that stuff out, but obviously we've still got a long ways to go. You've got to take cover. It's a tough play to make when you've got a bat head flying at you looking to take your head off."

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Timeless Wakefield Gives Sox Lift

Posted: Apr 15th 2009 7:27PM by Jeff Fletcher (author feed)
Filed under: Athletics, Red Sox

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OAKLAND -- Terry Francona was having one of those mornings.

Not only was his team reeling from its worst eight-game start in 13 years, but he had just hours earlier milked 11 innings out of his bullpen and had to put Daisuke Matsuzaka on the disabled list. The pitcher who was coming from Triple-A to take Matsuzaka's spot was traveling all the way from Rochester, with no chance of arriving in Oakland by the start of the game.

So the Red Sox manager was somewhat heartened when Tim Wakefield stopped by his office with a message.

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