Diamondbacks Pitcher Doug Davis Diagnosed With Thyroid Cancer
>> Davis, a 32-year-old left-hander, said he plans to make his first two regular-season starts -- April 3 against the Cincinnati Reds and April 8 against the Los Angeles Dodgers -- before having the mass removed.
It will likely be four to six weeks after the surgery before Davis is able to pitch again, the team said. <<
I have to miss the first half of the game because my mom and dad want to meet for dinner. My dad would never understand how I could put a baseball game in front of family. So I didn't even protest. I'll just eat my porridge and suffer in silence. Then rush back home hopefully no later than the 6th inning.
I don't post much either, but gotta say that I received my DT shirt just the other day, and have been wearing it around today. Enjoy the site very much, thanks everybody and of course Jon too.
6 Lucky I refreshed. I was about to ask if the natives out west were going to get TV.
No, as far as I know we will get nothing but maybe gameday back east. So 49er and others, any commentary about the great funkiness at the colliseum will be greatly appreciated by many, I am sure. The strange path of the Dodgers and Red Sox this year, and the stranger saga of this venue, make this a possibility for one of the first great events of the century.
10 6 Lucky I refreshed. I was about to ask if the natives out west were going to get TV.
No, as far as I know we will get nothing but maybe gameday back east.
The reason I asked is because the Red Sox are televising it on NESN and being in Western Mass. I figured there was a chance you had included that in your new package.
Anybody seen Josh Rawtich's blog lately? It's had a make over and requires comments to be approved now. Certainly an interesting development. The PR machine at work.
13 D49--thank you. This is a sure sign I am going senile but you saved me. I'm pretty sure I get NESN which is my area sports network. I tried to cancel it in my outrage about the Boston Bruins and the Hockey strike years ago, but as usual my attempt was ineffective and I'm pretty sure I'm all set and won't miss it thanks to you.
For tonight's special game, I'm going to make a braised chicken with orange, green olives and sherry. Stir-fry green beans with garlic on the side. Some bread and a nice Zinfandel will round it out.
Tomorrow I plan on trying to make a pound cake with caramel glaze.
Coliseum game is blast to past for the 'Voice of the Dodgers'
>> When Scully broadcasts the Dodgers-Red Sox exhibition game from the Coliseum tonight - the first three innings are simulcast on KABC-AM (790) and KCAL Channel 9, with the rest of his call only on TV - the storytelling of how Dodger life was back then will likely take precedence over putting captions on the pictures that the cameras <<
## During pregame ceremonies for tonight's game, Vin Scully will be honored by the Coliseum Commission, receiving a commemorative bronze plaque at the peristyle entrance to the Coliseum. ##
Can any of you travelers or current/former New York residents help me with a decision? I'm flying into Laguardia on Monday for a last-minute business trip (I have to miss opening day, uggh). Anyway, I want to stay someplace where I can get some good food (famed sandwich place or someplace similar that's a must eat) and then maybe go to a nice pub. I was thinking upper-West Side or maybe Midtown/Theater District. Besides being somewhat close to the airport, I just need to spend an afternoon at the port in NJ.
Any recommendations on what area of Manhattan would be best? I'll only be there Monday - Wednesday. I prefer the 30-something + crowd to the teens and 20s.
Any input would be much appreciated. I see you guys talking about favorite restaurants and such a lot, so I figured I'd ask.
I'm hoping I may get the Coliseum game on TV here. I've noticed over the last few days that several of the games that are shown on Fox Sports, etc. have not been blacked out like they should be. I'm able to watch the Angels and Padres right now for example. Maybe this is due to my ordering of MLB Extra Innings, not sure.
Is anybody else extremely relieved to see Kent in the lineup the last couple of days? I know I'm in the minority here having Kent as probably my favorite Dodger, but really I think the lineup is much better with him than the alternative (Hu, I suppose).
34 Have you considered a Yankees game while you're in town? Monday would be a tough ticket to get with it being opening day, but its possible you could find a ticket for Wednesday night if you have the time to stay late. Not to many more chances to catch the old stadium if you've never been, and the atmosphere for a game there is the best I have ever seen.
36
I'm with you. I just hope he's not rushing things especially if it's cold tonight.
Ugh, had a life-without-Vinny attack today after reading the commemorative section of the Times. Tonight's game will either make it go away or make it worse.
Gotta hit Daphne's now for a quick bite, slip on the new DT shirt that arrived today, and settle in for the game on the home big screen.
37 I did consider that, but the only day I would be able to go is Tuesday. I figured the cost and time spent might be better allocated elsewhere. I've never been to NY...so many options and so little time.
40 I'm no Yankees fan, but attending a game there is priceless. So much history there its like attending a museum and a game all at one time. I was in New Jersey a few years back and decided at the last minute to head up for the game. Got lucky and bought a couple extra tickets from a guy near the gate. He was like a walking history of the stadium. Took us around and showed us all the sites, explained the many renovations and changes the stadium went through, and was generally an excellent host for the evening. Oustide of my one and only trip to Dodger Stadium, which I had spent 30 years listing as my number one place I would like to visit in the world, its the best baseball night of my life. I even got to see the Yankees fans in right field harass Carl Everett all night and then see Carl respond with a homerun right to them late in the game.
12 - I hate the DH... not ours tonight, per se, but in general. And I really have to ask, why are the Dodgers playing these games with the DH? Anyone else concerned that Torre is being a little lazy on this point? It's been a while since he's had to deal with the pitcher hitting as an every day issue, shouldn't he be working on when to make the double switch and such?
I am no Yankee fan either but I had a chance to go with my father (I'm 33 and he's in his 60s) last year. It was both our first time there. It was an amazing experience. We got to see Bedard pitch. I was hoping we'd be able to pick him up in the offseason.
45 I still think I'd rather see a few sites and then find a pub where I might get to watch the Dodgers on TV. It'll just be too hectic to see the Yankees play game 1 or 2, I'd think.
I do appreciate the input. I'm kind of leaning towards Midtown/Theater Distric.
42 - Down here in Mexico City, I never know what they might be showing, but always search at around game time. Here, they really love the NFL, but not so much baseball. That's more in the north our further down south in Oaxaca.
The papers were reporting today that Elmer Dessens is back with the Diablo Rojos, with whom he last pitched in 1993.
35 Keep hope alive. DTV's EI of course is in the 700's. But I presume you are now in the 600's. There is no rational way of predicting when I may get a game on a FSN local network anywhere in the country. Although I certainly don't get the majority, I think it may be a way of teasing us into a bigger package.
any chance the mythical one pitches tonight? if not I am beating traffic.
Jon, I am in section 10 row 62 seat 17. if you are thirsty, come on over, i'm buying.
pierre at DH. torre is clearly trying to pacify him. why not have russ dh instead of having him behind the plate for the third straight exhibition game.
78 same here, had the ChX/Mets game on it earlier but nothing now...and it is definitely after 10:10 ET by now...grr Selig, if this doesn't work, you are definitely going back on my list!!
So...is there any other MLB field where a screen formed part of the outfield wall? The ball's not going to really bounce off it; it'll just sort of pffb and then drop almost straight down, right? Is that what used to happen in the pre-Chavez Ravine era?
I asked tony jackson and he seems to think a strong possible that he pitches tomorrow because he pitched 4 days ago and Jacksonville doesn't open their season up until a week from tuesday.
Just for the record, I don't think Loney pulled his foot( though) I should like to see it again. But if they don't show it again, I think that speaks loudly. Did anyone see it well?
128 He really just gave up a high-pop. It's hard to get a grip on his velocity with this camera angle (although the angle has its charms), but I still think he looks pretty good.
135 - They've got a radar gun that pops up on the broadcast (for the Dodgers, at least - I think they've given up trying to time Wake's 55-mph knucklers). He's high-80s, touching 90 a couple of times.
When Matt kemp only gets one base on a shot to left and the DH with two outs is one Pierre, you get the feeling this is not the D's night. I went to the bathroom for a second and came back to inning over sounds.
Hanley -- I had to be in NY for work a couple of years ago and watched what I think was Chad Billingsley's first (or at least an early) mlb start v. St. Louis at Mickey Mantle's sports bar on the south end of Central park. Folks there were very nice about putting the Dodgers on and ribs were really, really good. But it's a bit corporate and shiny.
145 , mine JUST started working, and yes left field looks ridiculous...and for some reason I thought the Dodgers' #21 on the mound was Jeff Kent at first...
(is there really zero space behind home plate or is that some sort of camera angle trick?)
Any DTers who happen to be in DC, I just checked on a lark and somme single tickets (incl. good seats) are available for the Nationals opener tomorrow.
Though Marty's warning about bringing a jacket to the coliseum needs to be amplified times a million I'm afraid for that game.
Just up from Gurnick: *Torre said he was "leaning a certain way" on which two outfielders -- among Juan Pierre, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier -- would flank center fielder Andruw Jones in Monday's Opening Day game.
Torre said he would inform the players during a meeting before Sunday's final exhibition game. He wouldn't elaborate with reporters, but in recent games he dropped Pierre (.173) to eighth or ninth in the batting order while leaving Ethier and Kemp in the middle of the order.*
It would be a great sign(to me) if he sits JP the first game. Then you know JP needs to do it on the field and not rely on his contract to get playing time. the only thing worse then JP playing LF is that ridiculous games played streak.
When Repko came in to pinch run for Furcal last night, as Furcal was running off and Repko was running on, my son said, "See, they're not allowed to be on the field at the same time anymore."
193- I'm not leaving until Pierre starts a real game in LF. That was always my line in the sand. I'm really excited for opening day, just to see which team I'm going to be rooting for!
Man, just got back from dinner, turned it on, and like, the whole scene is just...so weird. I can't even get my balance. The camera men seem sort of off balance as well.
Combined with where the umpires are positioned, the camera crew NESN is using is doing a fine job of not revealing anything that is going in at the game. There is no chance to see where any fielders are.
Man--Park looks fantastic this year.
Must be the cameras.
LA fans have had the laid back stigma of not being very knowledgeable fans. If even the regular joe schmoes in the crowd are now booing Juan, maybe there is hope the Dodgers will actually dump him.
188,190 Torre probably still has Loney and Kemp confused. He hasn't seen them together for more than a couple of days. You know Loneys fast, and Kemps a lefty.
209 - and I had a $25 MLB gift card left over from Christmas 06, so with processing fees and printing out my ticket now, I only had to put $4.25 on my credit card.
It's unfair throwing a knuckleballer here, and we didn't cheat and throw Kuroda or Lowe. What can you do. I hope Joe doesn't play fair in the real season.
Ireland didn't get the memo about all Dodger personal buttoning their bottom coat buttons, tonight. I guess he's an outsider, though. KCAL staff are exempt.
209 Not to prolong this, but actually my emailer was wrong. Still single tix for the new park opener coming up at nationals.com. Cap Punishment says they've been dribbling out all evening.
Well, we've stopped this farce and are finally using it as a spring training game should. Poor Joe doesn't know who to cut yet, and he won't until a week into the season.
231 Based on LA talk radio, its definitely a Laker town. I think on the street though, its pretty neck and neck, but i give the edge to the lakers due to Kobe.- Bitter Kings fan in So. Cal
"It's really close. This might be one of the only places Juan Pierre could go opposite field," Dodgers catcher Russell Martin said, poking a little fun at his power-challenged teammate.
From where I live now, the Inland Valley ("Empire"), it's an Angel / Laker town.
Every time I go to a bar, I have to beg the bartender to put on the Dodger game. The sports bars out here will be showing reruns of Magnum P.I. and not even consider that there may be a Dodger game on.
Orange County has only recently become crazed Angels territory. But I think that's one of the reasons it's more of a Lakers town - the market stretches from Ventura to San Clemente and everyone in that stretch is a Lakers fan; whereas the Dodgers have lost some clout to the Angels recently.
I was at the Angels vs. Dodgers game on Thursday, and the Dodger fans were more vocal than the Angel's fans. My friend who invited me is a season ticket Angel fan, she says this is always the way it is when they Dodgers are in town. This was a point of some shame for her. I thought it was great, and was proud of us Dodger fans taking down the Angel fans in their own home.
My neighbor displays his allegiance to the Angels on his front lawn. His moderate interest became full-fledged obnoxiousness only after Anaheim won the WS in 2002.
Yet another reason why living in Orange County kind of blows.
>>Juan Pierre received quite a few boos at the Coliseum, and I spoke with him earlier in the clubhouse. Among the quotes:
Emotionally, I'm fine.
I've had springs where I hit .200 and then went out and got 200 hits and hit .300 (during the season). I don't know how much weight they'll put on spring training. It's not like I'm going out there trying to make outs.
It's a situation the organization wanted as far as having too many outfielders. They put a lot of us in a tough situation and me personally. You sign a contract for five years and put up the same numbers, and the next year everything's different. What can I do?
At the end of the day, my family's taken care of. I can't control what people think of me. They knew when they signed me what my game was. If they want to go another route, they have kids they can play.<<
I've got to admit to feeling really bad for Pierre. But an outfit that would give him a contract like that and then replace him( with someone who could be an almost equal disaster) really makes me wonder. But they are producing such a good group of young players.
I like seeing these old men still in the stands late into the game, even in what looks like a losing cause. When everyone else is leaving. These old guys, more than anyone else, have reason to leave the game early and just get to bed. But they're still out there. That's the kind of grandpa I'd kill to have.
203 - That is really hard to imagine, the booing. I mean, who beyond DTers and the like would know how he is performing in ST. And, of course, you guys would boo because JP is JP (200 hits notwithstanding), as ST means nothing.
There was some analysis by Jon at the beginning of the '07 season that said that arm strength had no significant effect on run's scored. I'm not qualified to comment on it, but Jon did present some convincing stats on it.
Though I realize those stats are counterintuitive.
I have to think though that an arm as weak as Juan's MUST matter.
hypothetical question for the crowd: if the Dodgers don't sign JP last year, and the outfield is Ethier-Repko-Kemp (left to right), do we try to get Jones this year? Assume Repko doesn't try to decapitate Furcal while trying to show he deserved to be a starter
280- All will be revealed. But first, you must answer three questions: who was the last Dodger to hit three home runs in a game? Who was the last Dodger to win 20 games in a season? Who was the last person to send you an email?
That home run just might have saved DeWitt. He hadn't got a hit in quite a while as his average dropped below the Mendoza line. 3rd base was being handed to him and it was beginning to look as if he intended to hand it back.
303 - I believe the quote was, first in war, first in peace, last in the American League. Doesn't work to well in the three-division configuration in place now, and especially now that Washington is in the NL.
320 -- How about we talk about DeWitt? I disagree with JoeyP's statement that he has has a bad spring training, and I thought that even before the homer off Papelbon. He has impressed the coaching staff even if his hitting did trail off recently, and for youngsters the impressions made on the coaches probably mean more than stats. Before spring training, I had thought that DeWitt would be trade bait at some point while LaRoche was guaranteed to be our 3B of the future, but with LaRoche looking like Samuel Jackson's chacracter from Unbreakable, I wonder if DeWitt may really be the long-term guy for us.
325 - Yes, granted its still ST, but that was a bigtime pitcher out there he took downtown. And since Torre said such nice things about him, it was a nice public reconfirmation for Joe and his baseball sense. And I am sure he liked that and its worth a spot on the roster.
>> Up next for Dodgers: The Dodgers meet the Red Sox for the fifth time this Spring on Sunday, with Japanese import Hiroki Kuroda making his seventh start. Kuroda has struggled with a 5.03 ERA and opponents have batted .284 against him. Manager Joe Torre said he would reveal his Opening Day outfield before Sunday's game. <<
## Up next for Red Sox: The Red Sox send No. 5 starter Clay Buchholz to the mound Sunday afternoon in the exhibition finale against the Dodgers. Boston is hoping to get J.D. Drew in the lineup for a couple of at-bats. The former Dodgers right fielder missed the two regular season games in Tokyo due to back spasms but he's expected to be ready for the next Opening Day at Oakland on Tuesday. ##
330 Rob, A lot of Padre fans in that 35-40K or almost all Halo fans? Just wondering because it looks like the Padres and Angels will be playing an annual freeway spring game..
Diamondbacks Pitcher Doug Davis Diagnosed With Thyroid Cancer
>> Davis, a 32-year-old left-hander, said he plans to make his first two regular-season starts -- April 3 against the Cincinnati Reds and April 8 against the Los Angeles Dodgers -- before having the mass removed.
It will likely be four to six weeks after the surgery before Davis is able to pitch again, the team said. <<
http://tinyurl.com/235xh4
Yeah I meet that guy every night at the bar.
Hope for the best for Doug Davis. Only alum of my high school to make it in sports.
No, as far as I know we will get nothing but maybe gameday back east. So 49er and others, any commentary about the great funkiness at the colliseum will be greatly appreciated by many, I am sure. The strange path of the Dodgers and Red Sox this year, and the stranger saga of this venue, make this a possibility for one of the first great events of the century.
http://tinyurl.com/25yn6q
Boston
Lugo SS
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Lowell 3B
Youkilis 1B
Crisp CF
Ellsbury RF
Kielty LF
Cash C
Dodgers
Furcal SS
Martin C
Ethier LF
Kent 2B
Jones CF
Loney 1B
Kemp RF
Pierre DH
DeWitt 3B
No, as far as I know we will get nothing but maybe gameday back east.
The reason I asked is because the Red Sox are televising it on NESN and being in Western Mass. I figured there was a chance you had included that in your new package.
MLB Extra innings. I've been locked in for an auto renew!
http://tinyurl.com/3yxrck
Utility infielder: Hu or Lucille II?
I vote Hu, since Kent will need time off. Plus, he's already on the 40-man roster.
Tomorrow I plan on trying to make a pound cake with caramel glaze.
Northgate, huh? I've talked about playing against him here before. One of my friends/bandmates was on his team.
Doug was a nice guy when I met him 15 years ago. I wish the best for him.
I think I remember talking to you about this, but what school did you go to again? Sorry, I have a bad memory. As you can guess.
>> When Scully broadcasts the Dodgers-Red Sox exhibition game from the Coliseum tonight - the first three innings are simulcast on KABC-AM (790) and KCAL Channel 9, with the rest of his call only on TV - the storytelling of how Dodger life was back then will likely take precedence over putting captions on the pictures that the cameras <<
## During pregame ceremonies for tonight's game, Vin Scully will be honored by the Coliseum Commission, receiving a commemorative bronze plaque at the peristyle entrance to the Coliseum. ##
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_8738037
Any recommendations on what area of Manhattan would be best? I'll only be there Monday - Wednesday. I prefer the 30-something + crowd to the teens and 20s.
Any input would be much appreciated. I see you guys talking about favorite restaurants and such a lot, so I figured I'd ask.
I'm with you. I just hope he's not rushing things especially if it's cold tonight.
Ugh, had a life-without-Vinny attack today after reading the commemorative section of the Times. Tonight's game will either make it go away or make it worse.
Gotta hit Daphne's now for a quick bite, slip on the new DT shirt that arrived today, and settle in for the game on the home big screen.
I wouldn't count on it. Tonight's game is being televised locally on Channel 9 rather than FSN Prime.
It really looks cool inside.
I do appreciate the input. I'm kind of leaning towards Midtown/Theater Distric.
Many thanks.
The papers were reporting today that Elmer Dessens is back with the Diablo Rojos, with whom he last pitched in 1993.
42 Where are you. I thought you were one of the so. cal guys and set.
What a peep show!
So...is there any other MLB field where a screen formed part of the outfield wall? The ball's not going to really bounce off it; it'll just sort of pffb and then drop almost straight down, right? Is that what used to happen in the pre-Chavez Ravine era?
Nice play!
Anyone else getting a kick out of these weird camera angles?
It looks almost like softball dimensions. Straight-away LF cant be more than 300 feet from home plate, maybe less.
Just really strange.
Yep, it's DeWitt... just having fun with Torre's quote about him being his solution for 3B (temporarily)
that
is
awesome.
...I jinxed it.
I asked tony jackson and he seems to think a strong possible that he pitches tomorrow because he pitched 4 days ago and Jacksonville doesn't open their season up until a week from tuesday.
Franky go home!
(is there really zero space behind home plate or is that some sort of camera angle trick?)
Though Marty's warning about bringing a jacket to the coliseum needs to be amplified times a million I'm afraid for that game.
Torre said he would inform the players during a meeting before Sunday's final exhibition game. He wouldn't elaborate with reporters, but in recent games he dropped Pierre (.173) to eighth or ninth in the batting order while leaving Ethier and Kemp in the middle of the order.*
http://tinyurl.com/342l6r
I'll have to take a look at that.
The last time I went to a Nats game by myself Juan Pierre had 4 extra base hits.
Your son has a future. (In what, I have no idea)
; )
Come on, Joe, he's a lefty!
Chan Ho has a chance to look better than Loiaza and so far he is!
http://tinyurl.com/2p855z
Man--Park looks fantastic this year.
Must be the cameras.
Wow, good for Dodger fans.
LA fans have had the laid back stigma of not being very knowledgeable fans. If even the regular joe schmoes in the crowd are now booing Juan, maybe there is hope the Dodgers will actually dump him.
Am I seeing things?
hey did Andruw Jones really tag out Ellsbury at 2B on that steal, or did the RedSox announcers just not recognize Furcal?
Actually I was wondering about that. Do they have an actual organ at the Coliseum? Or.. perhaps they might be using some Nancy Bea recordings.
Not trying to make a joke; I really don't know.
I can never decide if this is a Laker town or a Dodger town. In a way I really feel it's a Dodger town.
Any ideas on that? I'm originally from Toledo so I don't know.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN200307200.shtml
and this one
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS200605260.shtml
But for me, I love the Lakers, but basketball season unofficially ends Sunday night.
A DP, on an attempted triple play-- 5-4-3.
"It's really close. This might be one of the only places Juan Pierre could go opposite field," Dodgers catcher Russell Martin said, poking a little fun at his power-challenged teammate.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3320089
Every time I go to a bar, I have to beg the bartender to put on the Dodger game. The sports bars out here will be showing reruns of Magnum P.I. and not even consider that there may be a Dodger game on.
When I visited OC, a couple of the bars would not even put on Dodger game when I asked.
Hi five bro
"Ethier said he's also begun taking ground balls at first base, a position he hasn't played since high school."
Yet another reason why living in Orange County kind of blows.
>>Juan Pierre received quite a few boos at the Coliseum, and I spoke with him earlier in the clubhouse. Among the quotes:
Emotionally, I'm fine.
I've had springs where I hit .200 and then went out and got 200 hits and hit .300 (during the season). I don't know how much weight they'll put on spring training. It's not like I'm going out there trying to make outs.
It's a situation the organization wanted as far as having too many outfielders. They put a lot of us in a tough situation and me personally. You sign a contract for five years and put up the same numbers, and the next year everything's different. What can I do?
At the end of the day, my family's taken care of. I can't control what people think of me. They knew when they signed me what my game was. If they want to go another route, they have kids they can play.<<
This is an emotional thought. Nothing more.
The change just seems rather sudden. I still expect to see Grady on camera..and it's Torre instead.
Bad timing for Little is all it came down to really. With Torre being on the market all the sudden.
He hasnt had a good spring.
I like seeing these old men still in the stands late into the game, even in what looks like a losing cause. When everyone else is leaving. These old guys, more than anyone else, have reason to leave the game early and just get to bed. But they're still out there. That's the kind of grandpa I'd kill to have.
Seeing every runner take an extra base on Juan's arm last year really turned the fans against him, imo
Gotta do something about these Red Sawks announcers though. And their commercials are even worse!
There was some analysis by Jon at the beginning of the '07 season that said that arm strength had no significant effect on run's scored. I'm not qualified to comment on it, but Jon did present some convincing stats on it.
Though I realize those stats are counterintuitive.
I have to think though that an arm as weak as Juan's MUST matter.
292 Si
Right Center. Yes 10 ft over the fence
Dewiit?. Was it left field? Uh oh Repko.
*shakes fist in general direction of Indiana)
I hope he gets to start at third.
Rob how was the crowd at the game?
But Dodgers show some spine and pepper Papelbon.
Could that lesson have anything to do with "The Solution" manning third base tonight, rather than someone like Esteban German?
I love the world according to ESPN sometimes
Washington: first in war, first in peace, thankful for the Florida Marlins?
http://tinyurl.com/2wfo5h
Crowd-pleaser for Dodgers, Sox
>> Up next for Dodgers: The Dodgers meet the Red Sox for the fifth time this Spring on Sunday, with Japanese import Hiroki Kuroda making his seventh start. Kuroda has struggled with a 5.03 ERA and opponents have batted .284 against him. Manager Joe Torre said he would reveal his Opening Day outfield before Sunday's game. <<
## Up next for Red Sox: The Red Sox send No. 5 starter Clay Buchholz to the mound Sunday afternoon in the exhibition finale against the Dodgers. Boston is hoping to get J.D. Drew in the lineup for a couple of at-bats. The former Dodgers right fielder missed the two regular season games in Tokyo due to back spasms but he's expected to be ready for the next Opening Day at Oakland on Tuesday. ##
http://tinyurl.com/yowuau
Crowd-pleaser for Dodgers, Sox
>> Manager Joe Torre said he would reveal his Opening Day outfield before Sunday's game. <<
http://tinyurl.com/yowuau
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