but hey WE WON WE WON!!!
May 2, 2006
Red Sox 7, Yankees 3
Unfriendly Fenway: Damon Returns, Ortiz Delivers
By TYLER KEPNER
BOSTON, May 1 — There were cheers from the Boston Red Sox' dugout just before the first pitch Monday. The Yankees' leadoff man, Johnny Damon, had returned to Fenway Park, and some of his former teammates clapped for him, acknowledging the good times.
Things are different now, and not just with Damon, who went hitless in four at-bats. It is a new season for Aaron Small, the pitcher who won all 10 decisions last summer to help the Yankees nip the Red Sox for the division title.
In his first appearance of this season, Small was the losing pitcher in a 7-3 Red Sox victory.
Working his third inning in relief of a shaky Chien-Ming Wang, Small, who missed a month with a hamstring injury, allowed a walk and a hit batter with one out in the eighth. Mark Loretta then broke a 3-3 tie with a single between the legs of Tanyon Sturtze.
"I tipped it right off my glove," Sturtze said. "If I get that, I think it's a double-play ball and we're out of the inning so none of that stuff ever happens." ...............
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4 comments:
Go sox.
I don't know why a certain broadcaster I admire wanted Sox fans to cheer Damon's return to Fenway. Yeah, he was part of that team. But he wasn't traded away by the team, he chose to go -- to New York of all places. He brought it upon himself.
Still, I feel a little bad for him. Very little. Could have been worse, Johnny. You could have been Bush and the Fenway crowd could have been Steven Colbert!
(Ortiz is a hero.)
i would hate to be damon and stuck in a bar at night in downtown Boston. ouch
I can't imagine being a kid and having him as my idol...what a heartbreaker
montag, ortiz IS a hero. i have worn his number for a couple of years now (yes, even when my EX boyfriend johnny demon was still with the bosox). and yup it COULD have been worse
graeme, oh i WISH i was in a bar with the traitor. just once, just once........
ah donviti, trades are a way of life for ball clubs BUT THIS ONE was inexcusable. NO forgiveness
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