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For all you New Englanders out there, tonight NESN will air the 19-8 debacle in Fenway that left the faithful in an 0-3 hole of despair- before of course, the music changed, and the script shifted... and... AND.... Well you'll have to wait until tomorrow night to watch Dave Roberts make the most famous base-steal in Red Sox lore, but this game sets the stage.

BOSTON -- Johnny Damon married girlfriend Michelle Mangan in Florida at a wedding attended by stars of the sports, television and music worlds. It was the second marriage for the 31-year-old Red Sox center fielder, whose 5-year-old twins -- Madelyn and Jackson -- served as flower girl and ring bearer. "Michelle's a great girl, and it's time I started settling down," Damon told The Boston Globe. "She's had a huge influence on me. She lets me be me. She's amazing." Teammates Doug Mientkiewicz, Mike Timlin, Kevin Millar, Bronson Arroyo and Kevin Youkilis were among the 175 guests at a hotel...

http://news.bostonherald.com/opinion/view.bg?articleid=49902

The Yankees win. 12 innings 7-6

If you are going to live, or visit in the South, you need to know the rules. In an effort to help outsiders understand the rules of the Southerner's mind, the following list will be handed to each person as they enter a Southern State. 1. That farm boy you see at the gas station did more work before breakfast than you do all week at the gym. 2. It's called a "gravel road." No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Navigator. Drive it or get it out of the way. 3. The red...

<p>Friday's scheduled preliminary hearing for two New York Yankees players accused of assaulting a Fenway Park groundskeeper during a playoff game last month will be open to the public, a letter written by the Roxbury District Court clerk-magistrate indicates.</p> <p>The hearing will determine if misdemeanor assault and battery charges will be issued against Yankees pitcher Jeff Nelson and outfielder Karim Garcia.</p>

BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox, still smarting from a bitter seven-game loss to the rival Yankees in the ALCS, will fire manager Grady Little on Monday afternoon, ESPN's Peter Gammons reports. Gammons reports that the Red Sox will announce the firing at a 3 p.m. ET news conference at Fenway Park. Monday's Boston Herald, citing a Red Sox source, reported that two candidates to succeed Little could be former Indians manager Charlie Manuel and former Red Sox second baseman Jerry Remy, a television analyst for NESN, a regional sports network partly owned by the Red Sox. According to the...

<p>Granted, there is upheaval in the world and there are battles where a great deal is at stake -- life itself. All the more precious, then, the minor skirmishes on the home front that mean a great deal in a small way and remind us of how lucky we are to feel innocent hatreds, from summer to summer, at the ballpark.</p>

10/17/2003  3:28 AM ET--They had tears in their eyes as they spoke about friends, not just teammates. Baseball players talk about the family inside the clubhouse all the time, but this is a team that lived it like few others in recent memory, hugging their way deep into October.The band of brothers inside the Red Sox clubhouse was hurting as one, feeling pain they'd never felt before at the end of a baseball season like none they'd ever experienced before.After all they'd been through together through an amazing run in 2003, the Red Sox were one big, sad family in...

Okay, everyone...game will be underway 45 min. from now in New York City.For those still office -bound, we'll try to provide the action commentary and color!

New York Yankees relief pitcher Jeff Nelson was the ``unprovoked'' instigator of a bullpen brawl during Game 3 at Fenway Park Saturday that left a Red Sox worker nursing numerous injuries yesterday, according to a Boston Police Department report on the incident obtained by the Herald. Officer Michael Pankievich said he was moving to defuse a ``verbal confrontation'' between Nelson and Red Sox employee Paul Williams when Nelson suddenly attacked the bullpen attendant in the 9th inning. ``Jeff Nelson was observed pushing/grabbing the victim in the chest area at which time both parties fell to the ground where Jeff Nelson...

Pedro vs Roger. Two of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game. Fenway Park is rocking. Electricity is in the air. Here we go...

News item: Mariners fans who wore "Yankees Suck" T-shirts to last weekend's three-game series in Seattle were told to take the shirts off, turn them inside out or leave the stadium. "This is about appropriate behavior," Mariners spokeswoman Rebecca Hale said. "We have a code of conduct, a policy for language on clothing and banners and signs. Our feeling was this was not promoting what we want." Mariners fans may paint their faces, but only with hypoallergenic water-color paints. Seattle fans are the most supportive, tolerant and nurturing fans in baseball, and the Mariners will not waver in guaranteeing that...