Red Sox feast on collegians

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: February 29, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

FORT MYERS, Fla. - It was the great Bob Ryan who wrote, "Beat me, whip me, take my picture," back when ballplayers from foreign lands enjoyed getting their butts kicked by the 1992 US Olympic basketball team.

We had a little bit of that at City of Palms Park yesterday.

It was "college day" for the world champion Boston Red Sox. Still jet-lagged from their whirlwind trip to the White House (seen the photo of David Ortiz riding a sidecar yet?), the Sox returned to Florida and opened their spring season with a day-night doubleheader against Boston College and Northeastern. The Sox won in straight ...

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