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MENDOZA GETS GO-AHEAD FROM LITTLE
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Ramiro Mendoza's second successful side
session in the last three days has earned him manager Grady Little's
blessing as the Red Sox' starting pitcher tomorrow afternoon against
the Yankees and Roger Clemens.
The Sox are hoping to get a shot in the arm from the former Yankee
and some return on his two-year, $6.5 million salary. He'll be
pitching where he once teamed with Mariano Rivera to form one of the
most formidable short-relief tandems in baseball from 1998 ...
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Freel not worried about where he'll play Whether it's center field or not, he wants to do right by Griffey.
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