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Red Sox put 3B Lowell put on 15-day DL (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Thu, 04/10/2008 - 18:33

World Series MVP Mike Lowell was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Thursday with a sprained left thumb, and the Boston Red Sox purchased the contract of infielder Jed Lowrie from Triple-A Pawtucket to replace him.

Lowell was injured on the first at-bat of Wednesday's game when he fielded Ivan Rodriguez's grounder and threw him out.


 

Guillen's Clemente comments stir anger (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Tue, 04/08/2008 - 16:20

For many baseball fans in Puerto Rico, no ball player could ever rival island-bred Roberto Clemente. So White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen's statement that Clemente was only the third-best player produced by the island, behind Ivan Rodriguez and Roberto Alomar, has angered some.

"No one is going to take No.