Though Sean Casey was not in the lineup, with Mark Kotsay manning first base in Kevin Youkilis's absence, he was certainly happy to be off the disabled list. Casey joined Mike Lowell and Josh Beckett in being activated before the game. Casey had...

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ARLINGTON, Texas — Mike Lowell strode to the plate in the second inning Friday night for his first at-bat since Aug. 12. When he was forced out of the lineup that day because of an oblique strain, Lowell had been one of the team’s most...
ARLINGTON, Texas So much of the talk about the Red Sox this year has been stuff from med school textbooks tingling nerves, numb fingers, strained groins, stiff necks, tender elbows, throbbing obliques that its a refreshing change to mention names...
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When Josh Beckett left the mound on Aug. 17 after being hammered for eight runs in only 2 1/3 innings in a humbling defeat to Toronto, the Red Sox ace wondered if he would pitch again in 2008.  His right ring and little fingers were tingling and...