Telling Jews they can’t live in one part of their city ... is like telling the Boston Red Sox they can’t play in Fenway Park. 
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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Tom Ashley of New Zealand sailing in RS:X Men reacts after winning gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, Shandong province, August 20, 2008.
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In a handout picture released by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra on August 20, 2008, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora (L) stands with his Iraqi counterpart Nuri al-Maliki (R) during a welcome ceremony in Baghdad on August 20, 2008. Siniora was in Baghdad today for trade and policy talks, the first Lebanese leader to visit Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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Local residents fish in the Black Sea, 50 km south of Sukhumi in the town Ochavchara on August 19, 2008 in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region. Russia and Georgia have agreed to allow 20 Organisation for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) unarmed military observers into Georgia, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, the organisation's chairman said.
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Supporters of Pakistani Islamist party celebrate President Pervez Musharraf's resignation in Multan August 19, 2008. Leaders of Pakistan's coalition government set about tackling pressing economic and security problems on Tuesday as a bomb at a hospital in a northwestern town killed 20 people. Coalition leaders were also due to discuss a replacement for Musharraf, the former army chief and key ally of the United States in its campaign against terrorism, who resigned as president on Monday to avoid impeachment.
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Pakistani citizens congratulate each others after the announcement of President Pervez Musharraf's resignation in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 87, 2008. Musharraf said he was handing in his resignation to avoid an impeachment battle that would harm the nation's interests.
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Quotes about Boston Red Sox
Telling Jews they can’t live in one part of their city ... is like telling the Boston Red Sox they can’t play in Fenway Park.
was said
in Time
And on top of that we've had timely hitting. Whoever gets hurt, offensively, I think we can plug guys in because our pitching and defense is so good. Hinske, who played on a World Series championship team with the Red Sox last year, sees both the contrasts and the similarities. Last year with Boston, we were expected to win and we did
said Eric Hinske
in MLB.com
You can't really talk to them, but it's kind of neat to be in the same dorm with them ... Their league was the one Dice-K (Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka) played in, and their coach coached him.
said Mark Grunberg
When he got here and started throwing so hard, I knew he wasn't going to be here long ... It's tough to lose your set-up man right before the playoffs, but that's what independent baseball is all about, giving people the opportunity to get to the next level. His future is with the Boston Red Sox and I wish him the best. He certainly has the talent to play at a very high level.
said Mike Babcock
I have always tried to teach Ryan and the others (including Aaron Fuller, another nephew who played in the Boston Red Sox organization) the importance of playing the game the way it was meant to be played ... Playing with pride and respect. Always trying to be the best player on the field.
said Jerry Royster
in HeraldNet
I thought, 'Oh, my God, I'm playing left field at Fenway Park. That's where Ted Williams played and Carl Yastrzemski,' ... It was a great feeling, saying I got to play on that field for the Boston Red Sox. No one can ever take that away from me.
was said
in Boston Globe
But you take a young pitching staff and put it up against the Boston Red Sox, and they are a team that knows how to make you work and knows how to take advantage of mistakes. That's what's happening right now.
was said
in MLB.com
Nothing [to it]. Speculation like this comes up every once in a while. A few weeks ago I was rumored be going north [to Toronto], this time to California. The fact is, I love Boston, New England, and the Red Sox and I want to finish my baseball career here with my family and my partners and my colleagues.
was said
in Boston Globe
The Jimmy Fund is an official charity of the Boston Red Sox, so it's a natural fit that we're doing something at Fenway Park. It builds momentum for the event.
was said
in MLB.com
