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By Ethen Lieser
AsianWeek Staff Writer
Playing in Boston is nirvana, a baseball utopia, ground zero of what the game has meant in the last 150 years. But the bottom line is this: Produce or get the hell out. Boston is notoriously known for its intelligent and unforgiving fans who are quick to expectorate scathing slurs and heckles.
Johnny Damon, the new center fielder of the Red Sox this season, has not yet been branded by the Red Sox Nation because of one reason only: He is playing like the much-hyped commodity that the Red Sox spent $31 million for over four years ago. Still, Boston is seven games behind the New York Yankees, but this season, all Boston needs is a scalding stretch run to oust the men in pinstripes...
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