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October 09, 2008

The enemy arrives

The headline in today's St. Petersburg Times sports section:

"Knowing the enemy
"Even a flawed Red Sox team is a very threatening Red Sox team."

The story mentions the absence of Manny Ramirez and Mike Lowell, and then offers insights 5 key players: Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz and Daisuke Matsuzaka (the Game 1 starter).

This Rays franchise has been through a lot (see today's column for a little history).

The Red Sox and Rays both workout today at Tropicana Field, a.ka. The Trop. I will be back with more reports.

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Kevin covers baseball for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He first reported on spring training games for the St. Petersburg Times in 1978. He wisely moved to Maine in 1994 and now writes about the Portland Sea Dogs and Boston Red Sox—when he's not coaching Little League baseball.

He is married to Nancy, and the couple recently completed their lineup card with the birth of their ninth child.

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