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OK, all you Freeper baseball afficionados. It's early Sunday evening..it was a hell of a week for the national pastime, and I wanted to get our weekly thread up and running...I won't have a chance late tonight, early tomorrow, and there is much to talk about..

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- A sequence of inside pitches touched off a pair of scuffles between Tampa Bay and Boston during Sunday's game, resulting in ejections of four players and both managers. Boston's Manny Ramirez had to jump out of the way of a high and inside pitch from Lance Carter with one out in the seventh. Red Sox starter Bronson Arroyo had hit Aubrey Huff with a pitch one inning earlier. Red Sox manager Terry Francona came out of the dugout to talk with plate umpire Ted Barrett after Carter's pitch. After no action was taken by the...

<p>Top 1st: J Damon grounded out to shortstop. T Walker singled to right center. N Garciaparra flied out to right, T Walker to second. M Ramirez flied out to right.</p> <p>Bot 1st: A Soriano struck out swinging. N Johnson walked. D Jeter fouled out to first. B Williams singled to shallow left, N Johnson to second. H Matsui flied out to center.</p> <p>Bot 3rd: K Garcia flied out to center. A Soriano struck out swinging. N Johnson flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, NY YANKEES 0.</p>

Go Red Sox!!!