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March 7th Game: The Return of televised baseball and QA with Tony


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I don't think Tucker is being rewarded. I seem to recall in one of Roch's blogs that Tucker, Blake Davis and another player were called up from minor league camp to helping with the flu bug that's been circulating around camp.

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I don't think Tucker is being rewarded. I seem to recall in one of Roch's blogs that Tucker, Blake Davis and another player were called up from minor league camp to helping with the flu bug that's been circulating around camp.

Right. But why these specific players were chosen may be because they're being rewarded.

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I didn't get to see the game

It's good to see that Guthrie went 2-scoreless even though it was a Ramirez/Ortiz-less lineup. I was hoping they were after seeing a 12-2 score.

Hopefully that's the outcome of most games vs the Red Sox this season.. :)

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