Manager's Show

" Welcome to Fenway Park and welcome to their Herb Chambers Lexus pre game show my name is John Irish. The Red Sox are home every six and three road trip the first of three with the Mariners -- it's 48 and thirty overall. That puts them tops in the American League and also two and a half games up on the Yankees in the division. Now let's get the latest from the manager Terry Francona has brought to you by Bigelow tea Terry Francona screen -- of choice there's joke a stately old."

" It has been a long time since a Red Sox have been home but. Nice they have these stretch here and we before the All-Star break he has really works out well schedule wise we gotta make it work out record wise. World for ten days -- we've got the All-Star break before we go to Ronald -- long flight so. This year would reenergize this tool that hopefully will play good baseball. In. Early two we've Philip we've been all along. Where we -- game you look at Tuesday night -- Wednesday afternoon that. Baseball never ceases to amaze you try to explain proms sometimes there's anonymous explanation. We Golan reprise of the best -- only can we just North -- movement. On Saturday night come back. Great game next morning and you know back it gets around but we don't give up and we come back you can explain to. I guess that's what makes his cancels bustle -- seem like -- night you get some updates forests that -- first of all Daisuke he had meeting with him yesterday. -- And sore -- of one play date gamers who like Sunday you normal. We spent some time McDyess he has actually pretty -- the Packers time. And he has GNU. Depart for Florida on Monday he's gonna go to marble with the fourth of -- it's just a little crazy so we'll stay here for a few days can be on a pretty. Pretty good workout program. Stars -- display catch and it build up and -- that or really trying to game again get his legs back undermine get the Dice-K that we all think we can find. It may not be for awhile won't be next week but I think we all feel comfortable that this is gonna work I electing basically try to strengthen the shoulder. Strength and everything and get always or never losing sight that the shoulder. Is probably the most important -- but he's gonna do a complete program -- and of spent a lot of time at the ballpark down there and he's excited about this is going to be good. You've met with Mike laws -- doing -- Mikey came in yesterday to get some treatment he's actually -- really well. Try to keep bullet from baseball activities for a few more days and maybe Monday Tuesday giving -- on the baseball activities and then one more right to play after the break children. And how about Geoff Lowery. -- is gonna hopefully DH tonight missiles men. He got whacked pretty good thing by the medical staff and he'd gotten -- on the inside is neither were connects Miami. But I think he's -- DH tonight so that'll help. This Seattle club has been a bit of a surprise the B two games over 500 and of course again they have going tonight to unquestionably is no surprise. King Felix Hernandez won the best apparently in the game and that's that's -- surprised I think was a surprise was last year. You know how poorly they did think they've made some acquisitions may not their rate -- things fell apart. Now they've they've got new manager and general manager. And they seem to feel pretty good about themselves out of our jobs we can Korea will be did not keep keep -- are off base and and Steve we were few games. And no surprises in the lineup tonight. No we got. Obviously terror suspects in green explained short. Cox's first and then you expect there. And how about David Aardsma he's really turned that on as a -- are -- troubled front strikes your last year. The first couple months Fleischer really -- a great job and and he had a groin injury and having gotten away a little bit he had trouble throwing strikes. With our death horrible then. He wasn't gonna get the things here's one of their and to his credit he's taken advantage of what has never been -- all our and he femme neck of the year -- like today to -- John back view."

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