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| The New Red Sox Right-Fielder |
The Red Sox officially introduced their new right-fielder (at least and until
Jacoby Ellsbury gets traded)—
Shane Victorino. Victorino claimed he needed no convincing to come to last-place Boston, citing the history of the Red Sox and the greatness of their rivalry with the Evil Ones. Ben Cherington talked about adding a "center-field quality defender" in Victorino, which reinforces his signing as stop-gap insurance until the
Jackie Bradley, Jr. Era arrives. In an interesting sidelight, when Victorino told Ellsbury he liked "chowder", Jacoby corrected him and told him to call it "chowda". Victorino will wear
Daisuke Matsuzaka's old number 18. Hmm,
Johnny Damon's old number, too.
