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GREAT MOMENTS IN HYPERBOLE

Baseball fans know that there's a lot of attention on the Boston Red Sox after their epic collapse last September. Thus far this year, they've not fared well, and yesterday's game had two (count 'em, TWO!) blown saves by the Sox. But Dan Shaughnessy, sportswriter for The Boston Globe, may be going just a tad out on a limb when he writes in today's edition:

"The Sox Monday night become the first team in baseball history confronted with a must-win game on April 9."

Gimme a break!