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Ron Gendron of Lincoln, R.I., an outfielder with the New England Red Sox, takes batting practice in Brockton. Ron Gendron of Lincoln, R.I., an outfielder with the New England Red Sox, takes batting practice in Brockton. (MATTHEW J. LEE/GLOBE STAFF)
By Emily Sweeney
Globe Staff / October 21, 2007

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The team's second baseman, Damon Isles, was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a rare neurological disorder caused by inflammation of the spinal cord, in 2002. (Full article: 800 words)

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