Hitting might not be about the power anymore for Bobby Abreu, but yesterday, in the first game of the Red Sox-Yankees doubleheader, it was about the average, the lengthy at-bats, and the base running -- the list of traits that worried Terry Francona when the Yankees acquired Abreu from the Phillies. (Full article: 639 words)

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