Red Sox Notebook

Any shift in the strategy?

Rays are working on Ortiz defense

Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon (above) has until July 3 before he has to decide how to play it vs. the Red Sox' David Ortiz. (GENE J. PUSKAR/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

By Gordon Edes

Globe Staff / March 25, 2007

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- In a bizarre bit of scheduling, the Red Sox and Devil Rays don't meet in the regular season until July 3, when the D-Rays come to Fenway Park for a two-game set. By that time, Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said, he should know whether he'll continue with the exaggerated shift he deploys against David Ortiz ... (Full article: 942 words)