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Bay's knees no longer are a going concern

Jason Bay (above) is hardly fleet, but he has three steals in three weeks with the Red Sox. (File/Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

By Amalie Benjamin

Globe Staff / August 26, 2008

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NEW YORK - There's the batting average, the ability to get to balls in the outfield, and the first-to-third jump on the base paths. But another way to know that Jason Bay's knees - which helped contribute to his downturn offensively in 2007 - are healthy is to check out his stolen base total. The number might be just three, ... (Full article: 760 words)