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The Sox were able to sign ex-Dodger Takashi Saito at reasonable cost partly because he had an elbow problem last season.
(file/Julie Jacobson/associated Press)
Pitching depth added in Saito
Sox are assured his elbow is fine
The Sox were able to sign ex-Dodger Takashi Saito at reasonable cost partly because he had an elbow problem last season.
(file/Julie Jacobson/associated Press)
The strategy employed again yesterday by the Red Sox in their signing of righthanded relief pitcher Takashi Saito to a one-year contract was not one general manager Theo Epstein formulated long ago. He and his staff implemented it in response to the faltering economy, not quite out of necessity, but out of caution. (Full article: 779 words)
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