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The RedSox thought they had shed the continuous distraction of Manny Ram?rez. 

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Yankees NOTEBOOK 

May 5, 2009 (Akron Beacon Journal delivered byNewstex) -- 

When Zack Greinke needed it the most, an "old-school baseball lifer" stepped up to help revive his career, Ken Rosenthal says. 

The Cleveland Indians got an immediate payoff from their bullpen shuffle. 

Red Sox announcer Jerry Remy is taking an indefinite leave of absence after having setbacks following cancer surgery. 

Carl Pavano endured four injury-plagued years in which he gave the New York Yankees very little for their $39. 

Days away 

Despite the first-inning hole Joba Chamberlain dug for theYankees, there they were in the eighth still locked in a one-run struggle with the rival Red Sox, last night's game very much in the balance. 

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PAWTUCKET, R. 

NEW YORK - You've got to like the way this RedSox-Yankee thing is going this year.