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Red Sox rising above the chaos

Slow start? That's history, as Boston roars back into the AL East race

Updated: May 27, 2010, 12:58 PM ET
By Gordon Edes | ESPNBoston.com

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Ron Johnson, the baseball lifer spending his first season as the Red Sox's first-base coach, said that all his years in the Sox system have taught him to trust the judgments of general manager Theo Epstein.

"These guys know what they're doing," Johnson said. "I'm a believer. I wouldn't bet against them. If they tell me the sun's going to be a different color tomorrow, I'm in."

We can reliably report that the sun will not change its hue this morning, but the ...

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