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Boston’s Wakefield And Aceves Fighting For One Spot?

Pete Abraham asked Terry Francona if Tim Wakefield's roster spot with the Red Sox is assured. Francona's response: "I would never sit here and talk about somebody being on the ... I can't do that. That's so disrespectful of players. I would never do that. That would be awful."

↵↵Another reporter asked if Aceves and Wakefield could both make the team.

↵“I’m not going to do that,” he said. “I wouldn’t do that to those guys. These guys have a stressful couple of weeks ahead of them. I’m not going to make it worse.”

↵↵This doesn’t sound good. For Kid ‘66, anyway. I’m just hoping he pitches well these next two weeks, and Aceves ultimately gets parked in Pawtucket and waits for somebody to get hurt.

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