<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><channel rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/BlogRss.aspx/SlyCy4145"><title>The prospects of Red Sox in 2005 - Blogit</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/</link><description>What the Sox look like for this year.</description><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase><items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/398635" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/396863" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/396093" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/394268" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/393056" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/390318" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/383453" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/382193" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/380996" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/380735" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/398635"><title>The Sox have taken three giant steps backward in the last</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/398635</link><description>two days. They now have perhaps five games left with the Yankees for the rest of the year and have backed themselves into the position of absolutely having to win all those games. If the Sox don't win the AL East crown, they have precious little chance of making it to the AL Playoffs this year....</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/396863"><title>Thre Red Sox breathed new life into their hopes for </title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/396863</link><description>the season when they managed to sweep three games from the Baltimore Orioles over the week end. The sweep left them one game behind the New York Yankees in the AL East.</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/396093"><title>The Red Sox have lost three in a row to the Kansas City Royals.</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/396093</link><description>Right now, they are in a free fall notwithstanding David Ortiz. They need help in many areas.</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/394268"><title>David Ortiz hit two more home runs last night to </title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/394268</link><description>lead the Sox over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3-2. Curt Schilling pitched a strong seven innings to earn the victory. Javy Lopez, just acquired from the Baltimore Orioles, was pressed into service on his first night with the Sox and the Sox kept pace with the Yankees who lead them by one game in the...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/393056"><title>Ortiz does it again!!</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/393056</link><description>David Ortiz must be the best clutch hitter in the history of baseball. Last night he hit a three run home run deliver the Sox a walk-off victory in the ninth. It was the eighth walk-off home run in Ortiz's career. This was a rock em sock em game in which the Sox and the Indians swapped leads...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/390318"><title>The Sox have won four games in a row and have a three and a half game </title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/390318</link><description>lead over the New York Yankees in the East Division of the AL. They have just embarked on their first West Coast journey of the season at this late date. Quite often, West Coast trips are like walks into the Valley of Death for the Red Sox but they are upon us and at least they started off with a...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/383453"><title>The Red Sox, behind the Paul Bunyan mystique of David Ortiz, won another </title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/383453</link><description>game with yet another walk off hit by Big Papi this time in the twelfth against they Philadelphia Phillies whom the Sox swept for their third consecutive NL sweep. Tim Wakefield started for the Sox and was locked in a pitcher's duel with until the sixth inning when the Red Sox erupted for six...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/382193"><title>The Red Sox beat the Washington Nationals 9-3 last night</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/382193</link><description>for their sixth straight win. They had so much trouble beating AL teams that the dregs of the NL east has come to their rescue. The Sox have swept two series against the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals. Rookie Jon Lester won his second game of the season and David Ortiz hit a grand...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/380996"><title>The Red Sox beat the Braves 4-1.</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SlyCy4145/380996</link><description>Twenty-two year old rookie Jon Lester pitched a great game last night and catcher Jason Veritek struck a vital three run double to provide the Red Sox with a much needed win. The win broke a four game losing streak and kept them within a game of the division leading New York Yankees. 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