Over the past month or so, it seemed that good news developed at Fenway Park about as often as ticket-price decreases or parking meters opening up within a mile of Yawkey Way.
Just when it appeared that the Red Sox were down-and-out and on a freefall into baseball oblivion, however, encouraging signs have begun to appear with unexpected frequency, reviving a region’s hopes that had been all but abandoned during an abysmal August.
One day after the long-awaited returns of Manny Ramirez, Jason Varitek and Trot Nixon, rookie Kason Gabbard recorded his first major league win last night by combining with Mike Timlin on a four-hit, 1-0, shutout of the Chicago White Sox.
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