Notes: Williamson excited
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Reliever joins team in Baltimore, roaring to go
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By Ian Browne / MLB.com Get tickets
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Scott Williamson joined the Red Sox in Baltimore on Friday. (David Zalubowski/AP)
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The Sox are looking for Williamson to be a dominant setup man in front of Byung-Hyun Kim.
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삭스는 윌리암슨이 김병현 앞의 위력적인 셋업맨 역활을 해줄것을 기대하고 있다.
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Relinquishing the closer's role he held in Cincinnati was certainly not a big deal for Williamson.
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그가 신시네티에서 했던 마무리 역활을 포기한 것은 확실히 윌리암슨에게 있어서 크다지 큰일은 아니였다
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"There's no difference in closing than going in the eighth inning, you just have to go out there and do the best you can," Williamson said. "The [Boston] hitters are tough. My job is to get the three outs as quickly as I can to get these guys hitting because they're one of the best hitting teams in baseball. I'm a Red Sox now and I'm very pleased with that."
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"마무리와 8회 등판하는 것과는 아무런 차이가 없어요..단지 마운드에 올라가서 할수 있는 한 최선을 다하는 거죠..보스턴 타자들은 강합니다..제가 할일은 최대한 빨리 3아웃을 잡아내서 이들이 공격할수 있도록 해주는 것입니다...왜냐하면 그들은 최고의 타력을 지닌 팀이기 때문입니다..
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나는 이제 레드삭스선수이고 그점이 매우 기쁩니다"라고 윌리암슨은 말했다.
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휴~ 보스턴 홈피에 뜬 기사인데...카페에서는 아직도 마무리와 셋업에 대한 논쟁을 하고 있어서 논란에 종지부를 찍고자 짦은 영어 실력을 총동원해서 여기에 올립니다..(샤론님과 추풍낙엽님이 원문전부를 올려주실것을 기대하면서요)
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아래는 원문입니다.
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Notes: Williamson excited
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Reliever joins team in Baltimore, roaring to go
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By Ian Browne / MLB.com Get tickets
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Scott Williamson joined the Red Sox in Baltimore on Friday. (David Zalubowski/AP)
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BALTIMORE -- A week after becoming a father for the first time and three days after being traded for the first time, an enthusiastic Scott Williamson reported for his first day of work with the Red Sox on Friday.
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This wasn't a completely new environment for the hard-throwing right-hander. He shared a long laugh with Kevin Millar. Nomar Garciaparra gave him a warm handshake. And right fielder Trot Nixon gave him a playful tap on the stomach.
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Those are just some of the guys Williamson knows from offseason training or other endeavors.
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After reuniting with Garciaparra, Millar and Nixon, he bumped into Scott Sauerbeck, his offseason next-door neighbor in Cincinnati. Then he socialized with second baseman Todd Walker, his teammate on the Reds last season.
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Still, the only bitter part of this trade for Williamson is that he is leaving a large chunk of his past behind.
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"I've known those guys for a long time in Cincinnati," said Williamson. "I played with a lot of them in the minor leagues and all the way up to the Major Leagues. I knew Aaron Boone and Sean Casey and Barry Larkin for a long time, I've learned a lot from them. These guys, I haven't really played with any of them except for Todd Walker."
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But he was looking forward to getting that process started, and he got some action on his first night. Williamson pitched a scoreless eighth inning in a 2-1 loss for the Sox. His only blemish was a one-out single by Jeff Conine.
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Williamson is ecstatic to be back in a pennant race, something he hasn't experienced since his rookie year of 1999, when the Reds won 96 games and just missed the playoffs.
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"This is a chance for me to help the Boston Red Sox do what they want to do, and that's go to a World Series," Williamson said. "I'm ecstatic. It's a great opportunity and I just can't say enough to Theo [Epstein] for bringing me over here."
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Williamson would have met the team in Texas following Tuesday's trade if not for the recent chaos in his personal life. Shortly after the birth of his baby boy, his wife had to go back to the hospital for high blood pressure.
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She's out of the hospital, and her husband is back at work.
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The Sox are looking for Williamson to be a dominant setup man in front of Byung-Hyun Kim. Relinquishing the closer's role he held in Cincinnati was certainly not a big deal for Williamson.
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"There's no difference in closing than going in the eighth inning, you just have to go out there and do the best you can," Williamson said. "The [Boston] hitters are tough. My job is to get the three outs as quickly as I can to get these guys hitting because they're one of the best hitting teams in baseball. I'm a Red Sox now and I'm very pleased with that."
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Mueller out of the lineup: Friday was a rough day for Sox third baseman Bill Mueller. As the team flew from Texas to Baltimore in the wee hours of the morning, Mueller was doubled over in pain from a wisdom tooth.
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He had that tooth taken out Friday morning and was unavailable for the first game of the series.
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Sox manager Grady Little expects Mueller will be back in the lineup Saturday. In Mueller's place, Damian Jackson made his first career start at third base, going 0-for-2.
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Short one position player, the Sox sent righty Jason Shiell down to Triple-A Pawtucket to make way for Williamson on the roster. That bought infielder Lou Collier an extra day or two. He'll likely head back to Pawtucket when Jeff Suppan joins the team either Saturday or Sunday. Suppan is scheduled to make his first start Tuesday against Anaheim.
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Martinez in Dominican: Pedro Martinez won't be with the Red Sox this weekend, as some representatives from the Pan Am Games flew him back to his native land to participate in the Opening Ceremonies. With Martinez's next start scheduled for Wednesday against the Angels, Little said he could get some side work done in the Dominican Republic if need be. Martinez's big brother Ramon -- a former Sox pitcher -- has a facility Martinez can throw at.
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This and that: Little said that Ramiro Mendoza, moved out of the rotation following Wednesday's disappointing start, could be available out of the pen as early as Friday night. ... Williamson, who was clocked at 100 mph before undergoing Tommy John surgery a couple of years ago, still throws in the upper 90s when he wants to. However, Williamson focuses more on mastering the strike zone at this juncture of his career than lighting up radar guns. ... DH David Ortiz wasn't in the starting lineup Friday. He was replaced by Jeremy Giambi. ... Though Kim went three innings in Thursday night's 11-inning affair, Little said he might have been available Friday. However, the Sox never led and Kim never got in the game.
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Down on the farm: The Sox signed right-hander Jason Smith, their 49th-round draft selection. Smith is a product of Bourne, Mass. He will report to Boston's Gulf Coast league affiliate. ... When third baseman Kevin Youkilis was promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket earlier this week, he was leading the Eastern League with a .487 on-base percentage. ... Lefty Bruce Chen has caught fire at Triple-A Pawtucket, going 3-1 with a 2.16 ERA in his last four starts. ... Steve Woodard has been a different pitcher since moving out of the rotation at Pawtucket. In the bullpen, he's given up just one earned run in his first 9 1/3 innings. ... First baseman Sean McGowan hit .382 in July for Double-A Portland. ... Portland lefty Jorge De la Rosa has an 0.45 ERA in his last four outings. He's fourth in the league with 99 strikeouts and fifth in ERA (2.85).
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