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Ortiz, Mueller hard-pressed for encore

By By Jim Baker
MLB Insider

Monday, February 16, 2004

The ups and downs of baseball are on the mind of Art Martone of the Providence Journal -- especially as they apply to the Boston Red Sox. Four of the eight returning Red Sox regulars had career years in 2003 and a couple of them are bound to come back down to earth. Martone looks at whom among the quartet of Bill Mueller, Jason Varitek, David Ortiz and Trot Nixon will maintain their level of quality and who will return to form. Here are some fighting words for Red Sox fans, already bitter fro ...

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