"How do you feel this morning?'' he said.
Buchholz, surely, could have felt better.
The Red Sox's starter was rocked for six runs while recording just seven outs, putting the Red Sox in an early hole at Fenway.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter, with the coffee brewing early in his office, didn't care for the scheduled ESPN Sunday Night game. Yet, he certainly understands the significance of Patriots Day, particularly after the marathon bombing of a year ago.
"This is very important to our country,'' Showalter said, "not just Boston.''
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