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Avoiding Arbitration With Ortiz Right Move

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This has been an offseason where the Red Sox have become almost unrecognizable. Change has come to Yawkey Way not in droplets, but in torrents, washing away the identity of the Olde Towne Team.

If last offseason created great expectations, this one has created great uncertainty.

The Sox have exchanged the familiar for the unfamiliar since their epic September collapse. Three of the positions most crucial to the success and stability of a baseball team have been swapped out like a light bulb -- general manger, manager and closer. If the departures of Theo Epstein, Terry Francona and Jonathan Papelbon weren't disorienting enough, the Sox have also done a 180-degree turn in their financial approach to building a team, going from lavish spenders to luxury tax ...

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