The four Sox relievers who pitched at least 50 innings this year--Papelbon, Mike Timlin, Hideki Okajima and Kyle Snyder--registered a major league best 2.75 bullpen earned-run average.

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The league ran a contest, searching for a couple of die-hard fans willing to spend practically every waking moment there watching all 2, 430 Major League Baseball games this season on a massive wall of 15 televisions, and sharing their experiences with other fans.

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Then there's America's postwar migration to the West Coast, which ultimately led to the demise of baseball's Pacific Coast League, then an independent entity some 2, 000 miles from the nearest major league city.

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