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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digestive Player of the Week ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week has been one of the most exciting to watch all season long.]]></description><link>https://www.redsoxdigest.com/p/digestive-player-of-the-week-63c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.redsoxdigest.com/p/digestive-player-of-the-week-63c</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Curry Mitchell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:21:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/42792e5d-1b6a-46d0-8ee7-2c82b200c073_1024x1536.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week has been one of the most exciting to watch all season long. They are making fewer dumb mistakes, the bats have come alive, and the games that we have lost most of the season, we have found a way to win. We are going into the All Star break on a 10 game win streak, and just had three consecutive series sweeps. Your Boston Red Sox are one of the&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digestive Player of the Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[Digestive Player of the Week]]></description><link>https://www.redsoxdigest.com/p/digestive-player-of-the-week-6d2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.redsoxdigest.com/p/digestive-player-of-the-week-6d2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Curry Mitchell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 17:08:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0z5e!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fca741fe3-7ede-4065-bbf9-3656503c4ae9_4653x3102.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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The Sox went 3-3 this week which continues to show they are playing like a typical .500 team. The bats did come alive at a couple of times during this past week. They put up 15 runs against the Blue Jays and then another 13 against the Reds. Good ole Abreu was a big part of a lot of the runs th&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digestive Player of the Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week wasn&#8217;t the best week for our Boston Red Sox.]]></description><link>https://www.redsoxdigest.com/p/digestive-player-of-the-week</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.redsoxdigest.com/p/digestive-player-of-the-week</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Curry Mitchell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:14:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DDCo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c5c844e-3d8a-4314-880c-87d2f595f915_1440x1005.avif" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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They started off the week strong by beating the San Francisco Giants, in the first game of the series, but unfortunately dropped the next 5 Games. I can&#8217;t stand here and say that it was all bad. We saw some flashes of good play by Ceddanne Rafaela. He was able to get some big hits this past week and&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Do We Make the Red Sox BETTER this Year?]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do we make the Red Sox better this year?]]></description><link>https://www.redsoxdigest.com/p/how-do-we-make-the-red-sox-better</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.redsoxdigest.com/p/how-do-we-make-the-red-sox-better</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thayer Doyle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 20:16:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z564!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2abd7d5c-057d-4f1e-a442-5b05aa859031_1200x630.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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