Ben Rice always knew he’d be part of Yankees-Red Sox rivalry — and could’ve easily been on other side
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BOSTON — There is an alternate universe in which Ben Rice is an emerging, homegrown Red Sox slugger, beloved by a fan base that has collectively adopted the Cohasset native, and the lefty-swinging masher, who probably has grown a bushy beard, aims nightly at…
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What happened
BOSTON — There is an alternate universe in which Ben Rice is an emerging, homegrown Red Sox slugger, beloved by a fan base that has collectively adopted the Cohasset native, and the lefty-swinging masher, who probably has grown a bushy beard, aims nightly at…
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Common ground
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Follow-up questions
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