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  6. article_body => "<p>BOSTON -- Here's what Orioles manager Buck Showalter had to say a day later after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csnne.com\/boston-red-sox\/evan-drellich-buck-showalter-takes-unwarranted-shot-boston-red-sox-flu\" target=\"_blank\">taking a shot at the Red Sox for how much they've talked about the flu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION:<\/strong> Buck, with the flu, with the Red Sox . . . &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOWALTER<\/strong>: The Red Sox are the only ones that have it. I didn\u2019t know that. Nobody else has it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION<\/strong>: I don\u2019t know about that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOWALTER<\/strong>: Everybody in the whole league\u2019s got it. Seems to get broadcast more here. What else?<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION<\/strong>: Well, do you think that\u2019s because they\u2019re seeking pity, what do you think . . .&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOWALTER<\/strong>: Seeking pity, no. Everybody has challenges, like they do. No they don\u2019t, heavens no. They\u2019re deep. They\u2019ve had some issues like all clubs do. Some issues of life, bereavement, whether it be paternity, whether it be sickness, whether it be injury, those are the things that people grind through. They do a great job with it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION<\/strong>: You think there\u2019d be a reasonable way for them to not talk about it as much as they did when a guy doesn\u2019t show up?<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOWALTER<\/strong>: I\u2019d talk about it too when a guy doesn\u2019t show up at the park, wouldn\u2019t you? No, I\u2019d do it the same way.<\/p>\n<p><em>Later . . .&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION<\/strong>: Buck, are you trying to needle the Red Sox?<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOWALTER<\/strong>: Am I trying to needle the Red Sox? No. That\u2019s ridiculous, but appreciate you trying to go down that road, that\u2019s typical.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION<\/strong>: Well, your commentary yesterday would suggest that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOWALTER<\/strong>: No, I don\u2019t think it would. That\u2019s how you read it. Wasn\u2019t meant that way. What else?<\/p>\n"
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BOSTON -- Here's what Orioles manager Buck Showalter had to say a day later after taking a shot at the Red Sox for how much they've talked about the flu.

QUESTION: Buck, with the flu, with the Red Sox . . .  

SHOWALTER: The Red Sox are the only ones that have it. I didn’t know that. Nobody else has it.

QUESTION: I don’t know about that.

SHOWALTER: Everybody in the whole league’s got it. Seems to get broadcast more here. What else?

QUESTION: Well, do you think that’s because they’re seeking pity, what do you think . . . 

SHOWALTER: Seeking pity, no. Everybody has challenges, like they do. No they don’t, heavens no. They’re deep. They’ve had some issues like all clubs do. Some issues of life, bereavement, whether it be paternity, whether it be sickness, whether it be injury, those are the things that people grind through. They do a great job with it.

QUESTION: You think there’d be a reasonable way for them to not talk about it as much as they did when a guy doesn’t show up?

SHOWALTER: I’d talk about it too when a guy doesn’t show up at the park, wouldn’t you? No, I’d do it the same way.

Later . . . 

QUESTION: Buck, are you trying to needle the Red Sox?

 

SHOWALTER: Am I trying to needle the Red Sox? No. That’s ridiculous, but appreciate you trying to go down that road, that’s typical.

QUESTION: Well, your commentary yesterday would suggest that.

SHOWALTER: No, I don’t think it would. That’s how you read it. Wasn’t meant that way. What else?