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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY WEDNESDAY:
MLB: Red Sox at Orioles, 7:05 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ Former A’s manager Art Howe is not pleased with his representation in the movie “Moneyball.” Howe, who led the A’s to the playoffs three times (2000 through 2002), went on to manage the Mets and now lives in Texas. He saw the movie over the weekend and did not like Philip Seymour Hoffman‘s portrayal. “I’m very disappointed, very disappointed,” he told InsideBayArea.com. “I look at it as character assassination.”

Howe is known as a mild-mannered manager, but he was portrayed as aggressive and combative with general manager Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt). “It wasn’t even close to my personality,” Howe said. “They just went out of their way to degrade me.”

♦ The Mets have had a miserable season on and off the field, but on Tuesday they got some good news. The team’s owners won’t have to repay $1 billion to victims of Bernard Madoff‘s financial scheming after a federal district court judge dismissed nine of the 11 counts against them.

♦ The Redskins rid themselves of the problem that is Albert Haynesworth, but they still have at least one attitude problem on their roster. Cornerback DeAngelo Hall has been the subject of widespread criticism since he surrendered a 30-yard reception to Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant on third-and-21 on the deciding drive of Monday’s 18-16 Dallas victory and was flagged for a facemask on the play. Bryant, who said before the game he wanted to take a shot at Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo‘s broken ribs, insisted after the game that the referees made a bad call on the facemask and essentially blamed Washington defensive coordinator Jim Haslett for making the wrong call on the play. At Yahoo! Sports, Jason Cole writes about the Redskins’ latest problem child.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: In 2005, the Red Sox became the first team in 55 years to have four players score 100 runs. Johnny Damon, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were the first three to reach the milestone. Which player joined them by scoring both of the Sox’ runs in a 7-2 loss to the Blue Jays on Sept. 28?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think it’s really good for baseball, not so good for my stomach. It’s exciting. If you don’t want to show up [Wednesday] and play, you’ve got no pulse. My goodness, I can’t remember being that nervous in a long time. Go back to the hotel and not sleep, and then show up and see what we can do.” — Red Sox manager Terry Francona

STAT OF THE DAY: 7.28 — The ERA of Red Sox starting pitchers in September, after Erik Bedard gave up three runs in 3 1/3 innings in Tuesday’s 8-7 victory over the Orioles

‘NET RESULTS: A soccer player in Norway scores when he heads the ball in from beyond midfield.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Edgar Renteria

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Ben E. King turns 73 Wednesday.

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