Article: MORGAN'S MOVE ENRAGES RICE

Q. Is Jim Rice still the captain of the Red Sox?

A. "Yes, as far as I know he is. No one has taken that away from him."

-- Joe Morgan, Red Sox manager

Where, then, was Jim Rice last night during the Red Sox' proudest moment of the season?

With Todd Benzinger cantering down the third-base line, his 10th-inning home run neatly deposited into the right-field grandstand for a 9-7 victory over the Twins, the team captain was nowhere to be seen. Where was he?

"I don't know where he was," said Morgan, who in the eighth inning pinch hit Spike Owen for Rice -- a move that one player claims so enraged Rice that he pulled the manager down into the runway that leads to the Red Sox ...

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