Richard Marshall

Games

Often the most telling sports photographs happen before or after the "big play" - on the sidelines, in the background, and up in the stands.

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Minnesota's Corey Koskie is safe when the ball squirts loose after a collision with Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek in the bottom of the second inning Sunday at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. Koskie, who doubled earlier in the inning, scored on a Matt LeCroy single to center field.