After Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy questioned the need to have translators during visits to the mound, Red Sox manager John Farrell defended the practice.
"Whether it was with [Daisuke Matsuzaka] to Hideki Okajima to guys that were on our pitching staff, I would have liked to have an interpreter around," Farrell said Wednesday, per ESPN.com's Scott Lauber.
Remy's comments came during Tuesday night's game between the Red Sox and New York Yankees, via Sports Illustrated's Chris Chavez.
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