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03/14/2004  7:53 PM ET
'Super' guest visits Red Sox
Belichick visited with team during Sunday's game
Derek Lowe (left) spent time Sunday talking to Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. (Brita Meng Outzen/MLB.com)
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    FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Red Sox manager Terry Francona had more than just his regular staff of coaches in the dugout for the first few innings of Sunday's exhibition game against the Orioles.

    For it's not every day you can have the coach of the defending Super Bowl champions on your bench.

    When Francona saw Bill Belichick sitting in the dugout before the game, he made sure the Patriots' coach knew there was no time limit on his visit.

    "When I walked out, he was in the dugout and someone introduced me to him and we were just kind of talking and I asked him if he was going to stay for the game," Francona said. "And I said, 'Hey, this is Spring Training, you're more than welcome to sit here.' I think he kind of enjoyed it."