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Eight shutout innings behind him, the Red Sox' John Dopson could be excused for looking ahead to the ninth in this April 1993 game and his potential first career complete game shutout. "When I was in the dugout, I was thinking first major league shutout," Dopson told The Boston Globe after finishing the shutout. "But I just had to block that out. It's a real big day for me and my arm's back to feeling normal." Dopson got that shutout in his seventh big league year. He saw one more, ending with 144 big league appearances . Dopson's career began in 1982, taken by the Expos in the second round of the draft out of Delone Catholic High School in Pennsylvania. Dopson started with the Expos at short-season Jamestown . He went 6-8 in 15 starts, with a 3.97 ERA. That September, he spoke to his hometown Carroll County Times about his experience. "Mostly, I concentrated on throwing the ball hard and keeping it low," Dopson told The Times . Dopso...