Clay Buchholz outpitched the guy everyone but Theo Epstein wanted him traded for. Throwing his two seam, change up and curve for strikes, Buchholz is beginning to look like a legitimate number three starter.
Ramon Ramirez, Hideki Okajima and Takashi Saito all pitched an effective inning in relief. The ball came out of Saito's hand like it had early in the year. Papelbon's recent struggles aside, the bull pen looked refreshed tonight. Could this be a sign of good things to come?
Offensively, David Ortiz (on fire since Hapi for Papi called for his benching), Jason Bay and Victor Martinez all went yard. Alex Gonzalez and Jacoby Ellsbury both added early clutch run scoring hits.
Forty-three games to go, let's hope the team will heat up.
BTW ...
- Good luck to John Smoltz in St. Louis. Undoubtedly, he'll be successful at least in the short term. Ask Julio Lugo.
- Still waiting for the team to put out its best line up. Pedroia has been missing.
- Is "The King" from those Burger King commercials a little scary to anyone else?
- Happy to hear that Jerry Remy will return on a part time basis starting Friday.
- In a related happening, Frank Viola is a tad worse than Dave Roberts. He gets the distinction of the worst Remy fill in due to his annoying cackle.
- We all just feel so much better with Gonzalez fielding a ball at short.
- The more and more I watch Victor Martinez play, the more I like him. I may pay him the ultimate compliment by calling him a "professional hitter".
- Personally, I fear the Rays far more than the Rangers in the wild card race.
- Brett Favre's inability to stay retired reminds me of a boxer. The skills have certainly faded but he still laces them up with the hope that it will all come together again. Due to the violence, he contemplates not competing anymore but the lure of the spotlight draws you back. Oscar De La Hoya finally got it, one could only hope Favre quits for good before he seriously hurts himself.
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I agree, GREAT win last night, not just for the final outcome but more importantly how Buchholz has seemed to turn a corner. As for my "reverse jinx" on Big Papi, I also think Drew & Vartitek need to sit as well.
Brett Favre needs to just go away...here's hoping he pulls a Tom Brady on the 1st series of the 1st game of the year.
Wait, you want Favre to make it the regular season?
How about a catastrophic injury during a practice?
Or maybe during a press conference? Someone throw a shoe at him!
Who would you rather see "shine" this year?
a) Brett Favre
b) Mike Vick
I'm going with Vick by a gray whisker on Favre's chin. vick is on his second chance. Favre on his third. How can he play with the Vikings after being a self described "legend" in Green Bay.
Kinda like Wade Boggs hinting he wouldn't mind having his number retired by the Sox.
I would rather see Vick "shine". Favre is from Miss., is it beyond the realm of possibilties that he's killed a dog or two in his lifetime? Was the whisker comment intentional? If so pretty, pretty good.
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