And I Quote, Red Sox Off-Day Edition One: May 1, 2007

First, this whole bloody/painted sock thing really needs to stop. But you’ve got to love Kevin Millar’s take on the situation: he painted his sanitary sock red before going out for stretching last night. Sometimes I really miss that guy. (Dirty Watah)

Anyway, sometimes I think that Jonathan Papelbon is a character that we all created with the combined power of our imagination. (Basegirl)

Joel Pineiro: I can't wait to get out there. I can't wait to go out there and beat up on the Yankees. ... The fans in Boston, they want us to rip their heads off. (Yanksfan vs Soxfan)

2) Timlin re-discovers the rage face. And all is good again: In the bottom of the eighth, after we'd just gone from flatlining to tapdancing, the Jays had first and third with one out. Timlin gets a double play ball from Aaron Hill, and walks off the mound with fist pumping, heart pounding, throat howling. It was like the warrior reborn, so fierce I'll guarantee that if Pedroia was within a four foot radius of Timlin, he wet his pants. (Surviving Grady)

But then the eighth inning came, and it was almost like someone uncorked a little of that 2004 magic. (Surviving Grady)

Say what you want about games and importance for April, or September, but the fact is they all count for one win, or one loss. Some wins are bigger than others, some losses as well. Beating the Yankees when trailing by 4 runs, hell beating ANY team when trailing by four runs in the 8th is a big win. Beating the best closer in the games history is a huge lift as well. Common theory amongst many baseball people is that you win 50, you lose 50 and what you do in those other 62 is what determines the season. The last two nights we won games that should have been in the ‘lose 50’ column. That’s big no matter what day on the calendar it is, or who they happen against. (38 Pitches)

David Ortiz: "Like me and Manny [Ramirez], we are very practical, very mechanical hitters. We don't get hits, cheap hits. We either hit the ball or we don't hit it. Not like we are like, Derek Jeter. He take a swing like that [mimes a checked swing], he get a hit. We're not like that. We have the power swing that it's either everything or nothing." (Extra Bases)

Jay Gibbons on Dustin Pedroia meeting Brady Quinn: "He doesn't know Brady Quinn at all and this guy is 6-5, 250 (pounds) and you have a guy Pedroia's size yelling at him during ping-pong, saying, 'You want a piece of me meat?'" (Boston Herald)

Mike Lowell on his own uncharacteristic number of errors so far this season: "I’ve got to throw the frog out that is living in my glove." (Boston Herald)