deflated

photo from The Boston Globe

1. i was kind of hoping Schill might teach Slappy's elbow a lesson, but there was a "secret pre-game meeting" between the managers & the umpires. i would be willing to bet it was a warning to keep the game clean. oh well. he'll get his...

2. observation: i think if i did play-by-play synopsis of Sox games here on my blog, i could start many of them with: "Lugo made an out to start the game." doesn't really justify him being lead off hitter, does it. =P

3. Youk consecutive hitting streak watch: 16

4. i think Greasy's square head may have gotten bigger...

5. after two innings, i was seriously contemplating reaching through my television screen & cracking WMP's & Lugo's heads together. between the one covering RF not even *trying* to get the ball to home for an attempt at a play, and the other throwing the ball away into the OF, instead of to 2B... ::shakes head:: i know he's small, but Pedroia isn't *invisible*.


6. i can't tell you what happened during the rest of the giant smoking crater where a ball game should have been. it was on. i was staring at it. but i just plain tuned out. i know our pitching stunk to high heaven. and i know that there was many an adventure in the outfield, starring Manny Ramirez, Coco Crisp & Wily Mo Pena. and i know we lost to the MFY, 8-3.

7. blessed off day. tomorrow, the Hundred Million Dollar pitcher faces the Rangers. but for today, we rest.