dropping like flies
so let me get some things straight:
**Tek is sick & not catching for the fifth straight day, only one start of which belonged to Wakefield. we have no back up catcher with Tek too sick to play, and both of our emergency catchers (Cora & Lowell) are unavailable. we do have a volunteer from Pedroia to catch though. i question if he would be able to reach the top of the strike zone in a squatting catcher's stance though. maybe he could just stand. ;-) one thing i do know though: he wouldn't be afraid to block home plate from a runner charging from third.
**Beckett & Matsuzaka were both scratched from their starts, also down with the flu, forcing David Pauley to come up last minute for a spot start, Jon Lester to pitch on three days' rest after a 106-pitch outing in his last start, and now AA Portland's Justin Masterson gets the rubber match this afternoon against an undefeated Joe Saunders because Lester pitched last night.
**MDC is also on the sickbed, and i am very suspicious that all this started with Jeemer's stiff neck that caused him to miss games since the Cleveland series with a "stiff neck" eerily similar to Beckett's, only just returning earlier this week.
**add to that Coco being hurt & just showing up in the line up today, and Youk straining his back, plus Lowell & Cora on the DL...
so basically, the team is either sick or injured, save for a few players, who i now fear are just a matter of time away from their own inflictions. except for Lugo, who will continue to torture me by remaining healthy as a horse. (yes, i know, hot hitting streak right now. in his case, i root for the uniform but i still don't like its contents.)
provided he's healthy, it looks like i will still be seeing Beckett pitch on Sunday. looking forward to that! and also to possibly seeing Sean Casey play, since Lowell won't be activated until after the off day when the Sox meet the Jays in Boston on Tuesday.
in a nutshell: thank God for being 15-8 or i would be afraid we'd be well on our way to hell in a handbasket.
i think i need to offer up a prayer for Justin Masterson... and lots-o-offense...
6 with their own thoughts:
It's a good thing after today they're heading to Tampa for a series with the Rays. With this illness, they need an easier challenge than the Angels to get through it.
They must have a team MD. Why didn't they all start taking Tamiflu, for heaven's sake?? I know it's expensive, but it's expensive for regular joe's like us, not for people who make millions in a few months.
I suspect they have an orthopadeic surgeon on staff. I know many bone docs, and they are all smarter than hell. But only about bone stuff. Ask them a simple question about pneumonia and they start scratching their armpits like a gorilla and grunting a little. And, just for the record, if they don't have a general team MD, I am officially applying for the job.
I have physical pain when Tek is out. I physically feel his absence. I just get so NERVOUS with Cash behind the plate. Last night someone stole 3rd! NO ONE WOULD STEAL 3RD ON TEK!
It might be a long couple weeks. The hubz and his pop are heading up on May 3 to catch the Rays game at Fenway. I'm looking forward to a preview of what that game might be like for them this coming weekend.
at least they aren't the bad news bears (aka rangers)!
No iced coffee free for me today and Dawn's sad too. : (
Dawn, I tried to comment earlier, but it said blogger was down.
Considering everything you mentioned, PLUS the trip to Japan, the fact they are at 15-9 is fantastic.
Just think what they'll be like when everybody is healthy?
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