Manny being Manny

How ironic that the Red Sox and the Yankees were engaged in a pitcher's duel and yet the game still took over five hours to complete. Red Sox and Yankee fans are used to marathon games but these games usually end with scores similar to Giant-Patriot games. And bravo to Fox who went to Nascar with two outs and a 3-2 count in the top of the 9th and Papelbon on the mound. Next week I hear they are going to show the "Departed" and switch to American Idol before you see Matt Damon get his. Once again bravo to the fuckers at Fox.

I was happy to see Beckett back in 2007 form. His fastball had the velocity and location we have come to expect and he was throwing the breaking ball for strikes. When he can do that he is hard to beat. The offense continues to be passable and hopefully David Ortiz will find his stroke as the weather warms up. This continues to support the fact that Manny Ramirez is a huge part of the dynamic duo. He was involved in all four runs, scoring two and more importantly cleaning up the mess Papi left on the bases in the 6th. Imagine what Ortiz's numbers would be without the protection of Ramirez. Epstein should pick up that option right now. Tonight we see Big Phil and Dice-K should be interesting and hopefully the Sox can take two of three at home.