Mostly Updates

4 wins in a row, including a sweep=the Red Sox we know and love. But Wakefield pitches tonight, so I'm prepared for a loss. Hoping for a win, but prepared for a loss.

Updates:

What's the latest on Curt Schilling? Any tentative dates? Last I heard, it will be after the All-Star break. Thanks.
-- Ed K., Westerly, R.I.

Best-case scenario is that Schilling would pitch in July or August. But there are many hurdles for Schilling to leap before that becomes a reality. The positive news is that Schilling has done very well in the strengthening and rehab portion of things.

Has Buchholz guaranteed himself a spot in the rotation after that impressive outing to sweep Texas, or are there other possibilities still?

-- Davis W., Marion, S.C.

As former Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe so aptly said after losing his job to Tom Brady, there are no guarantees in professional sports. Sure, Buchholz has been brilliant of late. But he's also a young pitcher, and that makes him susceptible to inconsistency.

...Curt Schilling felt good after his throwing session on Tuesday afternoon before the Red Sox played the Tigers at Comerica Park, but not good enough for the injured starter to begin a throwing program.

YAY xInfinity

I got into med school yesterday!

How does this relate to the Red Sox: I will not be able to go to the game I have tickets for in September :(

BUT OH WELL I GOT IN!!!!

Time to Write

The Red Sox have not won a game since my last post, and I think it is because I have not been writing! Therefore it is a simple solution, you see. They are facing a sweep at the hands of Tampa Bay, so my fingers are a-typin'.

Buchholz almost had a win yesterday until he gave up a 2-run HR in the 8th inning and thus Boston lost 2-1. We are losing them all by 1 or 2 runs, which makes it all the more painful. It is time to win, Baltimore is back in first place!

They play today at 1:40, although I have a paper due at midnight tonight that I haven't even started, I think I will be watching some Boston/TB action instead...

Lucky Number 8

That's it! The eighth inning is my new best friend. Boston can be down 200-0 and all we need is the 8th inning and we'll win. LOVE it.

3 in a Row

Three wins in a row have put me in a good mood. Eh, I probably just jinxed it...but I think with Wakefield pitching it was risky anyway.

So I have been out of town since Friday and made a point to catch a glimpse of ESPN Friday night to see if we won....a grand slam from Ortiz? With 2 outs? All right! I love how everyone in the dugout waited...and waited...and then mobbed him. Awesome. And then Saturday, being down 3-2 in the 8th and seeing Ortiz tie it with a single and having Manny continue his absolute fantasticness (yes, a new word) by hitting a long home run to put us up by 2 (but man, how sad, that Texas pitcher looked like he was about to cry)? What a great couple of games.

Let's continue it at 1:35 today...

Beckett's Hot

Josh Beckett pitched 8 excellent innings last night, Manny hit 2 home runs, and Mussina only lasted 3 innings. It was a fantastic game!

Except for that whole Farnsworth-almost-took-out-Manny incident (though we did hit A-Rod the other night, after all), everything went well. Even Papelbon giving up 2 runs was acceptable, with a 7-3 lead you are allowed. Ortiz still has an unexpectedly low average at .111, but remember how Pedroia started last year and he ended up Rookie of the Year. No worries yet about The Man.

What's up with Ellsbury getting HBP twice? He must never be injured, we need him too much. Mussina must have something against him..

How Great!

That was a really great game last night, and I even stayed up to watch the whole thing! Glad I did, because that 9th inning was awesome. When we scored one run in the 9th to tie it at 4 apiece, and Ortiz got on with that bloop single, you just KNEW Manny was gonna hit a HR. And he did, and we won, all that 9th inning heroics is so much fun to watch.

7:05 tonight, the final game against Cleveland. Of course it is on NESN, but no TV game for me :(