Huh?

Okay, I know the season only started last week, but this:

Toronto 6-2
Baltimore 5-2
TB 4-3
NY 3-4
Boston 2-5

is a little confusing.

As for last night's game....eek. As I often complain, I don't get NESN, so unless they show a game on ESPN, I don't get to watch it. So I end up "watching" games on Gameday. Gameday is great, but when it reads "Jason Giambi doubles to left field. Run scores," it's not really telling the whole truth, is it? Maybe it should read, "Jason Bay attempts a silly dive move and ends up letting Jason Giambi have his RBI, injuring his own wrist in the process." I should ask mlb.com to let me author GameDay, I could make it so much more interesting.

Anyway, Lester is now 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA. Youkilis did good last night but no one else did.

It seems that this is Boston's worst start in 13 years. And probably one of Toronto's best--what is up with that?

Blackout

What a horrible game. Lester was not Lester-like. No, I don't even want to talk about it. I just want to forget it happened and move on.

Tomorrow is Game 4, and TBS is trying to do some thing where everyone watching the game turns their lights off to conserve some energy. I think we should all do that. At least if Boston loses*, something good could come out of it.

So, onto Game 4. 8:07. Down 2-1 but they are used to being down. And it is time for Jacoby to break out of this slump, fo' real.

*They will not lose.

Not a Good Performance

I would really like a win today. Losing by 11 to the Blue Jays is not exactly comforting when you know the next series is against the Enemy. Or wait, is Tampa Bay the Enemy now?

So these were Jon Lester's words after his interesting performance yesterday: "I stunk." Succinct. I like it.

This puts us 5 1/2 games behind the Rays now, since they OF COURSE won. How awful do the standings look right now, by the way? Rays, Boston, New York, Jays, Baltimore. That is totally out of order. It is supposed to be Boston, New York, Baltimore, Jays, Rays. Again with the change thing, not liking it too much. I mean, the TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS (oh sorry, no devil anymore) have the BEST record in the majors!! It's simply Not Right.

So, we need a very good outing from Matsuzaka today because the Sox haven't done very well against A.J. Burnett in the past. They are 0-4 to be precise, and the ERA from Burnett's perspective is really good. Basically, we need all the help we can get. Go offense!

This is Not What I Planned On

What on earth happened these last few days? Another sweep? We were winning, too, most of the time. I think we need to just forget that this series ever happened and move on to the next one.

Enter Jon Lester, who simply must do a good job tonight against Seattle! I refuse to accept another loss...

At least there is hope on the horizon....Ortiz hitting all those home runs, hopefully he'll be back soon! They're saying Friday...oh please oh please oh please oh please etc.

I Complain A Bit Much

The Sox actually won a game last night, and in pretty good fashion. 7-0 over NY. I was a little worried about team morale after being swept by TB (such close games too), but looks like I needn't worry anymore. What I need to do now is focus my energy on TB and hope they stumble in the KC series...though I doubt they will!

I am quite upset that I don't get to watch half of this series on TV (though day-after MLB.TV has been helping me relive games), and it figures the Sunday night game is on TV so I will be awful at work on Monday. Oh well. Red Sox>life.

Allow me to focus on the good for a moment: Lester was awesome last night: he pitched a complete game shutout and only allowed 5 hits total. Pedroia continued his superb playing, he has now hit safely for the past 11 games. The offense killed Pettitte, who had been 4-0 with a 1.00 ERA in his last 4 starts.

But can I just say that very first called 3rd strike on Ellsbury? What a crap call!

Lester

Jon Lester pitched a no-hitter tonight in the 7-0 win against KC! That is some pretty cool stuff right there. Gotta say I didn't expect it, he was just 2-2 before tonight. But that is very awesome, yay Lester! I only wish I was there to see it :(

Look at those Patriots

Did you all see that Patriots game last night?

Because I didn't. I freaking fell asleep again! With like 5 minutes to go!

And they won in the last 44 seconds.

Now, I may not be too fond of Tom Brady since he wore that Yankee hat, but I love New England and have a million family members up there, so forever a NE fan I will be. So that game, in which they were mostly losing to the Ravens, was scary to watch. Thankfully, I woke up in the middle of the night and found out they won in the coolest way. Gotta love that last-second excitement!

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The Red Sox also met with the Twins in the late night and early morning hours, and one sign of potential progress -- according to multiple media reports -- is that Boston forwarded the medical records of left-handed starter Jon Lester to the Twins.

Boston has been saying all along it's either Ellsbury or Lester, but not both. I love Lester and think he's a fantastic kid, and I would hate for him to have to go to Minne-freaking-sota, but....it means Jacoby is staying!

Don't get too excited, Laura....but Ellsbury staying through the offseason would make a really awesome few months for me!

The title of this article says it all. Oh, and the results of the vote!

More Awards for Boston Players

A good thing happened to a good kid yesterday:

Jon Lester received the 2007 Tony Conigliaro Award, which is given annually to a Major League player who has "overcome adversity through the attributes of spirit, determination and courage."

Now, there is the story of Lester, whose rookie season of 2006 was cut short after he was diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Lester received six chemotherapy treatments before beating the cancer. And the end of his 2007 season was nothing short of storybook.

"It was great," said Lester. "Just with the struggles that I went through this year, just to regain confidence in my stuff and my command and mechanics and where I was at physically, it was great. You couldn't have asked for a better ending. It's always good to go out on top."

That's the only newsworthy item I have. :( I do not like the offseason very much.

The Parade

Today was the day when thousands of Red Sox fans waited along the streets of Boston to catch a glimpse of their favorite team as they rolled on by to thank the fans and celebrate with them. As always, I have many pictures to document the parade (there are way too many but I couldn't stop, they were all too good):

Something tells me Papelbon is a really fun guy to hang out with:

I was going to caption this one with something about how cool it would be to be on one of these flights, but I'm so distracted by the size of Varitek's arms...huge!

Love this kid:And I want his jersey!

More Papelbon being awesome:

Who doesn't love Don?

Gotta have a picture of the man, David Ortiz:

And the man that gave America free tacos eats his!

Love the Pedroia:

Our fearless leader:

Some pitchers for your viewing pleasure:

More Papelbon (never enough!):

And the best of them all, Varitek holding the "Resign Lowell" sign:

As far as actual news goes, there's Schilling writing goodbye letters to his teammates and filing for free agency. "There's a very realistic chance I won't ever play with them again."

It's too soon to think about all that. Can we just think about winning the World Series for the next few weeks? Slow it down, the game was only a couple days ago and they're already talking about next year!

5

5 wins in a row! Matsuzaka came out on top in a 1-0 win tonight, pitching 7 scoreless in a clearly tight game. We don't usually win those close ones, but the winning streak must go on!

Last night, the game was on TV, and Lester made his triumphant return, and we went up early and stayed up, and me? Well, I totally fell asleep in the middle of the game. And it sucked, greatly. I woke up around midnight and heard baseball on my TV, turned around to check the score and of course it wasn't the Boston game! It was the second game of the doubleheader, and I missed a great chance to see a Sox win, but...I did get a lot of sleep last night...

A Special Night in Store

Jon Lester is making his first start since his cancer diagnosis. And ESPN is carrying the game, which means I actually get to watch it. I can't wait to see how the fans react when he steps on the field.

And now...the game begins!

Feels Nice

Finally, Boston finished a game before I fell asleep. And it was a win, which is very important considering the fact that that lead is dwindling. NY is winning now, which isn't too great, but at least we won't lose any more of the lead.

A new look to the lineup: Poor Lugo got slammed down, right down to the 9 spot, and Pedroia got the better half of the switch and moved up to leadoff. He went 1-for-4 and Lugo went 1-for-3, so nothing concrete yet on that one.

Jon Lester is in Pawtucket, which is good news. He will be back with the team in no time!

Tomorrow = Win #2 in a future streak of 40.