5:10 PM Papelbon blows through the top of order, a chant of "Yankees Suck" from the soon to be 1-6 Red Sox tries to hit the field, but is then put to rest by a pop up from Texiera. Thanks for joining me today, and let's see if we can take two of three this weekend.
4:50 PM A poor outing from Boone Logan again has turned this game into a 9-6 affair. 3 outs left for the Yankees as Robertson pitches in the bottom of the 8th. The dream of an 0-9 Red Sox is dying.
4:31 PM Adrian Gonzalez shows off his power by bunting for a single against the shift. A-Rod attempts to airmail the ball into the seats for no reason at all.
4:30 PM Manny Ramirez announces his retirement 6 days into the 2011 season. Manny was booed at home during the Rays winless home-stand and he decided he no longer wants to take female fertility drugs anymore to mask his steroid use. Manny will be missed.
4:26 PM Can we take a moment to discuss Bobby Jenks and his bleached goatee? He's no stranger to coloring his facial hair apparently as discovered in this old photo of him as a White Sox. What a goon. Also, he's at least a B-cup.
4:06 PM Brett Gardner, after reading my liveblog in the first inning no doubt, swung at the first pitch in his 2nd AB to hit a double. This at bat he takes ball 1, ball 2, takes strike 1, and strike 2, and then decides to start waving the bat. Works the walk right before Jeter grounds weakly into the double play.
3:57 PM Re-ordered the liveblog for better refreshing purposes. Good to see #91 back on the field even if it is in the wrong uniform. Almost gives up a cheapie down the line to Granderson. Surprised that the mop-up pitcher is in during a 1-run lead in the 6th inning.
3:53 PM Red Sox winning 7-6, and despite the bomb hit by Salty, he really should've been out of this inning already. Here's to the hope that Tex redeems himself at the plate.
3:47 PM Double play ball rolls under Texiera's glove. Colon escapes part of the trouble getting a harmless pop out from J.D Drew, 2 out, 1st and 3rd.
3:36 PM A-Rod's 5th career home run against Lackey leaves in a hurry. 2nd row on top of the Green Monster, Carl Crawford never even moved. And just like that, we're tied at 6, and Lackey is STILL in the game!
3:33 PM I'm not seeing things, Bartolo just got through ANOTHER 1,2,3 inning. That's 4 scoreless innings in a row since his last outing against Detroit. I'm not ready to eat crow yet, but Colon is definitely looking great here in Boston.
3:23 PM Yankees still showing strong at bats against Lackey. A great diving play by Crawford is the only thing keeping this Red Sox lead right now as Gardner laces a 2 out triple down the line and Jeter laces a 2 out single to center. Advances to 2nd on a wild pitch. Aceves is warming in the pen for Boston. Aceves looked like he was wearing street clothes underneath his uniform during pre-game introductions so we'll see if he actually came to the ballpark ready to pitch or not.
3:13 PM Just had to check my television signal. Side-tracked at the office, but I'm pretty sure Fartolo Colon just retired the Red Sox in order to end the 3rd. Is it because the bullpen at Fenway is closer to the mound than at Yankee Stadium so he's not exhausted? Whatever it is, he's nibbling his way back toward redemption with innings like that.
3:04 PM Questionable check-swing strike-out for Tex, A-Rod HBP to the delight of the crowd followed by a Cano double and a groundout-RBI for Swisher. Boston leads 6-4, Lackey at 55 pitches.
2:56 PM Youklis gets gunned down in a bad base-running play. Merciful reprieve for Phil Hughes. Someone needs to be warming up in the pen Joe, Phil just does not have it today.
2:51 PM Had to make a quick run and listen to this game on the radio. 5-3 Boston on the hit parade against Hughes. Fastball is flat, straight, and not missing bats. Freddy Garcia should be warming in the pen.
2:25 PM Pedroia answers with a solo home run, 2-1. Announcers making a big fuss already about Hughes' fastball.
2:17 PM Cano with a Griffey-like cut at a fat pitch in the middle of the plate. Yanks up 2-0, boo birds rain down on Lackey.
2:14 PM Breaking balls to A-Rod on 3-0 and 3-1 from Lackey. The fear is there.
2:06 PM Brett Gardner takes strike 1. Brett Gardner has taken strike 1 now 14 of 19 plate appearances without swinging. Least favorite thing about Gardner is his inability to swing at the ball. Led the league last year in qualifying players, only swinging at 45% of pitches in the strike zone. After 0-1 counts, Gardner is an .077 hitter this year and a .226 hitter for his career.
1:45 PM Red Sox introduction time! I've been waiting to hear fan reaction to how bad this team has played so far.
Francona: Gets a cheer. Guess they don't blame the skip for 0-6
Bard: A few boos in the crowd, not nearly enough for a guy who's 0-2.
Crawford: Gets a loud cheer, who are these Red Sox fans? They're not holding anyone accountable.
These jerks even cheer John Lackey in the pen. Why didn't cheer Javier Vazquez, don't fool yourself Boston. Guess we're just going to have to wait till Crawford goes 0-4 and Lackey gets knocked out early to start hearing the boos.
1:43 PM New scoreboards in Fenway park. A sad sign that they won't tear this park down.
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