and chip caray seems to have turned on the red sox.

3 Starting Masterson would have been a bold move...and perhaps the correct one.

I don't believe in Sonnanstine tonight. More offense please!

look at the rays bench - they are mixing and matching guys very well (reminisecent of some team i used to know) - baldelli last night, perez for his speed tonight, floyd on occasion.
the yanks can have a bench like this with a little bit more of a comittment and creativity. at this point there is nothing wrong with someone like matsui not being an everyday player.

33 definitely not a fan of screwballs

http://tinyurl.com/3gpqfw

In fairness, I don't think anyone saw what Carlos Pena has done the last two years coming. IIRC, he looked pretty bad for the Yanks. Tampa took a chance and it paid off, good for them.

30 You could argue that being able to throw the knuckleball well means having even better "stuff" than being able to throw a fastball 98 MPH. With the big heat, you either have the ability to do it, or you don't. Anyone can throw the knuckler, but it takes a true craftsman years of work to master it like Wakefield has.

Its too bad it takes so long to master. Moose at 40 would be a perfect knuckleball pitcher.

Could someone kidnap B J Upton for us this winter? And I love watching Longoria, too. (Well, yeah, her too.)

No wonder. Blyleveny? Dude... if your teacher read that, I'll bet s/he would've thrown a dictionary >;)

I know this last call is going to be unpopular, but I really have no problem with Beckett, either.

The AL East is going to be freaking scary for years to come.

45 beckett huh? did you at least dislike red light.

There's a guy who, at 24, had a 5.85 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP. This year, 4.38 ERA and 1.29 WHIP (100 ERA+).

Geez, look what happens when you hang with young pitchers.

The Sox bullpen has been a problem all year.

But in fact he's a lot more thoughtful than you'd think. It comes out on the few occasions he does talk.

59 i think francona panicked when lester didn't pitch well. as i'm sure you hear too, a lot of people don't think much of francona's in game-managing moves.

okay rays - you seem to be in good standing.

*Though Tito could have gotten more work out of his relievers in Game 2, which would have (in theory) let him avoid Timlin. I'm also confused about wasting Byrd last night in a losing effort.

I agree with you re Beckett for the most part. I don't like him when he's yelling at Joba or pumping up the redass image a bit much, but he seems like a more interesting guy than he's given credit for. (Clemens, in comparison, was a more boorish, self-centered, bullying jock to my eye, even with the Yankees).

I'm sorry Pat Jordan got stiffed by Beckett's press guys, and never got to profile him.

In any case, I believe that Mike Stanton's fire-starting essence is now in the possession of Mike Timlin. First the Patriots get housed, then Lester gets housed, now this. Boston is going to be awfully quiet tomorrow.

can't wait to catch up on the comments. wow, thanks for getting to 100+ without me talking to myself! ; )

or, maybe, i was driving everyone away. that's certainly a reasonable possibility! : ~

No, wait. They're booing.

i'll probably miss most of the games tomorrow and thursday, as well...

GO RAYS!!!

Priceless...