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can't believe Lowell got beat down the line late in a game.

my heart just started again and I'm awake.

This really is an amazing game. Bud Selig can keep his juiced up ball, this is a classic old school battle.

You're right, but anyone who just shrugs off not having a lefty in the pen is being shortsighted. Di Nardo is not the answer in a key situation, and this will ultimately hurt this team down the stretch.

Has anyone heard anything about Clement? I heard on WEEI earlier that he was supposed to throw in the pen during Game 2.

The 2004 Angels also thought they could beat the Sox in the playoffs without a lefty in the pen. I hate to think of facing NY late in the season or in the playoffs with no lefty to face Giambi or Matsui (if he's back) with the game on the line. There is usually one situation in every game when a lefthanded reliever will help a team.

I think this pen needs a lefty. It's nuts to think a team can get through a winning season without a lefthanded reliever.

This bullpen has to be among the worst with inherited runners.

I really don't want to go on a Tito bashing rant, but he also sat down the hottest hitter on the team with Trot in Game 1. Luckily Nixon got a pinch hit single and Big Papi saved the game.

That sounds very cool. Getting a picture and scaling it is the best way. It worked for me when I built a 7 foot long working Green Monster with changable numbers and teams. It's now in the family room next to the TV.

Dale Sveum would have waved him in.

Did Tito really say, "they're offense started to kick in when our guys weren't throwing strikes." They got ONE hit in the 9th. All the Rays hitters did was WALK. I actually don't agree with taking Wake out. He was tosing a 5 hit shutout, 4 K's, 1 BB. There is every reason to rest the pen before a long trip, especially when Wake doesn't tax his arm like other guys, even at approaching 100 pitches. I guess he only likes to leave Schilling in for long innings.

I can't wait to hear Tito's answer about this one.

I don't know if you can point to one game, but Schilling has had some high pitch counts early in the season and collectively, considering his age, that could create a fatigue factor.

The Sox are also sending a "player to be named later". This is a steep price to pay, but it shows how desperate the Sox are to fix the Wake situation.

Buster Olney just reported on WEEI that Doug has been traded for Josh Bard and Cla Meredith. Doug will be catching Wake tonight.

Seanez should be tied up and left in his hotel room in Tampa until the yankees leave town. He isn't fit to pitch BP.

Even if NY outbids the Sox, Boston can offer him the number 3 spot in the rotation behind Schilling and Beckett and offer to retire number 21; two things that can feed his ego. The more this drags on, the less I think Houston will be willing to pay. The way I see it, the past Sox managment let Clemens go, so I'm not bitter about him leaving. The new ownership seems determined to spread good "karma", so if he can still hurl in workouts then they should go for it.

The way he's pitched lately, Rudy Seanez has no business pitching with the game on the line.

Dave Roberts. Thank you, again.

I'm going to agree with most here in that Stern should have stayed up until Coco comes back. This may be a case of the Sox over-thinking this situation instead of just going with their gut and keeping a solid glove in center, not to mention Stern's speed as a pinch runner.

I just heard Gordon Edes on WEEI's pregame show say that he believes Clemens will now come to Boston, because of the starts by Schilling and Beckett. It's also interesting that the Colorado paper on Sunday says by June Clemens' kids will be out of school which would free him up to pitch in Boston or NY.

This is sad. With the Red Sox involved in so much development around Fenway, they certainly can find a way to move Ted's museum to Boston. Associated Press Posted April 2 2006, 11:37 AM EDT HERNANDO, Fla. -- The Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame closes Sunday, a victim of a lack of attendance and interest following the baseball star's death. The diamond-shaped museum, which opened in 1994, attracted sports legends to its many events and featured a collection that chronicled Williams life, including his exploits as a fighter pilot, baseball legend and accomplished fisherman. LocalLinks But poor attendance caused in part by its out-of-the-way location in west-central Florida made running the museum too expensive, said David Staples, a volunteer who has worked at the museum since its opening. ``You can't exist too many years like that without having some kind of endowment backing you,'' Staples said before the museum's opening Sunday. ``We just weren't near any metropolitan areas where you could draw regular attendance.'' Staples has opened and closed the museum on Saturdays and Sundays since the opening. He's seen prominent figures such as Joe DiMaggio, Muhammad Ali and President George H.W. Bush attended ceremonies at the museum. Many other sports figures came to visit and, specifically, share time with Williams, the last hitter to bat .400. But after Williams' death in July 2002, that stopped happening. ``All his friends and associates that used to come here, they would come out of respect to Ted, having breakfast with him and talking to him,'' Staples said. ``He was a lure.'' Citrus County resident Monte Irvin, a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, said the museum ceremonies were special. ``Down through the years all the great hitters and pitchers have visited the museum and spent time looking through it,'' Irvin told the Citrus County Chronicle. ``We'll miss all that.'' The museum's main collection celebrates baseball in many ways, including the Hitter's Hall of Fame, a Williams creation that features 54 players, including Babe Ruth, Stan Musial and Pete Rose. The baseball exhibits are being moved to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, and Staples hopes a home can be found for the fishing memorabilia and war exhibits as well. However, the museum foundation will remain intact and the collection will only be on loan to other locations, Staples said. ``It's not going to be given away or sold in any way,'' Staples said. ``It's going to be broadened and more and more people will be exposed to these things.''

Flaherty = embedded yankee. Losing Mirabelli was something I never felt good about. I'm afraid Wake will struggle with the catcher situation this year.

He did throw way too many fastballs and said later he needs to locate those pitches. Still, he needs to snap off some more curveballs. What concerns me more is the fact he's not getting this work with Tek who's off playing for pride and country. Tek needs to be catching him especially against AL teams.