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my understanding is that its still a 48 hour window but the idea of making it a 24 hour window was brought up...

Yea, the doubleheader with the Twins. It's not as if Julio Lugo is the second coming of Alex Gonzalez though

I can buy the whole "he pitched two scoreless against the Yanks so he's on top of the world" argument but he isn't a relief pitcher. He's a starting pitcher that was used in the bullpen in an emergency situation. I think using Saito was playing it more aggressively than keeping Bowden in. Saito hasn't exactly set the world on fire in the early going of the season

Bowden is a starting pitcher. How does using him for more than two innings ride him into the ground? Especially considering it was common knowledge he was headed back to Pawtucket immediately after the game

we both know control is more of a sign of break down as opposed to velocity

we'll see....ive said before I think his innings totals from the past few years may come back to bite him in the ass

He did rejoin the team today at the expense of Bowden but will probably only be back as a regular in the lineup starting tomorrow relegating Green to being the utility man

Red Sox 1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF 2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B 3. David Ortiz, DH 4. Kevin Youkilis, 1B 5. Jason Bay, LF 6. Mike Lowell, 3B 7. Jeff Bailey, RF 8. George Kottaras, C 9. Nick Green, SS -- Tim Wakefield, SP Guardians 1. Grady Sizemore, CF 2. Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B 3. Victor Martinez, 1B 4. Shin-Soo Choo, RF 5. Ryan Garko DH 6. Jhonny Peralta SS 7. Mark DeRosa, 3B 8. Kelly Shoppach, C 9. Trevor Crowe, LF -- Cliff Lee, SP

I have to think at least one other person who posts here besides YOTN has had pasta on the day of a win lately. Hell, I had pasta for lunch on Saturday

Ellsbury made what is probably the rarest play in baseball and on top of that, it turned out to be a game-changing play. I don't see how that doesn't warrant a curtain call. It's the biggest steal the Red Sox have had since Dave Roberts and it will probably go down as the most memorable highlight of this season. And I know no one here is saying Ellsbury showed no class and that it's NY sports radio doing it but I can voice my opinion here, not there

yea, what exactly did Ellsbury do to show up the Yankees? He slid, got up, looked at the ump for the safe call, smacked his hands together and went into the dugout

I noticed you used that saying rather than "Joba has been pulling his own weight" leaving the door open for many a joke

The thing about most relievers is that they have a very hard time being consistently good from year to year so if you continue to wait for guys to perform like they did last season, you might be waiting for awhile. I believe the Yankee pen overachieved last season and that being said, God help you guys if Bruney doesn't return as the same guy. As far as the offense goes, A-Rod will help but once Cano, Melky and Swisher fall back to earth a little bit, the difference in production might not be that huge.

Lee could be tough, he seems to have regained his 2008 form

Not to mention the standing ovation when he came up for his next at-bat

Neither Posada or Pettitte realized Ellsbury was stealing until the last second, if Drew steps out without calling timeout, you don't think that would've tipped off at least Posada? btw on WEEI they asked Tom Verducci something to the effect of if you look at rotation, lineup, bullpen, manager, general manager and farm system, where exactly do the Yankees hold an advantage over the Red Sox? Verducci admitted he couldn't find an area where you'd take the Yankees. Pretty funny stuff

I heard the Red Sox just acquired the guy who gave up Sheffield's 500th homer, apparently lefties bat only .170 against him and clearly Francona showed faith in Jones yesterday so I really think Lopez's days are numbered

The fact that the Red Sox swept the Yankees over the weekend is impressive in itself, HOW they swept them is even more impressive, regardless of where we are on the calendar. Game 1, Friday night: The Sox were unable to take advantage of a shaky Justin Chamberlain, constantly shooting themselves in the foot hitting into DPs. Lester was ok and the bullpen (minus Oki) kept the team in it until Bay's massive shot with one out left. Game 2, Saturday afternoon: Overcoming an ineffective Beckett (seriously, what has happened to his control?) and a six-run deficit to win a slugfest. Two guys written off in the off-season, Varitek and Lowell, got the biggest hits in the game. Game 3, Sunday night: A nice pitching duel until the turning point, Ellsbury's steal of home. Jones and Bowden showing big balls pitching effectively in a key spot. So what do you take away from this series? Is it an irrelevant April series or a series where this team showed what they're made coming from behind all weekend and winning in several different ways?

don't hate

And the Expos....don't forget the Expos. Welcome.

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thats why he gets paid the big bucks