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106 pitches by Lester. We will need 3 innings from the pen. Not good.

Bay has been slumping and his OPS is higher than that of a red hot logjam man. The two can't be compared offensively. Bay has another SB on those achy knees tonight. Nice play by logjam.

It's about time for the banjo hitter to go deep. Damn!

When Ortiz takes the outside pitch up the gap that is when he is really in a groove. He's just reacting to the pitches, waiting back and letting his hands do the work. Too bad his hands are so slow. He will start getting pitched around. Tito should move Youk to the #3 hole, with Ortiz behind him and the switch hitting VMart 5th. Youkilis and Ortiz are the two best on the team. They should be in the 3,4 holes.

You clearly have no understanding of mojo.

He had a bad injury in 2008 ruining the remainder of his 2008 season. His slow start in 2009 was a carryover from the wrist injury. He hit gangbusters from June on in 2009. His slow start this season was blown completely out of proportion. Other players around the league got off to worse starts including Drew, but Drew played everyday so he broke out sooner. Teixeira is still slumping. It happens to power hitters who like the hot weather. Your suspicions? OMG, give the idiot Yankee fans some unsubstantiated amo. Do you think he started taking Roids in the middle of April and they kicked in with improved performance in two weeks. I don't think they work that way. His bat speed was there all along. His timing was not. Two weeks into the season and everyone was ready to send him to the glue factory and it was all over the news. It got into his head a bit, and he had to fight through it. Him hitting again was very foreseeable. The question was when and whether the Sox had the patience to wait while Lowell was still on the team.

Pena has 5 HRs in 29 ABs against Lester. That will be his biggest challenge.

I hope we don't have to pay the price for Riverside neglecting to guard the mojo with vigilance.

He's 25. Time to turn him loose.

You thought David Ortiz was toast. I guess your talents are in the area of evaluating pitching.:dunno:

I've already rested. It's being deliberated by the members of TalkSox as the jury.

First, you did exactly what you accused the Drew Haters of doing-- you fabricated stats in making your argument, so you have lost credibility. And this is the nail in your coffin. http://www.talksox.com/forum/551562-post242.html

Maybe three years ago.

Only Yankee fans were excluded. Are you threatened by all this Drew Love?

They need to win these head to head games. This was big. They demonstrated for the first time this season that they can compete with the Rays, and they did it in their house. It would be great to follow this up with a win tomorrow.

Dipre, the poll shows that Drew Love is pervasive.

The Yankees get to play the Mets 6 times every season and they usually suck. The Red sox have been playing the Braves for 6 times each year as they won Division crown year after year. Now, they get to play the Champion Phillies 6 times. The Rays get to play the hapless Astros. I think they should stop inter-league play for a while. The novelty has worn off.

Buccholz is getting outs, but his pitch count is too high.