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Not a bad call, heh!!

How about 3 in a row?

Some one's gotta pay. Back to backers by Manny and Drew!! Nice.

If Pedroia wasn't a midget, he gets that ball.

He had ARod baffled.

Right in Jeter's ribs. Two on and no one out.

The big bats will get to the bush leaguer sooner or later.

How about a wild pitch here.

Pedroia with a sizzling double down the line. Nice hit!.

JeeZ, Manny let the kid off the hook.

Time to chase Chase!

That ball hung a up a long time. What took them getting to it?

Just like we had hoped. The kid has a brass pair of balls to come up and in and plunk ARod.

Kottaras is not at all impressive with the bat or in the field. He's been slow in developing.

No, I said we need to wait and see if JT can do the job, but he is a major league experienced while Hansack is not. Trotting in bush leaguers is nothing more than hopes and prayers. JT can pitch in the majors, but the starters role is new to him and he needs to show some consistency. We don't know if Hansack will be good enough to hold down any ML roster spot, never mind a spot in the rotation. I realize that you are not looking to rush Lester, but I am saying something else. He should be scratched from the 2007 ML plans except for a spot start or two in August when the double headers start to pile up. He needs to learn to pitch. He's just not ready.

Against us he allowed 32 base runners in 22 innings, including 12 walks, and he has had inexplicable trouble against the KC Royals. WHen he pitches too much in pressure situations, it has been a problem. He has a serviceable arm that can find a productive role in the pen if used on a limited basis. Am I vomitting when he comes into a pressure spot, like Seanez would cause me to do? No, but I am not brimming with confidence either. I am fine with him working the 7th inning once or twice a week with a 3 or more run lead, but I don't want to see him trotting to the mound in the 8 th or 9th against the Yankees with the game on the line.

All the oohing and ahhing that has been done about this kid needs to be put in check a bit. People have likening him to Pedro's stuff but with a better body-type. That's blasphemy to me. The kid has a great arm, and I'll reserve judgment for a couple of years to see how hie develops before I put him anywhere near Pedro's class. The body-type thing with pitchers is just so much hooey. He's down with an elbow strain already. The truth with pitchers is that you never know when they will go down. Big guys go down just as much as little guys. I laugh when people compare anyone to Pedro, even a Santana. Pedro's unconscious years from 98-2000 were like something from an alien planet, but look at his career k's/9, WHIP, hits/9, LG ADj ERA, and Winning % and see where he ranks on the all time list. Few, very few, in the history of the game compare to the man. In the future, when a a stud prospect has a lot of promise like king Felix, let's compare him to someone more realistic... like Ben Sheets or Schmidt. Pedro is reserved for comparisons to stars like Johan and Halladay.

You should. We used to beat him like a pinata before Scoscia could get to KRod. He's okay in a limited role, but if we start going to him on a regular basis in pressure situations in the 7th or 8th, he will be exposed.

Let's not get too excited about our bullpen. It's not as good as it looks other than Papelbon. I've said it over and over. Good starting pitching will cover up a lot of deficiencies in the bull pen. It will allow you to keep your good pen arms fresh and to use the bums only in garbage time when they can't hurt you or in very limited instances where they need only get 1 key out, like Snyder the other night. Last year the starters could barely get through the 5th. That caused everyone to be used almost every night. That exposed the bags of s*** like Seanez and it literally broke down Timlin and eventually Papelbon. If the starters keep taking us to the 7th and later, this pen will perform quite well. Piniero, Snyder, Donnelly and Romero will get very limited work and not be exposed for the crap that they are, and the three reliable guys Timlin, Jima and Papelbon will not get overworked. If our starter get injured or stop giving us quality starts on a regular basis, this pen will break apart like last year's. Keep your fingers crossed for the health of the starting rotation, because the pen has only 3 reliable arms out there and only one star.

Later buds. Time to celbrate with couple of Martinis and a steak.

Thuuuhhhh Yankees Looose!!! Thuuuhhhh Yankees Looose!!! :D

Now smoke this has been!!