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The 10 for 55 is an improvement over the 4 for 25 that the lineup did against Kasmir yesterday. Plus, he is 1 of the 2 authentic power threats on the team.

Freddie, why have you forsaken us?

Was this a scheduled day off for Ortiz? If so, they should rethink that policy while the team is stuggling so bad offensively. Peavey battled. He's not a top of the rotation pitcher, but he gives us innings and keeps us in games. We would be winning many of these games if our offense was competent. I heard that Victorino had a setback. The guy is made of glass. He makes Ellsbury look like Cal Ripken Jr. We need Vic in the lineup. I read that Doubs will be starting in the A's series in place of Workman. I guess he will get dropped from the rotation. The Sox need to rebound over the weekend. They need to win a bunch of series in a row to get back into the running for a playoff spot.

Jeter is a diva. He has been one for years. The Yankee organization should have moved him off SS about 3 years ago, but they are deathly afraid of offending the great jeter who will not move to the other side of the diamond even when the infield is in a shift.

Do you know one of the things that I like about Ortiz besides his unbeleivably potent bat and clutch ability that we have ridden to 3 World Championships is the fact that he is so authentic. He doesn't give canned sanitized answers like many athletes are schooled to do. You know the standard answers that Derek Jeter gives. In 18 years, Jeter has never said a single interesting thing. Ortiz speaks his mind. Sometimes it creates controversy-- like in September 2011 when he questioned why Aceves didn't get a chance to start. Everyone else was wondering the same thing. Sometimes it makes him look selfish like questioning a scoring decision or negotiating his salary in public. Sometimes he just makes you cringe like when he beloowed "this is our bleepin city!" It's all part of who he is. There is no phoniness about him , no public face and private faces. He is authentic. He is also a great giver of his time to the community and charitable causes. He's definitely one of the good guys -- a rare thing in professional sports at his level of accomplishment.

= negotiating posture

Yep, I forgot about those sweeps. That happened while I was away on vacation with little internet access.

When will Victorino be joining the club? Also, was that our first series sweep of the season?

I agree with the one more bat theory. Add a productive bat to the lineup, and it will have a cascading eFfect throughout the lineup.

David Ortiz is not clutch!

Last night's game gave us a rare series win. We need to win 5 of our next 6 series to getto the point where they can be voewed as a serioisly competitive team for a post season spot. Right now, they are not competitve. They are one of the worst teams in the league. They have been embarrassingly bad to this juncture.

Holt has been the biggest and most pleasant surprise of a season that has been mainly painful thus far.

Freddie is taking the Sox streaking!!

Bring up Betts

Pedroia wrecked that inning.

Mujica is warming. We need runs!

Insurance run, please!

We need to build a lead.

Ross shouldn't even bother to carry a bat to home plate.

And Holt leads off the inning with a double and a steal of third base.

Acrobatic catch by Holt, saving Gomes.

My only interest in this tournament is whether there are any fan riots and/or deaths and whether there is Civil unrest and deaths in Brazil during the tournament.

This OF reminds me of an OF that I watched patrol Fenway for a few games: Jeff Frye in RF, Daubach in LF and Curtis Pride in CF. At least Pride was a real OFer. Tonight's OF makes me gag a little.

Go Red Sox! Go Freddie! If Fred sets us on course for a winning streak, it will be amusing to watch the heads explode on TalkSox.

Bradley has been so bad that his father cringes at every mention of Jr. by an announcer.