HeadOfSoxNation

That's simply not true. In Minny, Ortiz couldn't hit lefthanders, and he couldn't hit pitches in on his hands. Now he hammers both. Do I think we could turn WMP into Ortiz? Surely not. Do I think he has loads of untapped potential? For sure.

MGB...I proposed you a trade. What do you think?

Of course. Because in the 9th, "I don't want...aaaaaaaanybody else..."

In my head while I touch myself. Oh s***...did I really just type that? God I love this f***ing kid.

I'd follow Papelbon to and through the gates of hell...

I live for this.

Common Tek...give Paps a LITTLE breathing room... Edit: New Tek has shown glimmers of Old Tek, but New Tek is still here, obviously...

Give him the bender again... Edit: Fuuuuck...

I was just going to say that Tavarez, although a nutjob, seems to be a pretty good teammate. Manny loves him, DiceK seems to enjoy him...those are two very important parts of our team this year...keep them happy.

It's the pitcher in the game when the team takes the final lead...unless they're the starter, then they have to go 5. A reliever can get a win without throwing a pitch.

He gets the win already if the game ends without the Sox giving up the lead, doesn't he?

Dear Mike Lowell, Report to my house after the game for your handjob. Love, HeadOfSoxNation

Did Coco miss the memo that says we DO want him in the lineup when he's hitting the ball and DON'T want him in the lineup...well...any other time he's been with the Sox? If he hits like this when he minorly strains an oblique, I'm praying that he strains the other...or the rest of them...or however many additional obliques one has.

And I'm the best non-manager in all of non-baseball.

I want Drew running here... You have a pitcher without much of a move and a catcher who was relatively banged up earlier in the game. Drew has speed, and this game could be decided by one run. Get him in motion.

The gyro is such a joke now...whenever my friends and I play wiffleball, no matter what a pitch does that someone throws, if the batter swings and misses, without fail someone from the outfield yells "Yo dude...that was SURELY the gyro!" A Drew HR here would be huge...Matsu NEEDS a freaking victory.

I thought it was Morse code...couldn't remember what it meant, though. Thanks.

Does anyone know what the hash marks on the scoreboard at Fenway mean? In left-center, I believe. I looked it up one time but can't remember.

Am I the only one here who is feeling slightly sorry for Chase Wright? I love what I saw...but really wished it would have came against a big leaguer who belongs where he was put. This kid has no business in the Majors, and he knows that. Having said that and established my compassion...let's pile some more on.

I was at that game...hardest ball I've EVER seen hit. Ever.

"The onus is clearly on these starting pitchers, because both teams have impenetrable bullpens able to shorten games to six-inning dashes." -Tom Singer, on RedSox.com regarding the upcoming Yankee/Red Sox series To call our bullpen impenetrable is the greatest overstatement I've ever heard. Paps is awesome...Timlin doesn't overly suck...that's pretty much all we've got. They've been playing beyond their capabilities, IMO...what team is Tom Singer looking at?

From a popularity standpoint, ARod can really do no right at the end of this season if he opts out. If he wins the Yanks a championship, then opts out, he's going to be cursed as being all about the money and not caring about winning. If he doesn't win them a championship, then he opts out, he'll be cursed with not being able to hack it in New York. The only way he's going to get any kind of respect from people is if he is to man up, play well, and stay in NY regardless of the ultimate result of this season. That's not fair. I always pose this question to people who blame professional athletes for commanding the highest dollar and flying the coup if there's greener financial pastures elsewhere...if there were another company that would pay you 150% of what you're making now for doing the same amount of work, would you go? Of course you would. Well, it's no different in this situation or any free agent situation in sports. These guys are employees and teams are employers...just like you want to be paid the most you can be for the level of work that you do, they're no different. They're dealing with figures that most of us can't even fathom, but just because you and I can't fathom them, doesn't mean they don't have a right to. We give these guys all kinds of s*** about the money that they make...well, let me tell you, ARod is not overpaid. You have to look at what an EMPLOYEE brings to an ORGANIZATION in terms of revenue in order to determine someone's value. ARod needs to be held up against the Vlad Guerreros and the Albert Pujols' of the world...comparing him to you and I is like comparing apples to oranges.