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MCGOWAN LOOKS GOOFY AS HELL WITH THOSE GOOFY ASS SIDE BURNS!!!!

NICE 1ST FOR DICE-K! TIME FOR SOME HITS!!!!

LOTS of broken bats!

Seriously....LMAO!

f***!!!!!

Good job Jason!!!!!!!!

Way to be Captain Tek!!!!!!

LUGO is THE MAN today!!!! Go Coco Go!!!!

HORRIBLE f***ing call......

Come on Manny!!!!!! Do some damage!!!

Another nice inning for Timlin! He's looking like vintage Timlin......

Will Leyland intentionally walk Papi, again? See ya Nate

JULIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice inning from Timlin! Atta boy Jeff Bailey.....first big league hit and it's a HR!!!!!!!

THEEEEEE YANKEES LOOOOSSSSSEEEEEEEEE 2-1 in 13 innings

Red Sox 1. Coco Crisp, CF 2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B 3. David Ortiz, DH 4. Manny Ramirez, LF 5. J.D. Drew, RF 6. Mike Lowell, 3B 7. Jason Varitek, C 8. Eric Hinske, 1B 9. Alex Cora, SS SP - Kason Gabbard Tigers 1. Curtis Granderson, CF 2. Placido Polanco, 2B 3. Gary Sheffield, DH 4. Magglio Ordonez, RF 5. Carlos Guillen, SS 6. Ivan Rodriguez, C 7. Marcus Thames, 1B 8. Craig Monroe, LF 9. Brandon Inge, 3B SP - Jeremy Bonderman

Beckett deal a winner: Early signing pays off By Rob Bradford Friday, July 6, 2007 - Updated: 08:23 AM EST It was exactly one year ago Terry Francona and the Red Sox [team stats] saw what turned out to be a golden opportunity standing at Tropicana Field. Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett [stats] was wiling away the time during his team’s batting practice when the manager made his move. “I said to (general manager) Theo (Epstein) when we were sitting in the dugout, ‘Do you want to sign this guy to a long-term contract?’ He said, ‘For the right number,’ ” Francona recalled last night. “I went out to shortstop, where Beckett was taking grounders, and said, ‘Do you want to stay here?’ He said, ‘Yeah.’ “I said, ‘Are you going to ask for crazy money?’ He said, ‘No.’ I said, ‘What are you worth?’ He said the number and I went back to Theo and said, ‘You better sign this guy.’ “I’m probably oversimplifying it, but basically that was my role. They obviously worked hard on getting it done. It was more that Beckett had a very mature way of going about it.” After earning his 12th win of the season last night, Beckett offered some insight into why he took the Red Sox’ three-year, $30 million extension. Along with having the peace of mind that went with knowing he would be earning $47 million by the time he was 30, and playing in a place he was confident would continue to be a winning environment, there was the issue of an insurance policy. After missing his final start of the 2005 season with shoulder stiffness, Beckett’s insurance company informed him that it would insure every part of his body but his right shoulder. It was a problem that played a factor in approaching his future. “I think if I had that insurance policy it would have been a little easier to go to (the Red Sox) with a hard number,” said Beckett, whose shoulder still isn’t insured but can be if he pitches approximately 600 innings (from the time he started with the Red Sox) without report of any shoulder ailment. “The way it happened was that we both sat down and hammered out something that made us both happy. I got that insurance with the contract.” The idea to approach Beckett actually had been first discussed during the Red Sox’ previous series against the Florida Marlins. But it was the talk with Francona that really helped the process gain steam, with the result being the deal that was finalized by Beckett’s agent, Michael Moye, and signed on the morning of July 19. At the time of the back-and-forth in St. Petersburg, Beckett was carrying a 4.59 ERA to go with 10 wins. By the time the deal was inked, his ERA had risen to 5.12. “Given the circumstances, yeah,” said Beckett when asked if he was surprised Francona approached him with the idea. “Their job is to try and save money by getting guys when they aren’t on the pinnacle part of their performance. To me, it was all about getting that security and playing somewhere I wanted to play.” Said Epstein: “It’s always a good time to sign a player when he decides he likes it here and his numbers aren’t quite as good as you think they are going to be. It was obviously an opportunity we wanted to take advantage of.” One year later, however, Beckett is considered dramatically underpaid. Without the deal, he would have become a free agent after this season and been in line for what some industry insiders predict would be a deal worth between five and six years at around $18 million to $20 million per season. Part of that projection comes from the fact that his only competition for the title of most prized free agent pitcher would be the Cubs’ Carlos Zambrano. But in the eyes of both Beckett and the Red Sox, everyone came out winners. “I have a chance to win every year,” the Sox ace said. “And I have security. That goes a long way.”

Great 9th Jonathon! Nice win and TEAM effort! Hang in there Julio

Nice K Paps

Nice inning MDC! Let's get some insurance runs!

:D

Manny D being the man!

He threw 90 pitches.

Definitely and the run support is surely needed now that it's 7-3....come on bullpen!