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8 walks, wow. Daisuke really didn't have anything today. I think we're danged lucky it was the Royals and we're still in this thing.

Eh, everyone has games where they don't have it. Just don't make a habit of this, Dice.

Nevermind. The home plate umpire is Joe West. Everything makes sense now.

Course not. Let it never be said that I can't adjust to reality. Beltre's really turned it around.

Win, beautiful win.

Good enough, Lackey. Ugly but effective.

Take a look at Anibal Sanchez. It took two YEARS for him to recover from the damage the Marlins did to his arm by trotting him out there and abusing him in a failed effort to make the playoffs in 2006. Sign me up to not do that to Clay Buchholz. kthxbai.

I don't think I said they'd have to build it in the fens. I'm up in eastern Maine, so I don't exactly know Boston like the back of my hand. One gets the idea the they could probably figure SOMETHING out.

This team and this town could support a 50,000 seat stadium easy. Money's there, fan interest has *always* been there, sponsorships and financing are almost definitely there, all that's been missing is the, you know, stadium. I'm 6'5", 350+LBS and built like a linebacker. If I lost all the weight I should probably lose it'd only get me down to about ~270 LBS. I will never go to Fenway. I can't sit in ordinary theater seating, I need special accommodation for college auditoriums, and I have to buy 2 tickets to fly coach. If Fenway's seats are even smaller than that I'd have my choice of doing hella damage to my knees and annoying the people behind me by standing the WHOLE game, or doing similar damage to my own hips by trying to pretend the seat is big enough for me. I'm not paying that kinda money to be that uncomfortable just to sit next to a bunch of drunks and watch a game I can watch on TV. Any 2 of the three (the drunks, the discomfort, the cost) and I'd be OK, but not all 3. I don't think destroying Fenway is really necessary. If nothing else, it's a historic Massachusetts landmark. If you ask for a famous building in Massachusetts or Boston, Fenway's probably the first guess of most folks. It, or parts of it at least, should really be preserved for history, and maybe you could even break it out of mothballs for a few exhibition games or something just to keep the tradition alive. But seriously, get a new ballpark, Sox! I want to be able to take in a game AND be able to walk out of the stadium when we're done, is that really so much to ask?

Ooo pretty, wish Tek had straightened that one out.

Good work Oki

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100518&content_id=10160490&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp Very very encouraging. Lavarnway is smart and a good hitter, if he develops into a catcher defensively, we have ourselves a winner.

And anytime someone insists that it's only guys that get into contests just for the sake of it, we have one of these catfights to set us straight. Good show, ladies. Show us all how it's done.

The point is that Drew's spot in the lineup is not his problem. He's not going out there, to the best of anyone's knowledge, and begging to bat 8th. His job is to produce. He produces. that's his side of the bargain. It's his manager's job to figure out how to get best use out of what his players produce. If you don't like Drew's spot in the lineup, that's on Tito. Not Drew.

Drew pulls his weight and then some in this lineup. He fields his position well too. I'm happy to take him for granted for now.

lol yep. Nothing against RR, but there was no reason to take him out.

Wheels. SEE YA HALLIDAY!

Note the velocity -- Daisuke was up into the mid 90's several times last night. Looks like his shoulder woes are behind him.

The Brewers have this nice kid. Killing the ball on offense, about average at controlling the running game. Wonder where they got him. Named George something.

Fantastic work by Buchholz. No more prospect talk. No more young pitcher talk. Kid's here. And he needs to stay here.

10.0 UZR/150, range more than making up for gaffes. Nice to start getting some season numbers to put things in perspective. Otherwise we just have our easily-deceived eyes.