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Is Manny playing 2nd base for the angels? LOL

V-Mart single handedly ties this game! f***IN AWESOMEEE

Terry better get someone in the bullpen. With Dice-K's pitch count movin up, I'd expect him to implode real quick in the 6th...

Same! w00t!

Only 130 games to go; surely this is the end of the season.

Perhaps the long wait for the bottom of the inning has thrown him off. Or maybe I'm just trying to credit Dice-K with SOMETHING useful.

Yeah, now with Kottaras on the DL, i can see how this might play out. Give Kottaras some rest and allow Martinez to fill in at 1B and DH and give 'Tek some time off. When it comes to play-offs, we'll really have to decide who is worth keeping around. Ortiz is a big question mark right now. He had a really nasty first half but is making a serious comeback now so if he can keep it up, there's no way we'll drop him. Lowell is fantastic when he's healthy so if we can give him some time off to rehab, maybe that will bode well in the future. Before the playoffs, I'm sure the staff will be trying to see what Martinez can do with Wake's knuckle. With any luck, he can catch for Wake and Kottaras can finally be dropped to the AAA. It seems rather useful to developing Martinez with the new pitching squad that there are other catchers to release him and that he can take 1B or DH. That way he can figure out each pitcher slowly and we can put him in for pitchers that he's comfortable with. By the time play-off time is looming, VM should be ready to go as full-time catcher if needed. It's nice to have another guy behind the plate and if he can catch Wake, too, we're in a perfect position. With this trade, though, I see it unlikely that 'Tek will see another season with the Sox. They were considering dropping him in the last off-season and now it's evident we've found a replacement, especially with a $7.7 mill option for next season in VM. Unless he falls apart entirely, he'll be back, and I'm not disappointed.

Heh, well then for our sake I hope Martinez can catch a knuckle. >_

I think we made a great pick-up in Martinez, but now we have an interesting dilemma going on throughout the season: we have 3 catchers. I'm sure the purpose of picking him up is to possibly drop 'Tek in the off-season, but for now, it seems a hard pill to swallow to simply drop him back to AAA. Martinez also plays 1st so we could put him out there occassionally, but then Youk or Lowell get to sit? Martinez is too good to be the Utility player. And Kottaras is too specialized to Wakefield for us to drop him. We've seen it a thousand times; everytime 'Tek tries to catch for Wake it's a complete disaster. With any luck, maybe Martinez can catch a knuckleball. But what do you think the Sox are going to do in this situation? Someone has to play the Utility man.

mmm im eatin some kraft mac n cheese right now!

The redsox site says that it was "Completed Early" so I don't think it's been suspended or anything. I'm waiting for an article to be posted to tell me if they've already postponed tonight's game or if they're going to try and see how the rain goes.

i blame you!

I blame you all if it doesnt happen

YAHH HDREW!

Goddamn; maybe our defense/pitching is gonna save our ass today.

son of a!

well that didn't work the way they were hopin for

oh s***; that's never good

Mmm, I just realized our 1, 2, 3 batters are all sub-200 averages... Maybe a lineup switch is in order.

lol 58?! holy s***. if he does 58, he could pitch again tomorrow (j/k)

Damnit. He was on my fantasy team >_

33 pitches through 4; that's when you know wake is on fire.

how can you get hurt standing at 2nd?!

I seriously hope Bubba has his way with this prick. We need to impose the death penalty for these cases. I don't feel like payin for his bread & water with my taxes.

omg why scrap lowrie!?