Looking at it now Mauer did the best he can framing those Ks to Pedroia & Els. He really caught them with the edge of his glove. I read this piece not to long ago about how Jose Molina can noticeably enlarge the strike zone, Mauer can do it too. On the other hand Salty...
Breslow looks good but what are they going to do with him? We aren't contenders this season and we have Miller, Hill and Morales for 2013, so an extension seems out of the question. An odd trade.
I would much rather see them pitch like they do in Japan. The game is slow enough as it is. If a pitcher can't handle an error it's his fault, it's a mental game too.
Again great situational hitting by the sox. When a runner get's to third with less then two outs he scores 50% of the time, I bet that with the sox this number drops to around the 15%.