A lot has happened since the last post on this site. If you read this blog as a means to keep up with the Sox, which I’m sure exactly no one in the free world does, then you missed the Yankee’s sweeping of the Sox, a no hitter from Boston Rookie Clay Buchholtz on Saturday night and the Sox lead in the East fluctuating from eight games, to five and back up to seven. You've also been missing my run-on sentences too, haven't you?
Manny is also out and has been since the series down in New York. Manny being out surprisingly hasn’t been much of a factor because of the play of PawSox call-ups Jacoby Ellsbury, Brandon Moss and mid-season acquisition Bobby Kielty.
Other regular day players are starting to heat up as well. The ever-reliable Mike Lowell is still going strong, David Ortiz is finally hitting his paycheck weight and Dustin Pedroia continues his campaign for AL rookie of the year. JD Drew, possibly the season’s biggest disappointment is finding his groove despite the fact he does all he can to avoid it.
The starting pitching is holding up when they aren’t playing in the Bronx and looking every part of a playoff rotation. With the starting three being arguably the most solid in the entire league with Daisuke Matsuzaka, Josh Beckett and Curt Schilling, it's hard to deny they can make serious strides in post-season play. If Tim Wakefield can defy age and Jon Lester can remain consistent the five will be in great shape. Now that Buchholz is on the map in a big way, it will be interesting to see how he’s utilized down the stretch and possibly into the playoffs with him being activated to the 25-man roster just in the nick of time. Don’t hate either, Buchholz’s no-no was no fluke. Hopefully he turns out to be the real deal for a long time to come.
Oh, and another thing. Fuck Julian Tavarez. I fucking hate that guy.
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