Open Thread: 5/8/07 @ Toronto

Becketts giving up a homer and 2 doubles, is he having any issues?  They seem to be hitting the ball hard.

Good to hear it.  Bit hard to watch the game from Sydney whilst at work.  Nice to see that he using alot more of his pitches.  He's always had filthy stuff, he just needed to use it right.  Pedroia seems to have settled now also. Did he make any adjustments at the plate in the last week or so?

I love Victor Zambrano. Can he ALWAYS pitch in the AL East?

Back to back! Lowell and 'Tek!

Lowell, you stud.  Well that pretty much settles taht then.

Here's a fun stat:

Beckett: 31 pitches in 3 innings. 22 of them have been strikes.

Now your all just getting greedy.  I'm happy with an 8-1 scoreline.  Its good to beat up on the Jays. I haven't researched it, but for the last couple of years they seem to be the Sox bogey team.

Youk: 3-for-3. The man is on.

Hypothetical wet dream.  You're the manager...how many innings after 5 do you let Beckett throw?  Up to 80, 90 pitches?  Give the middle relief some work?  

Let him throw until the 7th, at least. I would've been fine with him out for the 8th, the way he was going.