It's here, it's here! Game 162! The end to all suffering!
This is the last time we will see a lineup this bad! The last time we'll see Daisuke take the mound for the Red Sox! The last, the last, the last!
Never before have I been so happy to see this particular season go, and hopefully I never will again. Tonight we end a year of misery, begin an offseason with some reasonable promise, and look to a brighter and better future that has no Daisuke Matsuzaka or Bobby Valentine in it.
Knock on wood. Knock on oh so very much wood.
Boston Red Sox (69-92)
- Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
- Dustin Pedroia, 2B
- Daniel Nava, L
- Cody Ross, RF
- James Loney, 1B
- Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
- Ryan Lavarnway, DH
- Pedro Ciriaco, 3B
- Jose Iglesias, SS
New York Yankees (94-67)
- Derek Jeter, SS
- Ichiro Suzuki, LF
- Alex Rodriguez, 3B
- Robinson Cano, 2B
- Nick Swisher, RF
- Mark Teixeira, 1B
- Curtis Granderson, CF
- Raul Ibanez, DH
- Russell Martin, C