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Daisuke Matsuzata has proved all of us right.  6-0 is a Pedro start to the season.  Yeah, he's a slow worker and there's the $80+MM that we spent on him.  I love him... he makes me want to cry out there.  Jed Lowrie made me cry last night in utter joy.  Dice-K Nation, baby.  Go sox!

Sox Blahs: Check out Paps blowing up Detroit with his eyes

I took my 2 year old out today and picked up a Jonathan Papelbon poster and we put it up in his room. 

Every hero has his low points.  Paps has now felt the pinch of his.  

Now, in the next few weeks, I feel confident that we will see the persistence and the strength that will put Paps in the HoF and keep Eric Gagne chewing cod in some NL team's pasture.

As for Jon Lester, I am not so sure....  Perhaps it's time to give Masterson another shot.     

Lester vs some dude named, I swear I am not making this up, Boof Bonser

Lester already doing a bang-up job in the 1st inning

Red Sox line-up:

Ellsbury, CF, .287

Pedrioa, 2B, .299

Ortiz, DH, .244[!]

Ramirez, LF, .313

Lowell, 3B, .260

Youkilis, 1B, .313

Drew, RF, .277

Varitek, C, .253

Lugo, SS, .286

Twins line-up:

Gomez, CF, .276

Harris, 2B, .255

Mauer, C, .352

Morneau, 1B, .268

Cuddyer, RF, .286

Kubel, DH, .236

Young, LF, .264

Tolbert, 3B, .295

Everett, SS, .195

I just figured that out. And I am glad that I did - Hansen looks nasty. Orel Hershiser says he has an elite arm. 96 MPH fastball, and a 87 MPH slider that drops about two feet right before it reaches the plate. I am drooling.

In other news, Dice BB walked EIGHT FRICKIN GUYS. In five innings. Though he managed to only allow one run. Crazy.

Anyways, I guess this can be an open thread, if anyone out there is on-site...

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BOSTON -- Boston Red Sox outfielder Brandon Moss had an appendectomy at Massachusetts General Hospital on Saturday night, one day after hitting a solo homer to spark a victory.

"Brandon Moss is in surgery right now having his appendix removed," Boston manager Terry Francona said after the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 12-4 on Saturday night. "He was feeling ill and the medical team felt that there was a possibility rather than just an abdominal flu that this was a possibility."

Team spokesman John Blake said about 30 minutes later that Moss was out of surgery.

I was in the stands at the game, when Marcus Thames of the Tigers hit a homer, I think in the 4th, that hit the wall and landed in a Redsox fans lap. He was disgusted and threw the ball back into play. It landed near Manny who picked it up and threw it into the stands. I stood up and barehanded it ( without spilling my beer I might add) and supposedly I was caught on the jumbotron and on ESPN. My son is a huge Manny fan ( if he had not touched it last I would be throwing it back also) so I wanted to get a copy of the throw/catch and make a still pic to go with the ball for my son ( and to prove it to a few hat think I'm full of BS). Does anybody have that game on film?? I would pay to get a copy. I have tried ESPN, Tigers, Sox and Fox sports all have said they cant/wont release any footage. Anybody have any thoughts for a 11 year old fan who thinks his old man is the bomb for catching a Manny ball.

i've seen the future, and i think this years trade deadline commotion is going to be all about....jake peavy :P If the padres playoffs hopes tank, and peavy continues to sport an era of 2 at least 3-4 teams will throw the sink at sandiego to try and get peavy. Hes signed until 2009 and the padres probably wont be able to afford him passed then. And of course we'l be hearing endless rumors of him going to boston or newyork. The future is giving me a headache allready.

    The Sox losing streak came to an end yesterday, with a 1-hitter by Jon Lester through 8 innings. Papelbon, however, "stole the win" from Lester, but the important thing is that the Sox finally won.

    But now, what we thought would never come has come: J.D. Drew is injured. Everyone knew it was going to happen, and now it finally has. According to ESPN, it is labeld as undisclosed as of 6 o'clock, but this could be bad. I know I may sound like a pessimist, but when you have been following JD you have to be. When he was a dodger, he seemed to get injured by getting off the bench.

    Anyone worried about JD's injury?

Hey, The Sox are playing the Jays in Canada.

Roy "Doc" Halladay v. Jon "Four Balls" Lester!  Manny "Cap'n Jack"Julio " Ramirez v. Vernon "My Name Is Vernon" Wells!  Julio "GIDP" Lugo v. The Departed Ghost of Frank Thomas!

Can the Sox right the ship after the recent unpleasantness?  Can Toronto vacate the AL-East Cellar? Will the soothing influence of Mikey Lowell prevail? Have the Canadians apologized for Bryan Adams yet?  Have I reached the word-limit yet?  Snake Plisskin?!?! I thought they killed you in Cleveland!

Catch the Fever (but hopefully not the flu)!