Some good stuff from the first 8 1/2 innings of the game:
Really good: Beckett pitched very well against a good lineup.
Kinda good: Papi isn't the most pathetic hitter in the regular lineup (No matter what, I'll always have a soft spot for Ortiz over Drew for obvious reasons)
Shocking: The captain now has 3 HR in 7 AB this year for an eye popping 1.714 SLG percentage...that's insane! Should we be reading more into this, like if the Sox had a half decent backup catcher over the past 3 years, Varitek would still be an All Star caliber catcher?
I'll finish off the update on game 10 along with (hopefully) an update on Game 11 tomorrow too, but I hear Boston is in for lots of rain this weekend. Ironically, Seattle is sunny!
So much for the sunny optimism...3-1 loss in this game after the resumed it on Saturday. Has Delcarmen actually peaked? I've never been very high on him, so it's entirely possible that I'm just being premature, but c'mon, a 2 run homer to Pat Freaking Burrell? Burrell numbers in his time in Tampa (.221/.315/.367 and .185 /.267 /.259 AVG/OBP/SLG for 2009 and 2010 respectively) are downright Manny Alexander-esque. Although in Burrell's defense, nobody has found steroid syringes in his Mercedes.
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