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Goodbye bullpen, hello slow, painful pitching torture! Eight homers given up in the last two days. Un-freakin’-believable.
- If Monday’s win was a pyrrhic victory, then Tuesday’s loss was a bloody defeat. Jon Lester couldn’t help relieve the relievers in the ‘pen. (Two-out woes continue to plague Lester)
- Please don’t bring this up anymore, Joe Maddon. It happened, it’s over, so just drop it. You can believe whatever you want as long as we don’t hear it. (Maddon still convinced HBP intentional)
- The unsung hero of last night? Jose De La Torre, who actually saved the bullpen and gave it some rest. Always look on the bright side of a loss. (Jose De La Torre manages to provide some relief)
- Step right up and spin the starting pitching wheel, folks! Round and round the wheel goes, where it’ll stop, nobody knows! (Farrell: Red Sox have three options to start Wednesday)
- Often ridiculed, Jarrod Saltalamacchia is having a great season so far. Just needs to get rid of that hair. No more perms, Salty. No. (In Case You Haven’t Noticed, Jarrod Saltalamacchia Is Having a Pretty Good Year)
- Players Not Revealing Injuries, Case #456: Clayton Mortensen has been playing with hip and groin problems since April. You gotta tell us these things, guys… (Mortensen hopes DL stint will fix ‘nagging’ hip)
- It speaks volumes about the AL Rookie of the Year competition when Jose Iglesias is the de facto leader of the bunch due to unsustainable numbers. (So, someone is going to have to be the AL Rookie of the Year, right?)
Serving up dingers in the Trop, I see…
Tampa Bay now has 8 home runs, Sox 0 thru first 2 games as Jennings greets De La Torre with his second of the night
— Gordon Edes (@GordonEdes) June 12, 2013