The previous poll asked: With David Ortiz out, the ideal lineup would have:

  • Crisp, Jacoby, Drew in OF and Manny DH

    75% of all votes

  • Manny in LF, Bonds DH

    14% of all votes

  • Manny in LF, Youk/Casey/Carter DH

    11% of all votes

Pretty overwhelming amount of people want the configuration Francona has started going with, and with good reason, too! New poll on the right.
Don’t forget to take part in today’s trivia question: Which six pitchers recorded 1,000 or more career strikeouts while pitching for the Red Sox? Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens, Tim Wakefield and Bruce Hurst have so far been correctly guessed.