BOS 3, MIN 1: You’re outtah here!
Home plate umpire Todd Tichenor just skyrocketed up the ESPN umpire ejection fantasy league standings.
Category: Jacoby Ellsbury
MIN 4, BOS 2: Wild Thing
The Boston Red Sox did their best impression of Rick Vaughn in a 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins.
MIN 5, BOS 2: Lester loses it in fifth
Jon Lester has a case of the Dice-K syndrome.
BOS 6, MIN 5: Bang for the buck
Buy low, sell high. Brad Penny continues to fulfill, quite possibly, the oldest investment cliche ever.
LAA 8, BOS 4: Taken away
Tim Wakefield had lost 5 straight road games to the Los Angeles Angels. He looked well on his way to breaking that streak with a four run lead heading into the bottom of the third. Mike Napoli made sure Wakefield's streak extended to six games with one swing of the bat.
BOS 4, LAA 3: Triple
The Red Sox didn't want to be the only Boston team to lose tonight.
Is Jason Bay really as great a base-runner as his 2009 numbers indicate?
Now, I have to admit, it is very difficult to pick up on one's base-running skills from simply watching the games. When a ball is put in play and it looks to be driven deep into the gap, I am thinking about the ball, and watching it gloriously sail into the space between the outfielders. I am not watching the players round the bases. At least not that often.
Should Jacoby Ellsbury be leading off?
He's been torrid on the basepaths and has 15 swiped bags on the season, but the .323 OBP is not worthy of being a leadoff man.
Should he be moved out?
BOS 10, TAM 6: Green, Youkilis lead Sox
Nick Green isn't making Terry Francona's decision to play Julio Lugo over him easy while teammate Kevin Youkilis isn't making opposing pitchers' jobs on the mound any easier.
BOS 4, NYY 1: Thieves
After Usain Bolt threw out the first pitch in Saturday's win against the New York Yankees, Jacoby Ellsbury wanted to remind everyone who the fastest person wearing a Boston Red Sox jersey really was.