Woot! Happy mother's day, everyone! And happy mother's day, New England! 6 runs in the bottom of the 9th, Sox win 6-5!!! Poor Baltimore, ouch. Sox up 8 over baltimore now, 7 1/2 over Yanks, who are losing 2-1 in the 6th to Seattle as we speak. Josh Beckett left the game early though..He had a torn flap of skin on the middle finger of his pitching hand. Doesn't sound incredibly serious, hopefully he won't miss any time. We shall see, I guess..
As a card carrying member of Red Sox Nation, I suppose I should weigh in on the whole Roger Clemens thing. I won't lie, it would have been nice to see him come back for a few months, but I never really expected it to happen. The Yankees really need the pitching right now. Sox are in pretty ok shape pitching-wise.. Schilling has been pretty decent this year.. Beckett's 7-0... Matsuzaka's been pretty damn good for a guy facing major league hitting for the first time..And oh yeah, Wakefield has the lowest ERA in the AL. We've got that kid Lester ready to come back as the #5 starter as well.. He looked great last year before the whole lymphoma thing.. Sounds like he's cancer free now, so hopefully he'll be able to contribute. Okajima has been lights out in the 'pen, and Papelbon's not so bad either. It's a long, long season but it's nice to be happy with my team in mid-may. Yanks aren't gonna play dead though, so we need this 7-8 game lead, and we need to make it a 10+ game lead ASAP if possible.
Interesting stat I read at espn.com in a story regarding Clemens..Only 3 pitchers in history have won over 10 games at his age: Tommy John, Nolan Ryan, and Satchel Paige. Clemens is amazing, and I have no doubt that he could do it.. Still, that's some pretty damn good company, eh? And those guys had to pitch a whole season to do it.