It Was Worth the Wait, JD--Peter

Well, most of last year, until the late stages of the season and the playoffs, all you could think of Drew was had the Sox made a mistake in grabbing him away from the Dodgers as a free agent? However, what began late last year has continued with a vengeance so far this season. In his latest iteration, covering the absence of Papi, never an easy thing to even imagine, much less actually do, JD has been just awesome!

Tonight was no exception. Hitting in his 11th straight game, he continued to tattoo opposing pitching. Batting .500 since Papi hit the DL, and accumulating six roundtrippers and another six extra base shots, JD is going to have some group like PETOP come after him for cruelty. PETOP? Oh, thought you knew--that's People for The Ethical Treatment of Opposing Pitchers. Tonight was his tenth HR of the year and his dozenth two bagger of '08. This all kind of set up and capped off the Sox eventual win. Lowell and Youk put it away for good. Driving his 8th career Grand Slam into the deep seats atop the Monster gave Lester a five zip lead to work with, and, after he gave back a couple of runs to the O's in the top of the 6th, Youk closed the door on any thoughts the Birds may have had about pulling a Celtics-style comeback on the Sox.

Taking the first pitch he saw, he planted it in the same general area as Lowell's Slam, bringing Manny home at the same time--7-2 Sox. JD's capper came on the first pitch he saw from Walker and was the final nail in the Birds' coffin. I don't know 'Who Killed Cock Robin', but the Sox bats certainly killed The Orioles.

Pitching--Lester did a good job again, getting careless only for a brief time in the sixth, but recovering for one more scoreless inning before giving way to The Other Manny. TOM was outstanding tonight. Throwing only 16 pitches, he produced an inning of perfect baseball, capping it with a pair of K's. TOM was then followed by Jenn's favorite, MIKE TIMLIN.

Looks like the Sox are still giving consideration to my idea of using him against the O's in late inning situations. Last night was terrible. Tonight was terrific! Seven pitches, a perfect inning and even a K for good measure. Hey, wait a minute! I thought Jekyll and Hyde left the team last month.

Oh, before I forget--CELTS WON AGAIN TONIGHT!! Came back from a 24 point deficit for the biggest Finals comeback in NBA history!