Yes, I'm a day or two late, but I've been busy savoring things as well as watching the NCAA Finals last nite. Anyway, the season opened Sunday night at Fenway, with the Sox hosting the Evil Empire. Although many of the faces and names on both sides were the same, there were some notable new faces to get accustomed to in both dugouts as well. The Sox, having gone to "run prevention" during the off season, picked up Marco Scutaro,SS; Cameron, CF; and Lackey, P, to cover the most notable new Hose members. The two who played Sunday, Scutaro and Cameron, both made major contributions right out of the gate, to go along with strong showings by existing Sox stalwarts, Youuuukkk and Dusty. What was great, beside the obvious first game success of all the aforementioned, was the way the team never said die. Down 5-1 to CC, with JB already out of the game, they came back and tied at a nickel apiece. Quickly down 7-5 an inning later,they again bounced right back to take the lead at 8-7, followed up with an insurance run an inning later, and gave the ball to Laser to close the door. He did so nicely, following Bard's equally impressive setup work the prior inning. Speaking of Bard, I don't think he threw anything under 95 mph at all, reaching 99 on a couple of tosses.
Let's hope this continues today in game two and tomorrow in #3.
Separate from the on-field stuff, JB inked an extension for four more years at $68 mill. Not too shabby. This puts the Sox rotation all under contract for a minimum of two more years (the Diceman), with some out through 2014.
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