Getting Serious: Peter

Jenn: I don't know whether to cheer or cry! Here we go into probably the most important road trip of the season to date and just as some of the walking (if we're lucky) wounded come off the DL, they're almost immediately replaced by two others! V-Mart and Jake come back (although so far the latter hasn't even been a pale shadow of himself--now below the Mendoza Line after a returning O for Twelve) and we lose Yooooukk for the season and now have Oki on the DL for a strained hammy. I'm almost afraid to see who's next! It's as if those two jerkoffs who carjacked me two weeks ago have graduated to the Sox dugout, God forbid!
On the good side, tonight's opener against Mr. Hankie's Yankees in Gotham turned out pretty good for us. Don't know if you've had a chance to catch it on the Tivo yet, Jenn, what with Aidan's Nana visiting, but it was really refreshing. After Texeira and Papi traded shots early on to leave the Sox trailing by a run, 2-1, the Hose took advantage of an error by Cervelli and pushed across a trey in the 2d to go up 4-2. Bucky grabbed the opportunity and pitched well enough for the 'W'. So when A-Roid drove in a run to close within one three innings later, the Sox' newest rookie hot hitting outfielder, Kalish by name, responded with his first MLB homer to extend the lead to three, where it ended later on.
Bucky went into the 8th, picked up to close the inning by Bard's six pitches for the last two outs of the 8th and closed out by The Laser's no-hit 9th for the finish. Pap's 9th, by the way, wasn't as easy as it might have otherwise been. This because Jeter, an eventual Hall denizen, did his evil best to spoil things. With Pap already having sent the first two Stripers to the bench, the Yankees' captain worked Pap for a walk--after TWELVE pitches! Talk about nerve racking! But The Laser showed why he's the Sox closer. I ask you, Jenn, did he let it get to him? Did he come apart? Hell, no! He reared back and retired the next batter before anything serious could get going. Game Over! Enjoy the replay!Hopefully, it's the start of something good from now through October. Aidan will be pointing! Tell him it made Pops happy.