[Tony M]

Well, that was a good game, very close and had it not been for the comical baserunning in the 10th we might have been starting 0-1 for the season.

I think Matsuzaka was a bit fazed to start with in the Dome, and I was surprised to see him out there into the 5th inning, and Papelbon seemed a bit flaky in the 10th but fair play to him to hold it together and get the save.

I hope that the Manny we saw today is going to be the Manny that Manny wants to be this season - especially if pitchers are going to be putting Ortiz on base in front of him (make the big guy run from 1st to score - how cruel)

Magic number down to 162 and we're 0.5 games up...