Beautiful HR from Manny to win the game.
Some thoughts after the game.
1. Coco, all of a sudden, became a bunting machine.
But I do not care, as long as he continues to somehow contribute to the team...
2. Timlin got the first out of the season (Well, at lease that is how I felt), and surprisingly, got out of the inning witout any damage for the first time in 2008! Way to go, Mike! He could certainly help the bullpen with the way he threw tonight!
3. Lester, just like Dice-K, is sometimes so painful to watch. There are times I feel like they totally lose the ability to throw strikes!
4. I am now officially worried about Papi. Not just because of the results he's had so far, but I do not like how he looks at the plate at all. He looks like he is still bothered by the knee or something.
5. I love Pappelbon. I love the fact that he is the closer for the Red Sox.
God I would hate him if he was the closer for the other teams!
6. It is just me maybe, but everytime Pedroia takes one of his full swing at the plate, I am worried that either his arm or leg would come off his body, and he would just fall apart... He is so small, and yet sometimes he swings a bat like he is Canseco...
In general, I think the Sox are doing very well, given that odd and tough schedule for the past month or so.
