now i'm back (from outerspace)

last night's game against tampa bay was the first i had been able to watch in over a week. i went down to LAs finest "boston" bar, sonny mcclean's, which is really the only acceptable place to watch new england sports here. even tom werner was there last night. what should have been (and started out as) a runaway game by the sox turned out to be an extra inning thriller. this would have been an incredible game had it not been against the 18 1/2 games out devil rays.

with clement leaving the game due to injury so early it was really just a matter of time before the devil rays overcame the 5 - 0 deficit. manny, sveum and schilling to an extent, tried their best to lose the game for us but damon and captain 'tek foiled their plans.

graffanino looked sharp defensively with at least four excellent plays. i haven't seen him bat but his stats look decent. does anyone know if bellhorn if supposed to be getting his job back? what about cora when (if) bellhorn comes back?

young delcarmen looked good last night. this seems like the perfect stretch to bring him up since neither minnesota nor kc are offensive powerhouses. he'll have a number of innings before having to face texas or detroit.

with nixon out and manny wanting out of boston (again) and kapler on the dl for now too, i'm am eagerly awaiting the trade deadline. c'mon theo, work your magic.