Oh, dear. Derek Lowe, performing way below expectations for a Sox pitcher - one earned run. Tsk tsk. Whatever shall we do? :) Good to see Kim back and in form, although the ESPN headline is really quite a sad reflection on how people perceive Kim (or rather, how people perceive the Fenway crowd perceives Kim): “Crowd cheers Kim”. Lots of second-guessing on Sons of Sam Horn on Francona’s choice of relievers, but I quite like how they’re being used… Embree for Timlin in Game 1 was somewhat odd, but it also had the nice ring of “whatever, I could close my eyes and point to someone random in the bullpen, and they’ll still no-hit you”. At this point, the bullpen has so much confidence even the guy who was attacked by Karim Garcia could probably come out and pitch 2 innings.
In other AL news, Barry Zito seemed to have arrived for Give a Struggling Yankee Self-Esteem Day, what with homers served up to Jeter, Williams, Cairo, and even A-Rod… not that A-Rod needs any more self esteem.