Now that’s a good way to start the morning. When I flipped the game on (NESN this time, yay), Ortiz hit into a run-scoring double-play, but that was quickly followed up by Manny’s homer. And somehow when Pokey came on I felt my Spidey-sense go all tingly (ha). Whatever Papa Jack was doing with Reese seems to be working - who knew he had the power for extra-base hits? So C.C. was chased clean out of the game. Looking at his line, you’d think Sabathia was a Jamie Moyer-style control pitcher, what with no walks and no Ks.
Pedro looked good, although admittedly I missed what looked like a shaky first inning, although I saw clips of the Lawton homer. He seemed to be throwing lots of cutters today - well, placing my faith in Jerry Remy’s calling of the pitches - which seemed like a new thing. Sometimes it seems like Pedro uses the first inning to find out which of his vast repertoire of pitches are on and then goes to them later. Still can’t forget an interview he did on TV (7 News?) a long while back where he showed the reporter how he gripped all his various pitches - those big hands, and the way his fingers so confidently found each pitch, very impressive.