Quick thoughts on the game: Keith Foulke is the most economical closer I’ve seen. And Pokey, Pokey - nice 9th inning snag. I really don’t know how to resolve the Pokey-Bellhorn logjam when Nomar comes back… I thought it was weird bring on an unproven player like Nasty Martinez (okay, I don’t know if that’s his real nickname, but it should be) in a tie game, but he survived the baptism of fire nicely… Mirabelli is finally DHing against lefties! Brilliant. Poor Ortiz, first game after signing a contract (yay!) and he gets left off the starting lineup. Pinch-hitting Kapler for Dauber and Dauber for McCarty seems an exercise in futility.
And is it just me or has Youklis been on base every game he’s played? I can hear the chants now. “O B P” “O B P”. Okay, maybe not.