So, yet another matchup of ineluctable forces: Tim Wakefield’s old penchant for giving up homers, and the Orioles’ love of bashing on the Sox. And so it goes: 3 homers (more than Timmeh gave up in the whole of May) helped kill the Sox yesterday, particularly Geronimo Gil’s 3-run shot. The Sammy Sosa homer was a funny thing, bouncing off the top of the Monstah - somehow it never seems as “true” a home run when it’s a ground-rule homer. They showed the replay of his first homer, also back at Fenway against Roger Clemens, and also a shot to left-field. Both Sosa and Clemens looked a lot younger, naturally, but also a lot skinnier.
The Shoppach for Varitek switch? Completely understandable. After all, there’s a day game on today… good to see Arroyo getting the outs.
Funniest bit on TV was Mike Timlin’s creation of a “crime scene”, with Johnny Damon’s outline in tape right where he crashed into the wall near the triangle the day before… Damon’s incredibly laidback about these things, even gamely reenacting the accident. Four stitches on the eyelid may not be a grievous injury but I’d imagine getting those stitches can hurt like a mofo.