Schilling inserted himself left, right, and centre in this series, with one loss in extra innings, one win in extra innings, and a semi-rocky save. It’s funny that after today’s 4-1 game the Sox’s 3 winningest pitchers are now Cy Young, Roger Clemens, and Tim Wakefield. I love Wakefield, but it’s a rare list that puts his name together with two of the best pitchers ever.
Speaking of unlikely, Alex Cora with a homer? Doug Mirabelli with a steal?
Back to back extra innings games after having played none the whole season. The long no extra-innings thing was a good thing I guess - the rate this team’s injuries were going, wasn’t sure the team could sustain it. Of course, the lack of extra innings could also be because Embree and Foulke showed a disturbing tendency to crap out and give up so many runs the Sox couldn’t come back.
I saw the Carl Crawford line drive that hit Matt Clement. It was scary. Somehow in those games the end result really doesn’t matter - I’m just glad one of the stalwarts of the rotation is okay.