Red Sox. v. Yankees - Round 1

I've been "out of pocket" for the latter part of the week. The annual Tennessee Library Association conference was all day Thursday and Friday - and I was on the Conference Planning Committee. Translation - a couple of VERY long days for me (Thursday from 6:45 am until 10 pm!) - and therefore, very little internet activity!

And of course this weekend features the first round of the Yankees-Red Sox games!

Friday night's game was - in a word - awesome! The Sox were down 6-2 heading into the bottom of the 8th - and they came back with 5 runs!! The unlikely heroes - Cora and Crisp.

And today's game - broadcast nationally via Fox to everyone except me - was also a great one. Beckett pitched, well, like we hoped he'd pitch last year. He's now 4-0. Cora and Crisp stepped up again - and our Big Papi is, well, our Big Papi.

One of the other unlikely heroes is Japanese acquisition Hideki Okajima. He's been referred to as "the other Japanese pitcher" - and he bacame a TRUE Red Sox last night. Since Papelbon was unavailable, Oki stepped in and closed out the game in the 9th. Today, he came in in the 7th with two on and two out - and struck out HGHiambi. I think there may be another Japanese heartthrob in the making!

Tomorrow - the final game of this three-game stand - and it will feature Matsuzaka. A later game - because it's on ESPN it won't start until 8pm. So I'm trying to schedule a little nap in the afternoon...