Orioles 4, Red Sox 3

Season over in Boston
Tampa fights back from the brink
WIN IT ALL, BREWERS!!!!!

Red Sox 8, Orioles 7

Down to the wire? Gee, ya think?
Sox still alive and kicking.
But so are the D Bags.

Orioles (bottom of the AL East) 6, Reeling Red Sox 3

1978 sucked
2011, too
God, I hate reruns.

RED SOX FINALLY WIN ONE!!!! RED SOX 7, Yankees 3, 14 Innings, Game 2

THANK YOU, ELLS, 3 RUN HOMER!!!!!
Marathon 14 innings
But you got it done.

NY 6, Red Sox 2 Game 1

Bad start, hot middle, bad end
August fade in September
Well, Ells hit two bombs.

Forces of Darkness 9, Red Sox 1

Jon Lester, what's ailing you?
Strong starts quickly fizzling
Please get over it.

Orioles 6, Red Sox 4

Red Sox lose yet one more time
To the lowly Orioles.
October? Who knows.

Loathsome El Birdos 7, Boston Drama Kings 5

Papelbon: second blown save
Took responsibility
But the Sox still lost.
Note: the original post blamed Daniel Bard and demanded chains, Tobin Bridge and a big push (aka the Lackey/Del Carmen/Tavarez/Wells/Gagne/Smoltz treatment. Management regrets the error.

Red Sox 18, Orioles 9 (Plucked)

Ells: inside the park home run!
Conor Jackson hits grand slam!
My kind of ball game.

Orioles 6, Red Sox 5

D Mac drops 2 routine flies
What should have been fair was foul,
The Sox slip again.

D Bags 8, Red Sox 5

Wakefield stuck at 200
Sox swept by Tampa Bay Rays
Playoffs not certain.

Rays 4, Red Sox 3

Losing to to Tampa Bay D Bags
Worse than losing to New York
Lester, what happened?

Red Sox 4, Rays 3

Beckett, 6 strong, 7 Ks.
Mike Aviles hits homer
Keep the Wild Card lead.

D Bags 9, Red Sox 1

[No, I'm not waiting for the end of this one. I am not THAT MUCH of a masochist}
Season ends like it began
No bats, no arms, not much fun
Love the Sox? It's hard.

Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 4

Mother fucking son of bitch.
Had it in the bag until
Daniel Bard blew it.

Red Sox 18, Blue Jay 6

Wake gets his 200th win!
Sox Nation Nightmare Over!
Pedey hits two bombs!

Rays 9, Red Sox 1

Lesterrible on the mound
Tampa Bay got out their brooms
Playoffs? Not certain.

Rotten Rays 6, Red Sox with Holes 5

Longoria, you bastard
Walk off single wins the game
No fun for Sox fans.

D Bags 7, Red Sox 2

John Lackey: Flop at the Trop
Cement, Tobin Bridge, big push
12th cause to hate him

Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 4

Mother fucking son of bitch
Dropped another to teh Blue Jays.
Jesus, shit and damn.

Blue Jays 11, REALLY????? Red Sox 10

Win in bag for Boston nine
Til the bottom of the ninth
Fucking Toronto.

Red Sox 14, Blue Boids 0

 Lesterrific! 11 Ks!
Bats: Bada bing bada BOOM!
Right end of blow out.

Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0, 11 innings

T.S. Eliot was wrong
April is not the cruelest month
It is September.

Lackey's Effectiveness 11, Snoring Boston Bats 4

HATE this post season preview
John Lackey, Tobin Bridge, push
That's all I'm sayin'.

Red Sox 12, Rangers 7

Carl Crawford, Grand Salami!
8 run fourth, the way to go!
Eric Bedard sucks.

Horns and Claws Club 10, Red Faced Red Sox 0 Zip, Zilch, Nada, Ratboy

Jesus hell shit and dammit
No joy in Mass or Cali
Goat fuckin' RANGERS.

FoD 4, Red Sox 2

2 run bomb enough? Hell, no.
Sorry, Pedey. Aceves
Blew your great effort.

Red Sox 9, Satan's Minions 5

Ellsbury, Tek, 2 run bombs
Pedey, Scoot, damn good fielding
Papelbon, lights OUT!

Pinstriped Damned 5, Red Sox 2

Lackey, mole for the  Halos
Cervelli drill too costly
For genuine oops.

Red 4, Athletics 0

Rain delays, schmain delays, the
Boys got it done for Bedard.
Sox still in first place.

Red Sox 9, As 3

Jon Lesteriffic through 6
Hit parade by Boston bats
Nice to be on top.

As 15, Red Sox 5

Wake's 200th? Not tonight.
Old Man of the Mound denied.
Ugly, so ugly.

Red Sox 6, Rangers 0 Ratboy, Zip, Zero, Nada, Niente

Gonzo goes yard two times, YES!
Papi and Salty, one each.
Hot bats, life is good.

Red Sock It 'Ems 13, Current American League Champs 2

Eleven runs: snot beating
Crawford: 5 Ribbies, 'bout time
Momentum is good.


And the Spanks lost. Imagine my sorrow.

RRRRRed Sox 11, Rangers 5

Gonzo went yard TWICE tonight
And Lackey wins number 12
He must have cheated.

Rotten Rangers 4, Red Sox 0

Eric Bedard, a menace
To the team he's pitching for.
Drop him off the bridge.

Red Sox 6, Rumbled Royals 1

Crawford hits homer! What he
Got paid for in the first place!
Lester: Win 13.

ROYALS????? THE EFFIN' ROYALS???? 9, Red Sox 4

No 200th win for Wake
8 run 6th inning kind of
put an end to that.

Red Sox 7, Royals 1

Salty hits a three run bomb
Andrew Miller; the right stuff.
Winning? Much more fun.

Red Sox 7, Royals 1

Salty hits a three run bomb
Andrew Miller; the right stuff.
Winning? Much more fun.

Red Sox 7, Royals 1

Salty hits a three run bomb
Andrew Miller; the right stuff.
Winning? Much more fun.

Red Sox 7, Royals 1

Salty hits a three run bomb
Andrew Miller; the right stuff.
Winning? Much more fun.

Red Sox 4, Royals 3

Beckett FINALLY get 10!
No Youk, No Papi, no good
Keep on truckin', Boys.

Raytards 4, Red WTFS 0

Lackey, Tobin Bridge, push off
Chains, cement and more cement
He give me shpilkis.

D Bags 6, Red Sox 2

Splitting the double header?
Not with NY 1 game back.
Sox nail triple play!

Red Sox 3, D Bags 1

Ellsbury goes yahd, love it
Drives in all the runs, okay.
Lester gets the win.

Mariners 5, Red Sox 3

Wakefield denied 200th.
Yankees are too damned close.
GET BACK ON TRACK, BOYS!!!

Marin-oh nos 5, Really? Red Sox 4

Bad, bad, bad night for Beckett
5 runs in the first inning
Can't afford these nights.

Rrrrred Sox 6, Marinated 4

Papi, Jed, Reddick go yard
Lackey gets the win. Really.
Gained game on New York.

Management would like to take this opportunity to wish Seattle's Justin Smoak a speedy recovery from the injuries suffered when a line drive hit him in the face.

Twinkie 5, Red Sox 2

Jon Lester got knocked around
Except Papi, bats shut down
Yankees too damned close.

Red Sox 4, Twin Sets 3

Bedard, horrible in first
Got over it, held the line
Sox gain ground on Yanks.

Red Sox 8, Twinkies 6

Wakefield 200? Uh uh.
Big Papi wins the ballgame
With well-placed double.

RED SOX 3, Pinstriped Damned 2, 10 innings

Lil' Josh Reddick earns his spot
Walk off double wins the game
Suck it, Rivera.

Red Sox 10, Some Team from the Bronx 4

Ellsbury, drives in 6 runs
Including a three run bomb.
Still don't like Lackey.


(Mark Texeira has fish lips. Look at him standing in the box. The man looks like a carp).

Forces of Darkness 3, Red Sox 2

Pinstriped Damned, second half team
Red Sox have the August fade.
I have an ulcer.

Native Americans 7, Red Headaches 3

The August Fade is a myth
The August Fade is a myth
Don't make it real, Guys!

Red Sox 4, Indians 3

Ellsbury, such a nice boy
Walk off home run, All right!
Wins are beautiful!

Red Sox 3, Tribe 2

Ells hits walk off RBI
Salty beats the tag at home
Pap gets W.

Indians 9, Red Sox 6

Sick feeling in my stomach
Fingernails chewed down to nubs,
Lackey was pitching.

Red Sox 5, White Shnooks 3

Gonzo, 9 game hitting streak
Cap'n Tek homers for 2,
Sox still Number One.

Red Sox 10, Pale Imitations of Same 2

Big bat boom; Gonzo, Youk go yard
Lester, my boy, 8 innings strong
Good day for Sox fans.

White Sox 3, Red Sox 1

Wake denied 200 and
Pedey's hitting streak ended.
Reboot and let's go!

Royals 4, Red Sox 3

Bottom ninth, Crawford at bat
One man on; can Carl win it?
Missed it by that much.

Red Sock It To the Ball , Common Folk 5

Big Papi Grand Salami
Pedey still on a hit streak
Lackey didn't suck.

Red Sox 13, Royals 9

Now, that's more like it, Red Sox
Pedey streak at twenty-three
Cap'n Tek went yard..

Royals (Really?) 3, Red Sox 1, 412 innings

Is it so bad to lose to
The Kansas City Royals?
Since you ask: Yes.

Correction haiku

Pedroia, his hitting streak
Twenty two games through today
Error regretted.

Red Sox 12, Mariners 8 (Post delayed due to having been at a ROCKIN' all weeked celebration)

Pedey's streak ends at twenty.
Youk homered, bats barked for
The Old Man of the Mound.

Red Sox 3, Marinated 1

Francona hits one thousand wins,
Sox hold onto their first place
It's good in July.

Red Sox 7, Mariners 4

King Felix, meet Jacoby,
Base thief, man with a hammer
No Cy Young this year.

Red Sox 4. Orioles 0

Our boy Ells hits a two run bomb.
Birds bats? Silence in the Yahds.
Sox blank Orioles.

Oh You're Kidding Mes 3, Red Flops 2

Salty hits a two run homer!
But two Birds go back to back.
I feel an ulcer.

Red Sox 15, Orioles 10

Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
10 to fifteen, one homer?
What a way to roll!

Red Sox 1, Tampa Bay Cowbells 0

Pedroia still my Boy-A
16 innings, waay too long
Josh, Jon got it done.

Righteous Red Sox 9, Tampa Bay Posers 5

Pedroia is my boy-a!
Went yahd twice! Put game on ice.
Spanks still in second.

Tampa Bay D Bags 9, Boston Came Up Shorts 6

D Bags: Really hate those guys
And their cowbell-wielding fans
Such an annoyance.

All Star Break

My boys leading AL East
Given crappy start, amazed
These are the Red Sox.

Red Sock It To Yous 8, Oh Norioles 6

Last game before All Star Break
Go to Phoenix on a high note
Hit and run baseball.

Red Sox 4, Orioles 0

Lackey actually won? Wow
No homers, but the job got done.
Way to go, Red Sox.

Red Thunder 10, Oleos 3

Sox score seven in the firstBench clearing brawl in the eighth
Papi powers both!

Long Ball Boston Bombers 10, Oh Norioles 6

Back to back to back home runs
Sox launched more flights than NASA.
My kind of ballgame.

Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 4

Old Man Wakefield rocks again
Drew, YOOOOOOOOK*, Ellsbury go yard
The way it should be.


*Still counts as one syllable.

Red Sox 3, Blue Ehs 2

Darnell McDonald, you rock!
Cut down the tie run at home!
Way to win the game!

Blue Jays 9, (Really?) Red Sox 7

Three steps forward, two steps back,
Boston season up to now.
John Lackey should go.

Red Sox 2, Astros 1

Josh Beckett: magnificent.
Houston pitching? Not so much.
Winning run walked in.

Rollin' Red Sox 10, Apathetic Astros 4

Basic Boston hit parade,
5 pitchers, but job gets done
Winning: a good thing.

Rockets Red (Glare) Sox 7, Disastros 5

6 run seventh inning, YES!
Scoot starts things with a homer
How to play the game.

RRRRed Sox 5, Phainting Phillies 2

My boys win when I don't watch!
My boy Lester two-hit them
Tek, Pedey went yahd.

Cheesesteak Munchers 2, Beanheads 1

John Lackey hits RBI???
Normally, when he ties the game,
He's on the mound.

Phillies , Red Sox Zip , Zero, Nada, Niente

Cliff Lee versus Josh Beckett
Philly arms v. Boston bats
Phils win the arms race.

Team That Remembered How to Play 4, NL League Jokes 2

Small ball wins the day again.
Lose two of three to Pittsburgh?
Bad for business, Man.

Pirates 6, Red Jokes 4

THE PITTSBURGH MOTHER FUCKING PIRATES?
THE SOX CAN'T BEAT THESE JOKERS?
WHERE'S THE DAMNED HOT STREAK?

National League Punching Bags 3, Boston You've Gotta Be Kidding Mes 1

The Sox lost to the PIRATES????
THE PITTSBURGH FUCKING PIRATES???
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?????

(or, alternate line, "Oh, screw the haiku."

Padres 5, Red Sox 1

Lackey equals Aceves
Liabilities on mound
Trade for case of beer.

Padres 5, Red Snoozers 4

Aceves, not an asset
Designate for assignment
Threw a walk a thhon

Red Sox 14, Padres 5

Miller debut, 6 strikeouts,
Boston, 10 runs in seventh
Padre arms gave up.

Roarin' Red sox 12, The Beer that Made Mel Famey Walk Us 3*

Big booming bats battered balls,
Gonzo gets 1,000th hit!
Wake solid through 8.






*It's a long shaggy dog story. Make a request in comments and I'll tell it. Just not a a haiku.

Brew Crew 4, Red Nappers 2

Brewers, 7 hits, 4 runs
Sox, 9 hits, 2 measly runs
Lackluster Lester.*


*Jon, you're killin' me.

Rockin' Red Sox 10, Cheese Heads 4

Lackey strong through 8 complete
Surprised the hell out of me.
Jed and Carl injured.

Another Champion Boston Team 4, Tampa Also Rans 2

Despite the clanging cowbells,
And the in-game injuries
Sox top at the Trop.

YOOOOOOK 3, Tampa Bay Dunces 0

Game won on three run bomb. YOOOOOOOOOOOOK!
Josh Beckett, complete game, YESSSSS!
THESE are my Red Sox.

Tanpa Bay DBags 4, Boston Red Sox With Holes In the Defense 0

Not a good night for the Sox.
No run production for Wake
bring back the barrage.

Boston Bats 14, Toronto's Blues 1

Lester, 8 innings, 1 run
Gonzo, Pedey, Papi, Youk
Boston hit parade.

Red Steamrollers 16, Toronto Steamrolled 4

6 runs from Papi and Tek
All in the seventh inning.
2 three run homers.

AL East Leading Red Sox 5, Blue Jays Not So Much 1

Small ball, this evening's tale.
Pedey, bad knee, RBI
Spanks two games behind.

Red Brooms 8, Pinstriped Swept 3

Seven run seventh inning
Bats take down New York's finest
Worth 2 hour delay.

Rrrred Sox 11, Foces of Darkness 5

Old Man of the Mound, Wakefield
Six innings, one run baseball
Way to go, Timmay!

Boston Good Guys 6, Pinstriped Damned 4

Texiera drilled in the knee,
A Rod strikes out to end game.
Good to be the Sox.

Red Sox 6, Aaaaaaaas 3

Gonzales, Crawford, home runs!
Hottovy: up and comer.
Oakland swept away.

Red Sox 9, As 8 (14 innings, the new Boston Marathon)

Sox blow lead in ninth inning
Takes five more innings to win
Why Red Sox fans drink.

Red Sox 8, Athletics 6

Good Clay Buchholz or Bad Clay?
He's Jekyll and Hyde this year.
Why Red Sox fans drink.
.

Matsuzaka surgery

Bad outings from bad elbow
Millions gone down the toilet
Dice? Meet Tommy John.

Pale Hose 7, Embarassed Sox 4

Boston bullpen blows the lead.
Chains, a push from the Tobin
And we start over.

White Sox 10 (so far), Red Sox 1 (No, the game's not over. I'm just disgusted)

Boston pitching is a joke.
They've forgotten how to throw.
Shoot me, shoot me now.*

*If Boston pulls off a mircale, I will gladly accept mockery.

White Sox 7, Red Sox 3

Sox red from embarassment.
Jon Lester, what went so wrong?
I'm heartbroken here.

Tigers Who Found Their Roar 3, Red Sock (they lost half of the pair) 0

Verlander on fire tonight,
Beckett, looked like Kyle Farnsworth.
Still lead AL East.

red Rollers 4, Paper Tigers 3 (Double Header First Half)

Game on the line in the ninth,
Ortiz comes through in the clutch,
J Pap ices it.

Rockin' Red Sox 6, Eminem's Home Boys 3

Jacoby Ellsbury show
Steal, home run, score on wild pitch
Paps, you're killing me.

Boston Steamrollers 14, Detroit Dead Things 1

Boston had a hit parade
Knocked the starter out in 2
Tigers were pussy-whipped.

Red Bombers 14, Former Flavors of the Month 2

Red Sox had the best of games,
Cleveland had the worst of games.
Beaten like a drum.

Red Sox 4, Tribe 2

Red Sox lead it wire to wire.
No ambushes by the Tribe.
Better than April.

Indians 3, Red Sox 2

Indians ambushed the Sox
9th inning rally cut short
Lousy Indians.

Red Sox 5, Chicago Billy Goats 1

Knuckleball fluttered and danced.
Floated like a butterfly.
The bats stung like bees.

Cubs Pulling a Secretariat 9, Red WTFS? 3

Sox, on the brink of first place,
1 lousy inning, 6 runs.
Boston bullpen blows.

Red Sox 15, Cubbies 5

Sox bats awake, on duty.
Homers for Youk and Salty.
Yanks lost, too. Great night.

Last Minute Boston Charlies 4, Detroit Kittens 3

Verlander versus Beckett
Great pitcher's duel? Not so much.
Papelbon gets win.

Los Red Sox 1, Los Tigres 0 (SAP version)

Clay Buchholz, seven strikeout stud
Salty hits a clutch double,
A win is a win.

Game postponed

No knickleballs dance tonight,
The rain has postponed the game.
Over .500.

Red Sox 8, Orioles 7

A 2 run double wins it.
Bottom of the ninth inning,
Gonzo is money.

Les Hose Rouge 7, Les Losers Sans Mezzuzahs 5

Ash touched horsehide thrice over.
Breezes left in a sphere's wake.
Thus, the Red Sox sweep.

Red Sox 6, Pinstriped Poopieheads 0 (Zero, Zip, Zilch, Nada, Niente)

Josh 9 Ks, Gonzo big  bomb
Yankees leave 10 men on base.
It's a smiley night.

Red Sox 5, Forces of Darkness 4

The Red Sox beat the Yankees!
Don't care if they're still in third.
Sox beat the Yankees.

Jay Boids 9, Best Team on Paper (and only on paper) 3

Lackey "roughed up" yet again.
I swear he's still an Angel.
Save us, please kill him.

Blue Ehs? 7, Red Sox 6

David Cooper, I hate you.
Stole 2 bases in the 10th
Blue Jays stole the game.

Red Sox 2, Twin 1

New kids, Gonzo and Crawford,
New Gold Dust Twins win the game
You may cash your checks.

Red Sox 9, Lutefisk Muchers 5

Matsuzaka adequate,Gonzo earns his big paycheck.
.500? Maybe.

Red Sox 4, Twinkies 0

Buchhol  6 Ks, Atta Boy
Ellsbury, 2 RBIs
07 rooks come through.

Twinkies 9, Red What the Hells 2

LIriano didn't pitch
How the hell does this happen?
Hang up your cleants, Wake.

Former Disney Movie Tie-Ins 11, Boston Walking Dead 0

11 run snot beating
Is Lackey an Angels mole?
Big turkey must be.

Angels 5, Red Sox 3

13 innings plus 2 hour
hour rain delay equals
another damned loss.

Red Bats 7, The Non-Scandal Ridden LA Team 3

Jon Lester*, Dominator.
11 Ks, 1 free pass.
Pitching wins the game.

*My boy.

Rad Sox 9, A Bunch of Guys Who Look Like the Angels 5

A great day in Fenway Park.
The big bats came out to play.
Weaver got hit hard.

Red Sox 3, Mariners 2

Gone! My headache's gone. For now.10 Ks should win but today
Crawford was Papi.

Fish Flingers 2, Basement Dwellers 0

Five doubles, all were squandered.
Oh, well. Lousy season gets
Rid of the pink hats.

(What? You're expecting cherry blossoms? This is baseball)

Mariners 5, Red Shnooks 4

Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn.
What is ailing the Red Sox?
Did someone hex them?

Boston Stress Inducers 6, Baltimore Hons 2

Didn't watch the game, Sox won!
They do better when I don't.
Superstition rules.

Loathsome El Birdos* 5, Men Who Had a Winning Streak Last Week 4

Youks hits 3 run blast, no good.
Beckett didn't have A game.
Fuck a doodle doo.

*credit where it's due, this is a Stephen King coined moniker.

Orioles 4, Red Sox 1

Buchholz needs head straightened out.
He's in '09 mode; not good.
Stupid Orioles.

Red Sox 7, Halos 0

Crawford finally homered.
Lackey, solid performance.
It's about time, Guys.

Red Sox 5, Angels 0

Dice K Nine K! Dominant.
Doesn't make me like him yet.
Four game win streak. Yea!

Red Sox 4, Angels by Any Other Name 3

8 strikeouts, Lester's my boy.
Boston bullpen, not so much.
Shoot them. Shoot them all.

Red Sox 4, LAAAAAAAAAAngels 2

Blow lead, then win, stessed out fans
Bats, not the arms won the day.
One more W.

Red Sox 5, A's 3

Youk, Lowrie, Drew all homered!
Boston bullpen causing hives.
We'll take the win.

A's 5, Red Sox 0

Mother fucking son of bitch.
John Lackey to minors NOW.
At least Yankees lost.

Red Sox 9, Blue Jays 1

3 game win streak. We'll take it.
Jed Lowrie, hitter on fire.
Here we go, Red Sox.

Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 1

Back to back wins, hope springs
Ellsbury, 3 run dinger
Keep it going, Boys!

Red Sox 4, Last Canadian Team 1

It may be Spring after all
Josh fanned 9, Lowrie homered
Signs of life, perhaps.

Blue Jays 7, Boston T Ball Team 6

No joy for Red Sox Nation
Blue Jays pinata gets win
Sox, you're killing me.

Rays at Red Sox postponed

Game called on account of rain
Will the Sox come back winners?
We'll see on Friday.

Barry Bonds Convicted

Was it the Clear or the Cream?
Found guilty of obstruction.
Poetic justice.

Tampa D Bags 3, Boston Jeez O Petes 2

Jon Lester, 8 strikeouts
Good pitching, no run support
We're getting laughed at.

Dice K Matsuzaka

2 innings, first pitch home run
Not earning his keep no more.
Sayanora, Man.

Lousy Rotten Rays 16, Boston WTFs 5

Pittching? What pitching? Missing.
Tek should slug A Rod again.
Worked in 04.

Manny Ramirez Retires

Caught juicing, second offense
Spanish term for big Dumbass?
Manny Ramirez.

Boston Lazarus 4, Most Hated Team in Baseball 0

Beckett, 10 Ks, DOMINANT
Gonzo's hands: hope he's okay
Joba, pinstriped pinata.

Forces of Darkness 9, NE Pirates 4

Yesterday a fluke? PLEASE, NO!!!!
Bring me McCarver/Buck's tongues.
HATE the Pinstriped Damned.

Red Sox 9, Satan's Pinstriped Legion 6

Sox hammer second inning
Bartolo the Hutt gets loss
Lackey sucked but won.

Indians 1, Red Sox 0

Latest loss is mind-numbing.
Slip and fall loses the game????
SI has jinxed them!

Indians 8, Red Sox 4

It's the fucking INDIANS!
The bullpen outsucks Dyson!
You're killing me, Sox!

Indians 3, Red Sox 1

12 strikeouts and the Sox LOSE?
It's Cleveland; they trade their best!
What the HELL, Red Sox?

Rangers 5, Red Sox 1

Bats quiet, Buchholz not sharp
Rangers kicked ass and took names
SOX! GET OFF THE SCHNEID!!!

Rangers 12, Red Sox 5

Red Sox clobbered, blame Lackey
5 innings of pain though Ells
And Papi went yard.

Rangers 9, Red Sox 5

First day good news and bad news:
Ortiz homers, no "when will he" crap
Jon Lester, not so hot.