If Joe West had been umpiring last night's game between the Red Sox and the Rays, he would have gone apoplectic long before it approached the 6-hour mark. The game had everything but a rain delay (unless the Trop started leaking, that wasn't gonna happen). However, it did feature an unprecedented kind of delay when a foul popup busted a light bulb high up in the dome's ceiling and glass came tumbling down with 2 outs in the 8th inning. During the "glass delay" Youk, who was over playing third, provided an assist to the grounds crew plucking shards of glass from the turf. In other news, Beckett threw 8 shutout, one-hit frames, Neimann matched Beckett's dominance, striking out 10 Red Sox, the Sox left the population of Liechtenstein on base, Scoots tossed his bat, Maddon got tossed. one of the Rays coaches also got tossed because he argued that Scoots should have gotten tossed, Pedey makes two webgem plays, Reddick makes one, and Pedey's base knock plates Reddick in the top of the 16th. Any questions? There will be a quiz.
Having emerged victorious in the epic game of chicken by both teams' pitching staffs, the Red Sox board their late-night flight to Baltimore a happy bunch. Beckett coined a new nickname for the guy who was his position-player counterpart last night. Step aside, Laser Show, Commander Kick-Ass has dubbed thee Muddy Chicken. The Commander sure proved his health last night, which was music to the ears of Theo, Tito, and the Nation.
The Red Sox will really have to pounce on Baltimore pitching this week, with Wake, Weiland and Miller toeing the rubber.
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