Barack Obama honors Red Sox at White House

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Big Papi: " I feel like I can lead off tomorrow."

From Joy Of Sox:

Yo (expletive), I feel like I can lead off tomorrow.

David Ortiz, shouting across the clubhouse at Terry Francona.

Mike Lowell: "He looked good running the bases. When he smells it he runs a lot harder. Maybe we should put some chicken nuggets out there."

Only three American League hitters have at least one triple in each of the last 11 seasons: Johnny Damon, Carlos Guillen, and David Ortiz!

"I'm an athlete, man."

Video HERE

Ortiz Sets New Record for 2010's Slowest HR Trot

David Ortiz broke out of his April slump in a big way, and he seems more than willing to enjoy the glow of is returning home run prowess -- to the tune of four home run trots that have lasted at least 28.95 seconds.

According to a website that tracks such things, David Ortiz home run trot last Monday night lasted 30.59 seconds, slowest in the majors this season.

But Ortiz has earned the right to strut. Including his two-run double last night, he's batting .359 with 21 RBI and a .781 slugging percentage this month.

Boston Herald

Damn! Damn! Damn!

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Kings Of The Comeback

From The Joy of Sox (It's a way of life)....

In the last eight days:

April 17 - Red Sox trailed Orioles 7-0 in 2nd inning, won 10-8.

April 24 - Red Sox trailed Yankees 4-2 in 9th inning, won 5-4 in 11.

April 25 - Red Sox trailed Yankees 6-0 in 4th inning, won 16-11.

***The winning streak is now at nine (from 2-6 to 11-6).

Tidbits (from mlb.com)

The Red Sox are 25-24 against the Yankees at Fenway Park since 2004. The all-time record of the rivals at Fenway Park is 446-446, with four ties. ... The first two games of this series have both lasted four hours and 21 minutes. ... Third baseman Mike Lowell has a nine-game hitting streak, during which he is hitting .447 with five doubles, three homers and 18 RBIs. ... Leadoff man Jacoby Ellsbury has eight stolen bases, including four in the past five games. ... David Ortiz has a 20-game homerless streak dating back to last season -- his longest drought since he went 42 games without a homer with the Twins in 2002.

Bay homers in 9th, Youkilis in 11th for Red Sox

Jason Bay homered off Mariano Rivera with two outs in the ninth to send the game to extra innings, and Kevin Youkilis hit a solo shot in the 11th to help the Sox beat the Yanks for their eighth straight win. (AP, 11:49 p.m.)


Even before tonight, Kevin Youkilis was on fire. Batting .429 with 14 runs scored, six doubles, four homers, and 12 RBI.


As David Ortiz recently said about Youk, "He gets up in the morning and he's already got a hit."

EDIT: I found the NESN video of the game ender here:

Ranking the Red Sox Roster

From Boston.com. I will try to comment once I get rid of this headache...

25. Julio Lugo
24. Josh Bard
23. Manny Delcarmen
22. Tim Wakefield
21. Brad Penny
20. Rocco Baldelli
19. Javier Lopez
18. Takashi Saito
17. John Smoltz
16. Jason Varitek
15. Ramon Ramirez
14. Hideki Okajima
13. Justin Masterson
12. Jed Lowrie
11. Mike Lowell
10. Daisuke Matsuzaka
9. Jacoby Ellsbury
8. J.D. Drew
7. Jonathan Papelbon
6. Jason Bay
5. Kevin Youkilis
4. Dustin Pedroia
3. Josh Beckett
2. Jon Lester
1. David Ortiz

Some Sox Thoughts From Tony Massarotti

Time for a baseball post!

The Joy of Sox (I am sorry to say I just "got" the title this morning!) summed up Tony Massarotti's most recent Boston Globe chat thusly: Mark Teixeira will be playing first base for the 2009 Red Sox (with Kevin Youklis returning to third), we'll be stuck with Julio Lugo (or at least stuck with his contract), the Papi noise is just that, the Sox will make a deal for either Ranger catcher Taylor Teagarden or Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and Justin Masterson will stay in the bullpen.

And he mentioned Manny might fill the hole the Phillies have with Pat the Bat leaving town...

David Ortiz on winning the division or wild card

"If you're in, you're in. It doesn't matter. We won the division last year. We look forward to being back in the playoffs this year. I never noticed the difference between winning the division and going in as the Wild Card. As long as you're in, you're in. That's what everybody looks for -- being in the top four."

(Quoted by Ian Browne on mlb.com)