I am so glad Coco is in the lineup tonight. He is the true centerfielder on the team. He has defense, offense (great bunter), speed and class. Ellsbury is too worried about blogging instead of taking extra batting practice and learning lessons from the veteran members of the team. He is acting like Manny. I am so happy the tables are turned on him. Go COCO you are the best!!!!!!

Dont even know if I should bother posting, but Why wouldn't Tito consider batting Ortiz 4th? obviously in the past, there would be no reason to ask that question. There are several options with Ortiz batting 4th...just a thought..

why not just put coco at leadoff and leave everyone else alone?

it's ovaaah ... done without Big PopOut and Kevin Useless doing a thing

I would suggest having Crisp batting lead off and drop Drew to #3 in the line up. Big Pop-Up can have a seat on the bench. Let Casy DH. Francona must really have it out for Sean since he never plays any more.

Hopefully some amazing batting comes with this lineup...

He isn't DJ Drew. It's Jonathan David.

FROM ADAM: Actually, as odd as it seems, it really is David Jonathan. I'm not sure why, but I believe he wents by his middle name growing up, and at one point his name became his initials, which, if he's going by Jonathan, would be J.D.

I'm sure Joe Maddon is trembling with fear.

If they are not hitting, it does not matter what order you bat them in. But Papi still hitting 3rd just shows Tito's "loyalty" to his stars despite their having demonstrated an inability to perform.

And Youk is not a cleanup hitter.

It all hinges on how Wakefield does tonight. Bottom line.

Curious curious, I am feeling kind of good about this one though, bury the weakest batters (Crip and Cash who can surprise people with their hitting but not reliably enough) and Jed and J.D. are like the two lead offs I think makes sense.

i think is a smart move..
the sox need some changes.. Ellsbury is not helping the team at all, and i think coco can make a difference being a switch hitter.. thank god lowrie is back cora is a nice hitter but lowrie can make a difference too..
i think the sox will win this game and will win back in tampa..
* i wish manny was in the line up.. Papi is really looking rusty..

Wow....didn't see that coming...WTF!

Fickle fans what a joke, and all Tito, Ortiz, and the rest have done 2 titles after all the heart ache, and the Nation has left them high and dry. Not Mike Diggs were coming back you wait and see.

Remember ... the guy batting first is only guaranteed of one leadoff at bat. So is he really the leadoff hitter?

Let's go JD - start us off right.

Best of luck WAKE - been sporting your jersey all day!

They need to move Ortiz down in the lineup. Maybe he will breakout tonight but I doubt it.

GOOD 'OL D.J DREW....??????

All I've seen and read since last nights game is gloom and doom for the Sox. Do we forget where we were in 2004 and then again in 2007 (remember game 3 of 2004 ALCS, you couldn't get much worse than that)? It has never been easy and never will be easy.....................I say rally round boys and get this thing turned around Red Sox style. GO SOX!

Why not lead off with Pedroia, and put Youk 2nd. It worked for us last year. You could then put Bay cleanup, and Drew 5th.

off to a good start ....Pedroia in cleanup than you got a lineup that can't be beat!

I think it's a good move. Batting Lowrie 9th and JD 1st gives you a good 1-2 pop at the bottom/top of the lineup where the Sox have struggled. You have Coco hitting 7th who has been getting on base and RBI producers at the 9th and 1st spot (have not seen much of Cash, hopefully he can get a hit or two out of the 8th hole).

Either way, it will be pitching that does it tonight, with the Rays scoring 18 runs the past two games....

How is Ellsbury acting like Manny? I have no idea what you mean by this? Manny would actually be hitting the ball. Wasn't everyone saying the exact opposite last year at this time about Coco and Ellsbury? The Red Sox haven't lost yet. And my God poor Big Papi. Such fairweather fans! I believe that Kevin Youkilis has been hitting very well. Did I miss something here?

I second Marie...... when Ellsbury switched agents immediately after last season,
that sent up a red flag to me

I say let Francona lead off and have Varitek hit cleanup. We can move Ortiz to 9th playing first base and lets have Crisp bat third as the DH

I say let Francona lead off and have Varitek hit cleanup. We can move Ortiz to 9th playing first base and lets have Crisp bat third as the DH

Too many automatic outs in the lineup. Ortiz, Varitek, et al need to sit down if they are hurt or strap up and perform. David puts on a good show between pitches with the posturing and the spitting in the hands, but it looks like he is swinging under water. Papi, if you are hurt please sit down.

"Cy Young" isn't pitching every night. Sometimes it is good pitching and sometimes it is a bad approach at the plate.

If it is a tied game in the late innings and the Sox get first and second with nobody out can I make a radical suggestion: BUNT!!!!!

I'd have Francona leading off on his gimpy legs. Lets move Varitek up to cleanup and drop Papi down to ninth, while playing 1st base. We can use Coco in the 3 hole and DH'ing. This lineup is what the Sox need. Go saughks.

Oh. She meant about the agent and Ellsbury. I totally didn't get that. However, I still don't see it. What exactly is Ellsbury doing because of the switch in agents? As far as Ellsbury is concerned right now, I don't see how it matters who his agent is. He's in his first full year. I don't think he has any negotiating power for some big contract or anything. Still not getting this.

I would have considered starting Dice-K on short rest. Its going to be in the low 50's during the game tonight and its hard to get the knuckleball going when its cold out..................Also, the rays have had there way with Tim.... Could be in for a rough night...

listen to you people... You weren't hatin' on ellsbury during the Anaheim series. Let's see some faith in your team. Ok, jacoby has hit a bad patch, like pedroia did. it happens. My concern is... Who does tito have on deck tonight if wakefield chokes? patchwork? delcarmen, lopez, masterson, okajima?? what if he chokes in the 2nd or 3rd inning? then what?

Crisp, Pedroia, Drew, Youk, Bay, Ortiz, Kotsay, Lowrie, and Cash. Who cares if feelings get hurt, you need production

As good as Bay is, Ortiz / Bay is not nearly as terrifying as the old Papi / Mani combo. We should have let Mani be Mani.

Go Sox!

Fenway faithful...what an oxymoron-you booing idiots have very short memories. Best fans in baseball my a$$

Finally, Tito got it.

"Leadoff" hitters need to do one thing well: Get on base. Speed isn't essential to being a good leadoff hitter. It's more productive at the bottom of the order in front of weaker batters where you ned to set guys in motion to maximize your scoring chances. If anything, Drew might be our best leadoff hitter! Consistetly 400+ OBP, works counts, sees a lot of pitches. Not a guy like Ellsbury who refuses to take a pitch.

The lineup stacked with our high OBP players is what will be crucial to producing run scoring opportunities. Not steals, sacrifices, and other methods of giving away outs in front of your best hitters.

Please, Fenway faithful, don't be l;ike Joe Morgan and Dusty Baker and fall into the old traps of sacrificing, giving away outs, and "clogging up the bases". Baserunners = runs. OBP = runs. Embrace it.

It will take more than sitting Ellsbury and putting Drew in lead off.
No one is hitting in the clutch, and the pen in not holding up its end.
It's a shame that this team is ending this way , they started the year with a team that any club would kill for.
Go Sox turn this thing around. ( you have the talent, lets get it done)

I am so sick of fans attitudes in Boston! Kevin Useless??? Are you kidding me? I was at the game yesterday and heard people booing Ortiz!...How quick we forget. I've heard people calling for Tito's head. As bad as Ellsbury has been, how can you say he's not trying?? Last I checked the Sox were only down 2-1 in the series. All of you people that are so quick to give up on these guys were never fans in the 1st place and don't deserve to revel in the excitement of them winning. What a joke!

I am not so much worried abou the line-up as I am for wakefield pitching. I would have considered pitching dice-k on short rest. Its going to be in the mid 50's tonight and its really had to get the knuckleball going in the cold. He as gotton hit around pretty hard by the rays this season aswell. Could be a rough night...........

Ellsbury acting like Manny? You are truly a mongoloid. You should watch Dancing with the Stars tonight instead.

I say we switch Ortiz and Bay in the batting order.

Monstah Lobstah and others making oh-so-clever nicknames up for Ortiz are the reason why it has become embarrassing to be a Red Sox fan over the past five years. Ignorant and casual fans who want to partake in the good and complain each time the Sox don't win by 12. As a native of Boston and five year resident of NYC, I am ashamed of my Red Sox fan base because we have morphed into the second coming of Yankees fans.

Why the hate on for Ellsbury? This is his first full season in the majors and he's being tarred and feathered already? He put up great numbers this year and had great range and fielding in the outfield. I'm confused why Tito made him leadoff but that doesn't mean he can't contribute. I wonder what the Ellsbury haters were saying in May when Pedroia was in the middle of his slump? Fortunately for the Red Sox, making flip comments on the internet doesn't qualify someone for managing a MLB team.

Some of you have no common sense and have no idea about baseball. Learn about baseball before you write this stuff down and make yourself look like idiots

It's a good move. More of a concern for the Ray's strategy. DavidO would make a great cleanup hitter, by taking the pressure off to get on base for Youk. Win or lose, mix it up again tomorrow. That would show the Ray's we are more determined to win more than they are.

Francona always seemed to like line-up changes. Suit the situation. Suprise us - and, the Ray's. GO SOX!!!!!!

Varitek stinks and he knows it
so does Elsbury

Wakefield has always sucked in the play-offs. I suspect he will suck tonight as well. Its up to the bats tonight and Ortiz has been a shell of his former self. Jason Bay, Youlk and Perdroia are the only reliable hitters right now. Ellsbury has been terrible but last year it was Crisp who sucked and Ellsbury took his spot and performed great. Next year we need be more agressive in free agency and get a solid reliever to replace Timlin and let Varitek and his crappy bat (and terrible defense lately) go.

Alright going against what the first guy said; Ellsbury is the future CF of the Red Sox. So what hes in a slump. Lets no forget that in teh ALDS he was one of the top hitters while Coco was on the side lines. Ellsbury just needs a night off to consentraite on getting back into his game.

i dont tim wakefield should pitch and kevin cash sucks

What no captain to go down with the ship?

just face it the red sox are OLD and TIRED we need a new team
the Rays are just Too Good.

"Alright going against what the first guy said; Ellsbury is the future CF of the Red Sox. So what hes in a slump. Lets no forget that in teh ALDS he was one of the top hitters while Coco was on the side lines. Ellsbury just needs a night off to consentraite on getting back into his game." - Posted by VT red sox fan

He's in a slump? Do slumps last all year, because that's the Ellsbury I watched all year.

Ellsbury was great last year, because it was a small sample size of 116 at bats plus a hot postseason. He's been terrible this year. He's walking only 6% of the time, which is unacceptable for a #9 hitter, not even a leadoff hitters. Don't let the steals fool you, Ellsbury was a huge liability this year.

That's why most of us loved him, the 116 at bats last year was not sustainable. Now that we've seen what a full season can do, we've seen he has trouble taking pitches and getting on base, which is the first key ability to being a great hitter. Unless his production this year was solely the effect of his wrist injury in May, that non-trade for Johan is going to look quite foolish.

Knowing Theo though, hes already seen this and if Ellsbury's trends continue, will deal him as soon as he gets hot to an unsuspecting team that will soon find themselves the next Gary Matthews Jr. or Juan Pierre.

Way to go Stevie B. Support the team. I am glad Coco is in. Need to change and shake things up. No knock on Els he will be back. We need some wins. Big game Wake and watch Cash be money. One game at a time. We have done this before. The only players on this team that should be booed are those who do not put out 100% and we traded him.

i think jacoby stay but not a leadoff man

the one that needs to go is buck martinez...everything he says will happen ends up the opposite happening!

the one that needs to go is buck martinez...everything he says will happen ends up the opposite happening!

J.D. Drew is my favorite player :) As you can see in the stats, he is better than many players, although soooo many people bash him. :( Good luck, Drew!!!!

Jebus - what spoiled fans....The bats wake up tonight.

We just need to hope that Wake has enough after such a long time off...
I like Wake in night games at Fenway though (but, hey, I liked Lester's left handed fastball in day games at Fenway, so what do I know?).

Does everyone need a reminder of what Ortiz has done in the past? Shouldn't he be beyond insult at this stage? How about Varitek? Timlin? heck- even Ellsbury has won a championship. Shut up for once and ROOT your team on. The front runners in this town are terrible.

Is it me, or do only the dumbest folks on the planet weigh in on these blogs?

STOP HATING ON JACOBY, AND HAVE FAITH IN THE RED SOX YOU RED SOX "FANS" (sarcasm on the FANSSSS)

Replacing Ellsbury is way overdue (0 for 20 & they waited this long???) but why leadoff the leftie JD Drew against the leftie Sonnanstine? Coco Crisp is a switch hitter AND can drop a bunt or steal a base much easier than Drew. Coco can move from 1st to 3rd or score from 2nd on a single ... Drew can't. Unless the Sox find a way to win this series Francona will be second guessed on MANY, MANY decisions this series.

The best hitter on this team is Pedroia, and he should be hitting 3rd. The second best hitter on this team is Youk, and he should bat right where he's been: 4th. End of conversation.

PS: Watch for the Sox and Lee County to get together on a "Fenway South"; probably withing a few miles of the new International Airport. Environmental issues (wetlands) will have to be resolved first.

The best hitter on this team is Pedroia, and he should be hitting 3rd. The second best hitter on this team is Youk, and he should bat right where he's been: 4th. End of conversation.

PS: Watch for the Sox and Lee County to get together on a "Fenway South"; probably withing a few miles of the new International Airport. Environmental issues (wetlands) will have to be resolved first.

The best hitter on this team is Pedroia, and he should be hitting 3rd. The second best hitter on this team is Youk, and he should bat right where he's been: 4th. End of conversation.

PS: Watch for the Sox and Lee County to get together on a "Fenway South"; probably withing a few miles of the new International Airport. Environmental issues (wetlands) will have to be resolved first.

Ellsbury should be fined every time he hits a fly ball unless it a hit or a sac fly. He also should learn how to bunt with his speed. Go Sox.

If Tito didn't waste Byrd last night, we might have had a chance. Who's going to pitch now after Wakefield gives up 7 runs in 4 innings? And to the people too blind to see what's going on right now, here you go:
Wakefield has always consistently sucked (Game 4 of last year's ALCS is just one example), so there goes tonight's game unless Byrd is still good for 2-3 innings. Varitek has always sucked at bat, and his contract is finally up this year. Ortiz is still upset about the Manny trade. Beckett is still hurt.

Once in a while it's ok to realize your team sucks, you know, when they do. Which is now.

Replacing Ellsbury was way overdue (0 for 20 & they waited this long???) but why leadoff the leftie JD Drew against the leftie Sonnanstine? Coco Crisp is a switch hitter AND can drop a bunt or steal a base much easier than Drew. Coco can move from 1st to 3rd or score from 2nd on a single ... Drew can't. Unless the Sox find a way to win this series Francona will be second guessed on MANY, MANY decisions this series.

Replacing Ellsbury was way overdue (0 for 20 & they waited this long???) but why leadoff the leftie JD Drew against the leftie Sonnanstine? Coco Crisp is a switch hitter AND can drop a bunt or steal a base much easier than Drew. Coco can move from 1st to 3rd or score from 2nd on a single ... Drew can't. Unless the Sox find a way to win this series Francona will be second guessed on MANY, MANY decisions this series.

What a great ride it's been! Who among us thought we would still be watching our local 9 at this late date?

I hope the guys just get out there and play to have fun. I love watching them, regardless of how it turns out!

Go SOX!

I really object to Rob's comment about the Sox fans morphing into Yankee fans. Yankee fans are insanely loyal to their team. We're with them during the good and the bad. Fortunately we've had a lot more good than bad. Maybe you just need about twenty more World Championships with some of them coming back to back!

i agree with hockeynuts. buck martinez and the whole tbs crew is sooooo anti-red sox. i have to turn off the sound and turn weei on! go sox!!!!!!!!!

Ellsbury should be fined every time he hits a fly ball unless it a hit or a sac fly. He also should learn how to bunt with his speed. Go Sox.

I think Papi has earned our respect, so has this entire team. Fenway needs to come alive tonight and show the support that this team deserves. The near silent crowd last night sure helped the Rays. Go Sox! Take it to 'em! I still believe!

Coco should be leading off with Drew 3rd, Popi 4th, etc.... It'sf unny it's all on the old man Wakefield though. If he pulls through he deserves the applause. He's much underrated. The real problem was starting Lester on little rest. Good luck they need it.

I THINK THAT ALL OF YOU FANS NEED TO GROW UP. I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU GUYS GO TO BAT AND SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO YOU. ELLSBURY IS A VERY GOOD OUTFIELDER HE PLAYS ALL POSITIONS WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT. FURTHER MORE WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THESE PLAYERS THEY HAVE SHOWN US THAT THEY CAN BEAT SOME OF THESE GOOD TEAMS. LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO THE ANGELS THAT DOESN'T COUNT TO SOME OF YOU PEOPLE. IT IS NICE TO WIN BUT YOU CAN'T EXPECT THEM TO WIN ALL THE TIME. SO I SAY TO ALL OF YOU SMARTEN UP AND STOP YOUR COMPLAING

I agree with redsoxfannnn, John and other similar posts. Stop hating Jacoby, Tito, Wake, Papi, (Insert popular player of the day to hate here). Have some Faith- Support our team, the same team that has given us so much over recent years. Shame on you fair weather "fans".

Give Ortiz and Ellsbury the night off. If Wakefield lasts only a couple off innings use the entire bullpen.Nothing wrong with that. Instead of saving them for the next round you have to get there first. We have a great bullpen.Use it.

Good lesson for Red Sox - you never trade player like Manny Ramirez.

They need a DH!!! Enough with the waiting- it's too late! Big PopOut is a liability.

I was frustrated by Jacoby's poor at bats in this series. He looks very much like Varitek waving at pitches and only occasionally having good at bats. Francona had to get more offense from lead-off and at the bottom of the line-up. Ortiz has earned respect and could break out at any time. It probably would have made sense to move him down in the line-up but he has been drawing some walks and working the counts. I am not bothered by Tito leaving him in place. If they can somehow win this game they are back on track with Dice-K, Lester and, hopefully, a more typical Beckett performance. However, Tampa has incredible momentum and better balanced pitching and hitting at this point and I wouldn't bet against them.

To those of you who think the Rays are better than the Sox on paper, I'd say you have beef, however, Never Underestimate The Heart of A Champion! There is heart on this roster. All it takes is a win tonight and theyre back. Thats it....Stop Naysaying

JD is 6 for 22 in the post-season with two hits in the ALDS. Hope he gets on every at bat so he can show his speed around the bases. No worries, the great popup will show again why he and the rest of the nationless is nothing with out Manny.

The so-called 'fans' that are so negative about this team need to jump off the bandwagon NOW! The true Red Sox fans (as in the root of the word, FANATICS) that have stuck by this team during the last place years and the Ralph Houk / John McNamara years don't want or need your negativity! You have NO IDEA what you have in this team that has won 2 world series in 3 years, and unless Tampa Bay channels the spirit of the 69 Mets, will go on to play for and win another. Go back to mom's basement and fire up your Wii and leave this discussion to the true fans!

This is amazing...we've seen the Sox go bad in the LCS in 2004 AND 2007...and come back. The fans jumping ship right now are not true fans...just imposters who want to be where the action is...shame on them! The Rays are a tough young team, but the Sox CAN come back...

I blame John Keenan, he was in Tino's ear about hanging in there with Ellsbury. Good move with the switch plus it's Ortiz's coming out party tonight, he'll crush Andy. We get the lead off hitting on base and this team will start producing some runs. Wake to the rescue.

I am a Red Sox season ticket holder who no longer lives in New England. I've watched nearly every Sox game on Direct TV through the mlb package over the past few years. One perspective that I have gained since moving away... it is absolutely incredible how negative so many fans are in Boston. Yes, there are players who are struggling (Ortiz, Ellsbury), some who are past their prime (Varitek, Timlin), and there have been some poor decisions made by Tito in this series as well (Beckett out for the 5th). Instead of booing those players who have won 2 WORLD SERIES titles in 4 years... support them while they are struggling and don't count them out. I didn't turn my back on the Sox when they were down 3-0 in Game 4 of the ALCS in 2004 and losing in the 9th inning to the Yankees, don't turn your back on the Sox now.

Hey RedSox fans,

Didnīt you just wish MANI WAS MANI during these time of the baseball year???
No matter how bad of a slump another player would go through, but MANI was going to deliver the goods...Now, without Mani, Big Papi has turned out to be Big Popout, Kevin Youk just a good player who hits when no one is one the base, Jacob who canīt hit one single ball and the pitching is really bad for a team with a payroll of almost USD200million...Keep praying, thatīs all that itīs left.

Adam, Are there MORE Rays fans there tonight? It certainly sounds like and looks like a lot of Rays fans while this first inning unwraps. Unwrap is the key word here.

RE: "Sick of the Front Runner fans"

"The so-called 'fans' that are so negative about this team need to jump off the bandwagon NOW! The true Red Sox fans (as in the root of the word, FANATICS) that have stuck by this team during the last place years and the Ralph Houk / John McNamara years don't want or need your negativity!"

That's cute. I didn't realize that criticism meant you weren't a loyal fanatic.

"You have NO IDEA what you have in this team that has won 2 world series in 3 years"

I didn't realize the lion's share of this team even existed in 2004; that's amazing news to me.

Let's go through the starting lineups!
2004 - Ortiz, Youk, Varitek

How about the starting rotation?
2004 - Wakefield

Before you start talking like the makeup of this team is suddenly Joe D's Yankees, how about you do your own research, kiddo? This team has changed and evolved every year since 2004.

"and unless Tampa Bay channels the spirit of the 69 Mets, will go on to play for and win another."

Cites? Sources? Do you have anything to back this up, or were you one of these yahoos that believed in "Yankee Mystique" and other similar baseball fairytales?

"Go back to mom's basement and fire up your Wii and leave this discussion to the true fans!"

See, true fans are educated, they understand baseball. They learn the underpinnings and the science behind it. They embrace it's quirks and it's history without being slave to mystery and conjecture. They don't, like you, assume they can glean a team's performance because "they believe it to be true" and make incredulous claims without any factual knowledge other than "LOL I'M A TRUE FAN AND UR NOT"

The fact that someone like me and my math scares you just makes me smile more since you've apparently been watching baseball for a long time and never learned a thing. It's quite depressing how much of this game you've let pass you by.

You "fans" that hide behind the "Mom's Basement" argument are just as bad as Creationists. Just because you flail your arms when I present you with facts, doesn't mean they aren't true.

Why don't you leave the discussion to people who choose the learn, question, and strive to further understand the game, and not hide behind smug exteriors and assumptions, toughguy.

Do we have anyone who can pitch to these guys without giving up a home run? Oh my god this looks terrible and I thought things couldn't be worse than last night!

Put in Timlin.

HAHA...Jon Heyman believes in a earth that is 6000 years old!

Why is it easier to dismiss proven analysis for ignorance? I understand half the people here probably listen to WEEI and take their opinion that all saber guys are basement dwelling bloggers and that stats don't matter, but that is why they are usually wrong.

The only difference between Ellsbury and Juan Pierre is 9 million dollars and ellsbury strikesout more.

DONT WORRAY GAIZ, THERE GONNA GIT 305921 HITS FOR THE NEXT THREE GAMES!!!1 THEIR JUST LOSING ON PURPOS SO THEY CAN GET ITNO THE REGULR PLAYOFF SITUATION!!111!

Can I complain about a struggling team with an even worse manager yet?

Too bad MLB doesn't have a mercy rule. Let the Fenway faithful go home now. The Red Sox are ready to work on their golf game.

Too bad MLB doesn't have a mercy rule. Let the Fenway faithful go home now. The Red Sox are ready to work on their golf game.

Another Boston Massacre....good grief....

The Sox should give refunds to the Fenway faithful for having to sit through this mess.

Hey Saber, how the game workin out for you. I'm downstairs on my WII. LOL dumbass

Davis ortiz looks like he doesn't even wanna be their

I AM LOVING THIS, ARROGANT NEW ENGLAND FANS, SAME GOES FOR YOUR PATRIOOOTS. CHEATERS, YEAH I'M A HATER. My question is where are the players of color on your team ?

Every fan in the park should get up and walk out. Maybe that would make enough of a statement to these guys that it's time to step up. I have been watching the Sox since I was 5 years old and I can tell when they want to win and when they want to lose. They are lifeless, hang-dog and without spirit. Go home and get ready for next year.

Wow, look at all the Sox fans leaving the game. lol -This almost makes the Mariners bad season worth while.

I guess he didn't have it. I agree gve Timlin anothrer g and a hand when he comes out. He deserves it for his contributons over the years. On to the next game.

I thought after last night the Rays would be too tired from running the bases that we may have had a chance. I guess not with a very good young team like this. We'll have to get'em in FLA!

The Red Sux. LOL! Where are the bandwaggoners going??? "The Fenway Faithful???" Have the taps run dry? Um, drunks... the game isn't over yet!

Funny how Boston has gone from greatest fans ever to fair weather fiasco with the Pats and now the Sox..I was at the ALDS game 4 & was getting yelled at for standing up..Fenway was nothing compared to the Phillies park or Chavez. Lets clean out this overpaying fair weather fan base..a loss might do the program some good.
But I digress...heres your best line-up
1)coco(ellsbury) based on pitcher success
2)pedro
3)youk
4)papi
5)bay
6)drew
7)lowrie
8)kotsay(casey)
9)Tek

Bottomline- w/out Manny, this line-up doesn't scare anyone anymore. When you have Manny and Ortiz back to back, there is nothing more frightful for a pitcher. Now, there's simply no fear.

Patriots in the tank... Red Sox soon to follow. Face it Boston fans... your run is OVER!!!!!

"Hey Saber, how the game workin out for you. I'm downstairs on my WII. LOL dumbass"

Did you fire up your Wii since watching Jeter golf was getting boring? There's only one dumbass here, and it's not me, sunshine. How about adding something to the conversation else you can head back to the kids table.