[nutmeg]

Onto Game 3 in St. Louis... No DH, don't forget, which doesn't favor the Red Sox. Big Papi supposedly will play first base, which leaves Napoli on the bench.

John Farrell hinted during his post-game interview tonight that he will replace Jonny Gomes in left field with Daniel Nava. Hopefully Nava's bat has woken up.

Hope Jake Peavy's stuff on Saturday is better than what we saw during his last disastrous start. In his younger days, I think Peavy was a decent hitter in the NL. I don't know how good his hitting is these days...

And who the hell knows what's going on with the forever-injured Clay Buchholz?? Will he start Game 4 for sure? If he starts, will it be a disaster and/or how long will he last? What specifically is his injury du jour, anyway??

I'm reverting to my long-time Red Sox fan pessimism, can you tell?

[ken5050]

be of good cheer.

Peavy was so excited last start..he's like a kid..he'll be fine on Sat

[GOPsterinMA]

Bottom line is if Breslow didn’t self destruct, BOS most likely would have won game 2. It won’t be a sweep, but BOS will win in 6 games. STL doesn’t impress at all and BOS has already seen their two best pitchers; they’ll adjust.

DET was a better opponent than STL for sure, TAM too; the real WS has already been played in the AL.