We'd Make Great Pets

It was $2 Ticket Tuesday in Toronto, as the Blue Jays hosted the Red Sox last night. Even considering the exchange rate, the Toronto fans did not exactly get their money's worth. The Red Sox rode HRs from Pedroia, Varitek, Lowell, and Youkilis, and a strong pitching performance by Josh Beckett (7-0) to an easy 9-2 victory. Beckett lowered his season ERA to 2.51 with seven innings of one-run ball. The only run he allowed came on the 1st pitch he threw, a home run ball to Jays OF Alex Rios. Pedroia (2-4) and Varitek (4-4) continued their strong hitting, raising their batting averages to .254 and .284, respectively.

The Red Sox announcing team of Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo also brought their A game to Canada. I rather enjoyed when they spoke of getting a Pet Tavarez. But the best part was when, in the later innings, the Blue Jay faithful started throwing paper airplanes onto the field. Don Orsillo attempted to counter, presumably in defense of Red Sox Nation, but his poorly constructed airplane crashed and burned, not unlike Jays SP Victor Zambrano (2.2 IP, 8 ER). I think Jerry Remy spent pretty much the rest of the game trying to stop laughing after that. Hilarious. This is why you have to watch the WHOLE game, people. You never know what's going to happen with the Sox, or their announcers.

The Sox face the Jays again tonight, in a matchup of Japanese starters. Daisuke Matsuzaka will try not to have that one, single, horrific ERA-pummeling inning, and make a positive contribution to my fantasy team. He will be opposed by Tomo Ohka, who needs to stay in the AL, away from the Phillies (2.30 ERA against Philly in 74 IP). Ohka is, of course, best known for that Simpson episode for Bart pretended to be Ohka batting against Millhouse/Esteban Yan. So brilliantly random. Looking forward to another Sox win tonight, and more brilliantly random behavior from Remdawg and Orsillo. The only thing that could be better is a miked-up Jonathan Papelbon...