Evening everyone. Great day of baseball thus far as Carlos Beltran continues to play out of his tree. This guy is a special talent. I hope everyone is noticing as this series has been a ton better than the NY/Boston series. Speaking of NY/Boston, let's dive into a little game commentary! Tonight's game is brought to you by Ireland's oldest ale, Smithwick's.

7:52- We should know what kind of stuff D. Lowe has pretty soon. He's normally one of those guys who gets hit early or gets off to a good start. For him, it's all getting that good late movement on his pitches and having NY pound the ball into the ground. I don't think I like the move of pitching Orlando Hernandez. I think Torre is only using him to see what he has. If this series is 2-1 in Boston's favor I think Mussina is coming back. A better move to me would have been to use Hernandez instead of Vazquez yesterday and let Vazquez get the start today. Boston is a patient team and Hernandez likes to throw the ball out of the strike zone. My guess, he only goes 4 innings and the Sox hit him pretty hard.

7:59- By the way. I don't want to hear any Sox fans whining about Schilling getting injured and how that might have been why they lost the series if that ends up happening. The Yankees have had a ton more pitching issues this year and they've done OK.

8:09- Is it too much to ask to start this game at 7:30? 7:45? Or even 8:00? I mean, I know on weekdays Fox wants to let the West Coast folks come home from work before the game starts but it's Sunday? People have to work in the morning.

8:10- Speaking of Fox. Was it me or did it seem like they were going to pull away from the end of the Astros/Cards game before it was over? They said a couple of times that they were going to leave the game and the people watching the game could pick it up on FX? That would have been one thing if they cut over for the first pitch of NY/Boston but they've been showing Rebel Billionaire commercials and Football highlights for the past 20 minutes. I didn't check the exact game time for NY/Boston but I really thought it was going to start directly after Astros/Cards. I wouldn't put it past them.

8:25- Finally, we've started. That is the exact start the Sox could hope for. 1-2-3 with less than 10 pitches. Good stuff if you're a Sox fan.

8:32- OK, if I'm going to have issues posting this is not going to last very long. Before Blogger shut down I was going to say great news for the Yankees as Hernandez is dialing it up to 91. That is going to make his other stuff look real good. Lot's of patience by the Sox thus far as well.

8:46- Grrr Blogger. What I've tried to say now three times is how stupid that cartoon ball is. Who the heck is Fox trying to reach with it? It's much more effective to have Leiter show the grip. Fox, please take notice.

8:49- Not sure I like playing the 1 run game in the 2nd inning but it worked out. Well played by Cabrera.

8:52- D. Lowe's got the good sinker thus far. We'll see how long he can keep it up. He hasn't been able to spot it well though. He's pretty much just throwing it down the middle and letting the natural movement do it's thing.

9:08- This is about a quiet a crowd I've heard early on for a Sox/Yankee series. They're not saying a thing.

9:09- Is it just me or are we seeing a ton of players step out of the box because the pitchers are taking too long?

9:12- Well. I've heard Yankee fans say Arod isn't clutch all year. Does that make him clutch? He's been pretty darn good this entire ALCS. That ball was hammered.

9:14- That's pretty funny. The ball comes back onto the field from the street, Damon throws it back onto the street and the fans throw it back. That's good stuff, gotta love Boston.

9:33- Sorry all. I have to call it a night as I have to post like 4 times to get something to stick. I'll try this another night. Enjoy the game.