Game Time: 7:15 pm

Scheduled starters: Curt Schilling (6-8, 6.20) v. Seth McClung (6-10, 6.61)

The game will be on NESN.

Tropicana Field weather - still indoors!

Let's hope Red Sox pitching can make it past the 2nd inning..

Tampa got 18 hits last night. The bats will be quiet tonight. Don't worry RSN

Curt Schilling will get it done tonight. Sox win 7-3. MFY lose. Heard it here first.

Renteria homers. That's right. Over the fence and everything.

Inside the park-ers are more exciting. Either way would be nice.

Sox magic number gets reduced by two tonight and by at least one tomorrow as we end up taking 2 of 3 from the Piniellas. Schill guts it out for 7 innings then hands the ball to Gonzalex for some mopup duty.

I'm sure Red Sox pitching will. Curt will also.

go team! go red sox!

Couple that with a Millar homer, and I like our chances.


Seriously, just win. This is nonsense and I'm sick of it. I want to go watch the series in Camden Yards this weekend with this team up 2.5. Its there for the taking fellas, lets go.


C'mon Schilling, 3 starts left big guy, start your personal winning streak tonight!

I'm not one of the Mojo Men, but I'm going to throw my own personal brand behind them tonight in here.

And everyone likes their own brand.

If I told you 'crispety, crunchety', you'd have the next hyphenated word on the tip of your tongue before even I could get it out. And we all know what word that is, right?

'Mentally-challenged.'

But seriously, 'PEANUT-BUTTERY!' That's right, for me tonight, it's Butterfinger Mojo.



And you know why tonight is Butterfinger mojo? Because, like those crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery delectables, we're going to stick to your teeth and the roof of your mouth. We're not going anywhere without a glass of milk, damnit!

Don't have a cow, man.



Earn your pay, Curt. We're all behind you, 113.4%.

Oh, and just as a nice little parting gift, here's something I found on Google while getting Butterfinger pictures:

http://members.aol.com/ldearmon/melramos/butterfinger.jpg

It's a link cause it's technically not work-safe.

And it won't be safe for Piniella to work tonight. Yup.

I wish Tito would give Renteria a complete mental break by telling him to stay home, sleep in and don't watch the game and
come back tommro.

if this happens, your drinks are on me...tonight

**MOJO** - Sitcom Cliches Day 1

On tonight's episode of "The Red Sox": The Red Sox just found out their bosses (Schilling and Ortiz) are coming over for dinner, and there's no time to prepare!

Varitek: OK guys, Shilling and Ortiz are coming over for dinner, and we really need to impress them to get that promotion we've been wanting so we can win tonight.
Millar: I can get them fried chicken! (canned laughter)
Varitek: No thanks. Wells, I'm putting you in charge of food, seeing as you are so... you look like you like food. (canned laughter)
Petagine: I'm a 5-star chef, maybe I can help.
Francona: Sorry, Roberto. We need someone to stand on the roof and make sure no helicopters land on it. In some ways it's the most important job there is. (canned laughter).
Varitek: OK, bullpen guys, why don't you go help out in the kitchen. Manny and Edgar, you guys are setting the table. Johnny, pick out some music. Trot and Mueller, find some nice suits for everyone to wear. Millar... don't get drunk. Everyone else, find something useful to do.

[circle wipe - "Later That Night"]

Chaos in the dining room. Manny and Edgar have been dropping plates left and right. Johnny picked out some nice club music, but now the stereo has a velvet rope around it and none of the other players can get in. Trot and Bill pick up nice suits... but somehow covered them all in dirt and pine tar on the way home. Youkilis got confused about what he should be doing and drove to Pawtucket. Oleurd is standing expressionless in the middle of the room, wearing a helmet. Sveum has been standing at the front door waving in complete strangers off the street.

The kitchen is a complete mess: Hansen and Papelbon overcooked everything. Myers and Bradford got in an argument with Harville and Gonzalez over the proper way to add ingredients: from the top or from the side. Foulke somehow forgot what food is. Timlin is doing all right, but now he's in charge of making everything and could really use some help back there.

Varitek: Oh no guys! This place is a disaster and Schilling and Ortiz will be here any minute. [door bell rings] Dale, stall them at the door!
Sveum: Wave them in? You got it!
Varitek: Uh... I can explain...
Schilling: I can't believe this.
Ortiz: You threw us a big party!
Schilling: This is fantastic!
Varitek: It is?
Schilling: It sure is. The promotion is yours.
Ortiz: And don't worry about the win, Curt and I will take care of that.
Millar: [stumbles out of closet with Jack Daniels and a lamp shade on his head] All right, let's party!!
ALL: Millar! (freeze frame as everybody laughs together, and "Louie, Louie" begins to play.

And another delightful episode of "The Red Sox" comes to a close. Just a friendly reminder that no matter what crazy hijinx may ensue, it all works out in the end.

And some extra Candy Mojo. (must be something about Northeastern)



Lets see the Sox get on base a ton today.

Hold everything. Just win.

LOL that was the best story ever.

It's spelled "tomorrow". Please use the spell checker.

Sorry, forgot to hit the spell check.

Piney asked me to post this for her, to which I am happy to oblige.

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Today’s sitcom is an old classic which is probably one of the originators of the whole “Boss coming to dinner” cliché. That show is the Dick Van Dyke show. In that show, our hero Rob, has his boss come to dinner. During dinner, his wife Laura ends up burning the roast, which becomes a huge problem. But as time goes on, everything works out, they have a few laughs along the way and Rob gets his promotion. It’s all wrapped up in the end. Just like a Red Sox victory. It wont be pretty sometimes, and it can be pretty damn funny, but in the end as long as it’s a W, that’s all that matters. Hopefully our bullpen won’t burn any roasts and hopefully Tito won’t keep our boss there longer than needed. So let’s get a win and make sure the boss promotes us one more game towards the AL East pennant.

let's battle tonight, leave every thing on the field, play like the Red sox are capable of playing.. and we will win
I'm a Red sox fan..and I'm proud of it..
just WIN.....

5 pitch single to start the game, very nice.

Renteria, 3-31

Rent cant buy a hit. I hate to see a guy line out like that when he is having a hard time.

I LOVE IT.

But I love to see a guy hit a towering homer right after.

He did hit the ball hard maybe that will lead to better things soon.

Refer to sig. MVP.

MVPapi

NESN, please show the Heckler's reaction to that bomb!

to nothing.

Has Manny and Ortiz gone back-to-back this season?

BACK TO BACK JACK.

nevermind.

back
to
back

Papi is God among men
where will we be without him....

A great start, Hold them Curt!!!

I was just thinking that when they mentioned it on NESN

let's just make this game 15-0 before the 4th inning

love how I ask that and Manny launches it.

Trot needs to get it together.

HOLY LORD. TEK WITH A HIT! Things are looking up.

A hit for Tek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last year Ortiz and Ramirez tied the MLB record for back-to-back homers:



From the David Ortiz Wikipedia entry.

I really hope Schill has it tonight. We need to take advantage of these 3 runs.

let's go Curt!!!!
hold.the.line

Yankees up 1-0 in 1st. Sheffield doubled home Jeter