Grand Slam!

Wily Mo Pena, with the Sox down 2-1, makes it 5-2 with one swing of the bat. I was watching ESPN the other night, and they had the real "Major League" team. Pena was Pedro Cerrano, the guy who hits the fastball a mile and misses the curve by just as much.

To tell you the truth, Pena reminds me of David Ortiz in 2003. Ortiz use to swing at everything, and if it was a strike he hit it a mile. The Sox worked really hard on his discipline at the plate, and look where he is now. Biggest difference between him and Pena: Ortiz got consistant playing time. In the begining of '03, Ortiz shared time at first/DH with Millar and Hillenbrand. He was really the third option. Theo traded Hillenbrand away which made Ortiz a starter and the rest is history. Pena's platooned his whole time in Boston, but has been getting some consistant AB's with Coco Crisp hurt (who hasn't played in a week but still isn't on the DL...). Maybe Pena will turn it around ala Ortiz. Probably not, but a guy can dream. Imagine, 3-4-5-6 of Ortiz-Manny-J.D. Drew-Ortiz-like Pena. Not only does that rival the Yankees, it's also hard to manage against (Left-Right-Left-Right).

Beckett went 8 strong tonight and Papelbon came in for the save in the ninth. It's good to be riding a two game winning streak into New York.