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So watching NESN’s SportsDesk this evening, I heard the breakdown of Bartolo Colon’s impressive outing tonight at Pawtucket. Throwing a one-hitter in a 2-0 victory over the Buffalo Bisons, it looks as if Colon may be up on the Red Sox’s starting rotation as early as Monday against the Brewers. Tossing 64 pitches (45 for strikes), the former American League Cy Young award winner went six innings, with the only blemish being the Bison’s Mike Aubrey poking a single to right field in the fourth inning.

Colon has battled injuries since winning the 2005 Cy Young, and signed with the Sox as a minor league free agent in the off-season, hoping to bolster an already strong staff. However, with injuries to Curt Schilling and Clay Buchholz, Colon may make his first big league appearance in over a year on either Monday or Tuesday. The Red Sox have yet to announce a starter for either game, and the hunch is that Colon may get a start.

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Ok so my last week at school has forced me to miss the Red Sox series at the Orioles. 

Being a junior in college, you'd probably assume that my final exam schedule has me in the library cramming all night for tests and last minute assignments for the next day, leaving no time to watch the Sox.  However, I only wish I was that productive.  Seeing as the cable for my apartment was shut off this week for the summer months, my options for tuning in to the game are limited.  So I am indeed in the library cramming for those dreaded exams, yet not all of my attention is actually directed towards my studying, as every few minutes or so I peer over at my computer screen and check the score via ESPN's GameCast. 

For those of you that don't know, GameCast is a virtual scoreboard on the ESPN.com website where you can watch the basics of a game without actually seeing video.  The scoreboard shows the players on the field, who's pitching, and the current batter, along with the pitch sequence.  Just like watching a normal Red Sox game, every so often you might hear a cheer, applause or even an obscenity being uttered from me, followed by a friendly reminder that I am still in the Mantor Library, not Fenway Park.  The makers of GameCast are truly geniuses, developing a way to tune into the game without using either radio or television.  So as I’m thanking the baseball Gods for allowing me to catch my favorite team in action while studying for finals, Mike Lowell abruptly hits in to a double play with runners in scoring position to end an inning.  Typical.

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