Javier Lopez

he’s not techically gone, but I have to say I am very pleased with that Daniel Bard has taken Javier Lopez’s spot on the roster.  I’ve mentioned time and time again that I’m sure Lopez is the nicest guy in the world, but he isn’t reliable to have on the mound.  Bard, on the other hand, is going to be very exciting to watch when he makes his Major League debut – as long as his debut isn’t at 1:00am Eastern Time. 

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Tom Caron just said that a little while ago on the Carlson and Mackenzie show.  He couldn’t be more right.  Although last night’s game was long, frustrating, and exhausting, now things are getting exciting.  We’re one game away from advancing, yet this isn’t something we can take for granted.  And to be quite honest, we should have had last night’s game.  So now I’m writing at 8:00am, a little more tired than I would have liked to be.  A five hour game is something we usually don’t see unless we’re playing the Yankees in the Championship Series (yeah that made me laugh a little too). And with all that being said, I'm a little frustrated after last night.  

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Lost in the shuffle of Matt Cassel beating Brett Favre in the most hyped Week 2 game in years around these parts on Sunday afternoon, Jon Lester continued his march toward becoming a truly elite pitcher by outdueling a man largely respected as perhaps the best hurler in the AL, in a game the Sox needed to have. Any question marks that surrounded Lester at the All-Star break have been officially converted into exclamation points. In fact, pencil him in for Game 2 right now - it doesn't matter who we are playing or what Daisuke's record ends up being ... Lester's earned the spot right behind Beckett in the playoff rotation.

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we won’t be seeing him anytime soon, considering his rehab is going so slowly. 

-Javier Lopez:  For the amount of criticism I give this guy, he sure didn’t deserve

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eries for us.  He might need to retire, but he does not deserve to be booed. 

As for Javier Lopez, I almost started throwing things at the TV when he came in to replace Timlin.  Eventually I realized that there were two lefties due up and that it made perfect sense to bring him in (and it was even better that he only had to throw a single pitch before getting out of the inning). 

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itters boast a .385 batting average against with runners in scoring position when facing Delcarmen. Javier Lopez has given up 6 walks already in only 9 and 1/3 innings pitchers, 5 of those to the lefties who he is usually brought on specifically to get out. Mike Timlin is doing better after a shaky return from the disabled list but still sports and ERA of 13.50. In fact, after Papelbon and Okajima, the only other reliever with an ERA under 4.00 is David Aardsma.

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