Now that we're off of the Manny 500 watch (many congrats to Manny for becoming the 24th member of the 500 + homerun club-- the night after his 36th birthday!), its time to start contemplating the Red Show at Yankee stadium, which is what the 2008 All Star game is quickly turning into. The defending world champs have 5 players leading their positions: Youkilis, Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Pedroia & Varitek plus the likihood of Dice-K starting the game. It'll be a sea of Red at Yankee Stadium!! Rah....
The DL is ever expanding yet again for the sox as we're reminded that those teams who remain standing by Labor Day are those who weather the injuries the best. Roll Call, as of June 1st: Ortiz with a strained left wrist, Dice-K with rotator strain & JD Drew's on again-off again bouts with vertigo; Drew has been out of the lineup the last 2 nights-- looks like he'll be playing today.
Growing up the slow as molasses Red Sox of the 70's/80's, its astounding to me that Jacoby Ellsbury can break the Sox single season record for stolen bases, which sits at 54. Ellsbury only needs 29 stolen bases and we're only a little over 8 weeks into the 2008 season!
Bartolo Colon takes the mound this afternoon to try & bring this road trip to 5-4.
Keywords: All Star Game, Dice-K, JD Drew., Manny Ramirez, Ortiz, Pedroia, Varitek
