Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Tomorrow's Lineups, Today! or Let the Games Begin! (I'm Torn.)

That's right chickens: Baseball eve is upon us and as proof: lineups. Honest to God, lineups.

Red Sox vs. BC (1:05 p.m.)

1. Julio Lugo, SS
2. Rocco Baldelli,LF
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. J.D. Drew, RF
5. Chris Carter, 1B
6. George Kottaras, C
7. Jonathan Van Every, CF
8. Nick Green, 2B
9. Angel Chavez,3B

Scheduled pitchers: Josh Beckett, Clay Buchholz, Kris Johnson, Junichi Tazawa, Felix Doubront and Daniel Bard

Red Sox vs. Twins (7:05 p.m.)
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
4. Jason Bay, LF
5. Brad Wilkerson, RF
6. Jed Lowrie, SS
7. Jeff Bailey, DH
8. Josh Bard, C
9. Gil Velazquez, 3B

Scheduled pitchers: Tim Wakefield, Justin Masterson, Manny Delcarmen, Javier Lopez, Ramon Ramirez, Billy Traber and Dustin Richardson

The Globe is a font of information today including the note that 7:05 games at Fenway throughout the season will instead be starting at 7:10.

I wonder if there's a special Lenten exemption for baseball--I'm fairly certain a case could be made for St. Abner of Cooperstown.

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