Two Things Thus Far
1) After consecutive games of favorable home plate umpiring, the Sox are getting rooked tonight. Pedro has not received a close call yet while Bellhorn, Cabrera and Manny have all had questionnable at best calls on them.
2) Was Manny’s first inning the best in Sox Series history? A solo job and an outfield assist at home plate.
Shit. Three things I guess because Jeff Suppan just got an infield hit. Bill Mueller is 100%, absolutely, proactively killing the Sox with his defense.
Sigh.
Edit: With Julian Tavarez on in the ninth, let me just say that since I made this post, the plate umpiring has become worse, and largely to Boston’s benefit.