Let's Play Two
Last night's rainout gave way to a picture perfect day at the ballpark. The sun was out, a perfect September chill in the air. The knuckler was knuckling, the flag was blowing in, and a couple of hawks even decided to get in on the action, swooping over the park, one of them perching atop the Monster Volvo sign for a half inning.
To top it all of, there was baseball. Tim Wakefield, again, was exceptional (and I think at this point you could run a search for the term 'Tim Wakefield, again, was [some positive adjective] on this blog and return about ten posts between July and today). He went 7, allowed only a single run (unearned) and generally held a young Toronto lineup clueless. This year's late season duo - replacing the 'Timlin in the eighth, Williamson in the ninth' find from 2003 - is Papelbon in the eighth, Timlin in the ninth, and today it worked quite nicely, with Pap getting into but working out of a mini-jam in the 8th and Timlin shutting the door on 11 pitches in the ninth. Offensive heroes included Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, and Edgar Renteria.
Jere was back at the game today as well, and joined us for the last few innings; the hawks wouldn't stay in one place long enough for him to get a shot of them, but he'll have other gameday photos up at his place.
So, another couple hours, and it starts again. Chacin @ Schilling, 7:05pm, and the weather will be permitting. Down in Baltimore, Mike Mussina squares off against Bruce Chen, and the Orioles square off against their own inability to stop thinking about October golf.
6 to go.
