Romero Who?

There was a feeling of inevitability last night when Youk hobbled off the field with a hurt ankle. It seemed only fitting that will all the people on the DL, he'd be the next to be hurt. All I could do was sit there laughing and saying "you have got to be kidding me" as the trainer and Tito bent over him on the field. His replacement, Romero, was someone I had never heard of. Where did he come from? When did he get here? I had heard of Patterson, Nava, and Dubrount before they arrived but I was flummoxed by Romero. Unfortunately, Romero did not flummox the Rays, who took advantage of his spot in the lineup to repeatedly walk Ortiz to get to him. I think we've been spoiled by the crazy magic our replacement players have had. McDonald, Nava, and even Patterson have done things that have made us cheer and shout and there was part of me that expected the same of Romero. Unfortunately, he showed he was human and we've now dropped 2 games to the Devil Rays. There are low points and high points to every baseball season. We had a low one at the beginning of the season, went steadily up, and now I think we're on our way down again. But don't fret, because after every valley there is a peak (unless the season ends first).

In better news, Josh Beckett threw a simulated game yesterday in Florida and by all accounts did well. The sweet part of the story was that his teammates Bard, Clay, Lackey, and Lester all showed up to watch him pitch and that made him happy. Pete Abraham obviously knows me well because he went to the trouble of live blogging Josh's game here. I will be seeing Josh in person this Sunday in Pawtucket while he rehabs there and I'll be sure to give you an unbiased account of how it goes.

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