We're Undefeated!

Yeah! The Sox are on pace to go 162-0 this year. By my calculations David Ortiz in on pace for 162 homeruns.

All kidding aside, it was great to see Schilling pitch as well as he did. He hit 93 MPH on his 115th pitch of the day. I think his ankle must finally be normal again. He looks thinner than last year, too. I think start #1 was a great one for Curt.

I was glad to see Papelbon yesterday. He looked solid. Foulke on the other hand looked very shaky. I don't think Foulke is closing by the end of April. I think Papelbon will be closing games from late April until around late June/early July when Hansen takes over. At that point I think Papelbon will be back in the rotation. I think Wells will end up on the DL in June, clearing a rotation spot for Papelbon.

The new guys looked good yesterday. Coco scored from 1st base twice. Loretta had an RBI double. Gonzalez had two hits. Lowell even hit a solo homerun.

As long as Francona doesn't screw things up (like letting Foulke close games when he has already blown 4 or 5 saves by May) this team looks very good. Francona even made some nice defensive substitutions yesterday, replacing Manny with the Canadian Babe and Youkilis with Snow.