Ah, Memorial Day weekend. Sun, barbecues, my first day off since New Years, and the beginning of Fox blacking out Saturday baseball games. So I’m very grateful to the Red Sox for scheduling yesterday’s game at 7:05, allowing me to watch it from 3000 miles away.

First off, congratulations are in order. Curt got win number 200. Glad to see it happen not only in a Sox uniform but at Fenway. He obviously didn’t have his best stuff (allowed 4ER to the Devil Rays), but it was enough. I have a feeling that anybody who wins 200 games gets lucky on some, and unlucky on others. Most of all he’s got to have talent, and Mr. Schlling certainly has a lot of that.

Today was a day of give a little, take a little. After 42 games on the DL, Coco finally got his first AB at Fenway (1-5, 1R, 1RBI). But it wouldn’t come without a cost. Wily Mo Pena AND Mike Timlin both went on the DL. Do the Sox just not want the MFYs to beat them on any level, including players on the DL?

Today’s game was more about pitching however. Wakefield looked great for 8 innings, giving up 0 runs. And then came the bullpen. With Timlin on the DL, and Papelbon and Foulke having pitched in 3 straight days, we were left with Tavarez and Seanez. Five walks, one passed ball, four runs, and one play at the plate later, the Sox had swept the four game series. But it yields the question, if you have to turn a 5-0 lead in the 9th into a 5-4 game, should you be pitching on this team? I guess we should just be happy that Tavarez didn’t punch anybody.

Two veterans, two days, two wins. Good way to begin the summer.