First, a little bitching. ESPN2?? How on earth did Pedro’s homecoming, Pedro vs. Beckett, get demoted to ESPN2? What was on ESPN you ask? The NBA Draft. Because that really needs to be in HD. So instead I was stuck with crappy regular TV because lovely Comcast won’t give me ESPN2HD. Bastards, all of them.

Also, A-Rod. I know you hit a walk-off home run. Congrats. But for Christ’s sake, you just make yourself look like an even bigger tool when you look towards the dugout with a “who’s-the-man-now” look and a bat flip. The ratio of walk-off home runs to walk off double-plays needs to be greater than 1:50 for you to pull that off. Just a suggestion. We now return you to our regularly scheduled program…

Well that was anti-climactic. After last night’s standing ovation we knew Petey would get a nice hand, but here are some things I definetely did not expect:

• John Henry’s waterworks
• Wally and Mr. Met both cheering for Pedro (Sox fan or not, you’ve got to love Mr. Met.)
• Petey giving up 8 runs (6 earned) and only lasting 3 innings.
• The disgusting Pey-dro chants.

Let’s just say that I’m glad it’s not the Pedro of 1999-2000. No command, no movement, and no defense. When you give up a 2-run bomb to A-Gon you know you’re in trouble. As Theo Epstein put it “Computer geeks 1, Pedro nothing.”

The real story of the night was Beckett. 7.2 innings, 2 runs (both solo shots), 7Ks. Aside from two blemishes, he was amazing. Spotting the curve, changeup and the fastball, he was making most Met batters look as confused as Pedro was.

So we’ve hit 11. Time to go for the dozen.