Welcome to a belated Opening Day! I’ll admit, it was a little anti-climactic (the giant countdown tear-off pad I’ve had on my wall since October didn’t go to -1 days left), but I can’t complain about a win like that. Beckett tried to make us forget about his craptacular postseason performance against the Rays in game 2 last year by making them look like the Devil Rays again. 7 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, and 10 Ks, not a bad start to the season. Oh, and maybe most importantly, his fastball was in the mid-90s again, not that low-90s, high-80s crap. For the most part he also had a curve that could get you looking or swinging. This is the Josh Beckett I like to remember.

As for the offense, well, let’s just say that Dustin has no problem hitting the high, inside fastball. So says the Monster seats. Although apparently Joe still has trouble believing it.