That was quite the sixth inning the Sox had. I know the Indians’ pitching staff is supposed to be bad, but twelve runs without an out bad? That’s the stuff you tell your grandkids about. How bad was it for the Indians yesterday? They gave up not one, but TWO hits to Julio Lugo…in the same inning! That’s rarer than seeing an unassisted triple play, a perfect game and a steal of home, all in the same game. It’s reasonable to expect that in a batting-around inning, Bay would get a game-tying double and a 3-run homer, but I still can’t get over Lugo. Maybe when he was made the designated hitter he suddenly thought he could hit? Although going by that logic, when he plays short you’d think he could field.

What made the outburst even more impressive is that half of these players probably should be batting in AAA right now. A lineup of Lugo, Pedroia, Bay, Lowell, Baldelli, Drew, Bailey, GREEEEEEEN, and Kottaras should never be able to reach base consecutively. Between Lugo and Drew somebody should have killed that rally before it even got to the fearsome trio of Bailey, GREEEEEN and Kottaras. Maybe that’s why nobody had done this since the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers.

It wasn’t all good news yesterday. Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Manny Ramirez (anybody remember him?) was suspended for 50 games for using performance enhancing drugs. I got multiple emails from friends asking if I was laughing about this. Why? Why would I laugh about a player that I loved for years cheating? A player who was the MVP of the 2004 World Series, who carried the Red Sox more times than I can count on his back. No, I’m depressed about it.

Manny, for all his clubhouse shenanigans, will forever be linked with the 2004-2007 Red Sox. Which means that now performance enhancing drugs will forever be linked with the 2004-2007 Red Sox. Not so funny anymore, huh?