Well, it’s about damn time. It took 359 innings, 45 games, and 150 at-bats, but Big Papi finally stopped masquerading as David Arias, homering to dead center in the 5th inning. Not that I was counting or anything.

As much as I wanted Papi to go deep while we were in attendance in Anaheim, it was great to see the Fenway crowd go apeshit for a 5th inning HR. If you were judging by the crowd reaction you might think that it was a walk-off. If you were judging by the dugout reaction, you’d think he grounded out to first with the silent treatment he received.

I do feel a little bad for Tek and Tacoby. Tek (who was the David Arias of last year’s lineup) went deep twice and was overshadowed by Papi’s HR to dead center. Tacoby ties a major league record with 12 putouts in center, and he’s practically ignored because of Papi’s bomb. Now let’s hope that this isn’t such a rare occurrence anymore, for both Papi and Tek.