Game 22: Red Sox 11, A's 6. And The Return of Josh Reddick

Who are you and what have you done with DMac?

First things first, Hello, .500! We missed you!

Seond of all, I loved seeing Josh Reddick back at Fenway. He is going to be a stud for Oakland for as long as Beane Ball wants to keep him.

Third of all, uhhh....DMac is slowly making me eat my words for disliking him on the roster for so long.

We'll get to that in a minute, but first, Clay Buchholz gives me a heart attack. Seriously, one of these days I will have my girlfriend video tape me watching a game without me knowing it and show you. The guy knows how to cut to my heart.

It started out well for the Red Sox, even when Clay Buchholz giving up a run through a run down in the 2nd, the Red Sox offense answered with 4 of their own in a inning that just wouldn't end. I honestly feel bad for Tommy Milone (Oakland A's starter) He was thrown out to the wolves, who were hungry to get back to .500...and his 88 mph 2 seam fastball didn't help him any.

David Ortiz started it off with a solo shot, which wouldn't be his last in the game (It's worth noting it was Ortiz's 38th career multi homer game, 36th as a Red Sox. This guy is going to the Hall of Fame.)

And that brings us to Darnell McDonald. It's no secret I have been DMac's biggest critic. But he is slowly winning me over. It started in Spring Training. Why was this guy even invited back? he has no use and even if we were short two outfielders, we could have so much more potential in Lars Anderson playing outfield than DMac. But man, the last few games, DMac has come up big.

Caly Buchholz started off well, holding the A's offense (a very horrendous one at that) to the one run through 5 innings. But in the 7th is where trouble started. 5 runs given up, not only by him, but Junichi Tazawa, as well. I think Tazawa got his first look at trouble (before this, he had been put in relatively easy situations) and he cracked. But hey, it's baseball and that's why we play a lot of games.

It's too early to project, but this Red Sox team is special. Of course, it's against teams they SHOULD beat, but you have to like how they are playing and rolling right now. It will only help come a 20 games in 20 days filled May.

Go Red Sox!