Dougie, Kevin, Josh, say hello to George.
George Kottaras, Dale Arnold’s mancrush who once was thought to be the catcher of the future for the Sox, actually caught Tim Wakefield last night as he proved that he could handle the job and that The Elder Statesman still has it working. While the Sox trotted out Ortiz, Ellsbury, Lowrie and a bunch of backups the Yanks threw A.J. Burnett and the rest of their starting 9 at Wakefield. Timmmah Riblah and George teamed up to use a tumbling knuckler to hold them off the board for 5 innings.
Not bad for an old man and a guy given up for dead two years ago.
Now if he can just hit.
On the flip side, the Sox lost 7-1 (ending their 7 game Grapefruit League winning streak), but the big league pitching looked good. Wake had the knuckler tumbling and made Leigh Teixeira’s wife look silly. Ram-Ram ( I love the name if only for the fact that it would be hilarious to see him sitting in the dugout wearing a leopard skin and swinging a club around while looking for Pebbles) was solid and most of the runs were given up by MDC (nobody knows what he’s going to do on a nightly basis) and Devern Hansack (Appearing every five days in Pawtucket, forever).
Only 12 more days until the games count…….. I can barely stand it.
Go Sox.
Done.
