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Yesterday afternoon’s game was filled with some great “stoopit” trivia stuff. As pointed out by Boston.com:

• Kevin Youkilis has broken the record for consecutive games without an error by a first baseman (194)
•  Jon Lester is the first left-handed Sox starter to record a win in Oakland since 1995.
• Terry Francona still misses chew. (Yes, I made that one up, but I guarantee you he does.)

It’s not a bad thing to take care of Oakland, regardless of their 1 and 2 starters. They needed to walk out of there with the series win and give the fans a nice start to the season.

With J. D. Drew starting last night, the team finally felt a little like normal, I suppose. Tomorrow night, Tim Wakefield gets the start in Toronto’s home opener and Kevin Cash will begin the campaign to prove he’s not Mirabelli.

First homers for Papi and ‘Tek felt good as well. Nice to see it starting to become a “regular” season.

Trot Nixon who hit only 3 home runs while with Cleveland last year as a platoon right fielder was optioned to Triple A today. He was vying for a shot as the fourth outfielder for the D’Backs.

Disappointing for him, but it’s probably time for him to focus on coaching.

You know… trying to watch the game…

Oh, don’t bother? You won’t work? Ok, great, thanks…

Timlin is going to start the season on the DL, which isn’t a great sign for him this year. I realize it’s a silly finger injury, but this could potentially screw up his delivery, etc… for the first few weeks of the year, depending on how well it heals.

J. D. Drew, meanwhile, is kicking butt and taking names in his grand slam showcase.  He is off to a nice start for Spring Training and I’m pretty sure that 98% of RSN would like to see him have a .300/25/90 season.

It’s always a challenge to go back to a blog once you’ve had an extended period of either illness or work. I’ve had both. I’m happy to say that all things are normalized and I’m back to a regular schedule.

With the Sox in Japan and about to kick off the ‘08 season, I’m surprised by how little movement there’s been required to get the team going (even with injury).

Bobby Kielty will hang out and be the fourth outfielder (yes, Coco will be gone soon). Sean Casey is hanging out around the first base bag waiting to fill in when Youk or Lowell need a spell.

What happens to Tavarez, though? I swear they’re trying to unload the kid. Get “anything” short of a hot, left-handed reliever in case Javier craps out this year, I say.

Hopefully we’ll all get to watch that series opener over some coffee and bagels instead of beer and popcorn.