Tito wants to see him give up another run before he pulls him. Just to be sure. He'd rather bring in MDC or Hansen for a hopeless situation.

Clearly Lester is better without Varitek.

The real Sean Casey joined the Peace Corps in Africa and is missing the 2008 season. In a money-saving move, the Sox have his double in uniform. In order to avoid exposure, Tito must go to great lengths to keep him from ever batting.

Thanks Tito!

Bob Bailey

load up the bases so he can go to Hansen

Diane Lane.

tito always waits until the pitcher gets an out before replacing him.
that could be 5 runs from now.

WHERE WAS THAT?

That was a strike to Bailey

Oh sure, NOW it's a ball.

That pitch and the one to Bailey looked identical.

That was the pitch that Bailey was called out on. Douche.

Diane Lane played for the 78 Red Sox?

what a waste of an inning to have lester pitch

Weren't they going to try and limit Lester's innings?

Sean Casey and Jose Melendez are in Africa at the same time? Mere coincidence? I think not.

Over a hundred pitches with the temp in the 80s, dewpoint in the 70s, and he is still pitching in the eighth??

Last hitter for Lester either way.

TITO SAYS, FUCK THE ROOLZ!! 120 PITCHES OR BUST!

I hate to say things like this, but Tito is really having a bizarre year.

Not his best few weeks.

this. is. terrible.

Can somebody please explain to me WTF is going on here?

i love how the dewpoint is part of the problem

crazy meterologists

Nice.

And now he's done. Tito confuses me sometimes.

And here comes Tito.

As bad as the team has been playing lately, Tito's been matching 'em in the brains department.

OK, now let's pull Lester.

And since the 2 runs will be charged to him it's even worse for the kid.

Weird but I was going to ask the very same question.. the hell is up with Terry this year?

BBring on BBrdsma!

tito has started drinking since he quit dipping, clearly

what'd i tell you?

i guess lester will at least feel good about himself. we all know how important that is.

He hasn't been great, but it's hard for him to look good when his lineup can't score any runs.

Dewpoint is the true measure of the amount of water in the atmosphere. Relative humidity is worthless.

You may be on to something here.



A bewildered Lester heads for the dugout. If I had walked the batter, I'd have stayed in the game, but since I got him out, I'm out?

at least he is bringing in our best RP

He's getting back at SoSH for posting those pictures of his daughter in P&G

It has been a team effort - hitting, stolen bases, relief pitching and Tito.

At least it's been a fairly quick game.

I have become a big Tito fan. But the last few weeks have been pretty bizarre.

The offense's ineffectiveness has nothing to do with pointless pitching decisions that jeopardize the well-being of a young starter.

EAT THAT RUN, LESTER!

Delmon Young.

Embarassing

Beautifully managed.

boy, it looks easy to score on the sox these days

Horrible horrible horrible horrible pitch by BBrdsma. Right down the fucking middle. We have no 8th inning guy. This team is in major trouble.

Sox will score two runs just to make it another 1 run loss

Then we can talk about how it's just bad luck

Notice how Aardsma prays before he pitches? It's not working.

YOU CANNOT PETITION THE LORD WITH PRAYER.

Drew took a while to get that throw off, but probably didn't have a good shot at the runner.

Fabulous work, Tito.

Fuck this average cocksucking team.

I can't stand the fact the game is over. Pedroia (who spent a good month and a half sucking) Lowell and Youks as the only half decent bats in the lineup can't produce three runs by themselves.