Saturday, August 30, 2008

Big Papi said he will retire

The reason: Dustin Pedroia is hitting behind him in the cleanup slot tonight.

The slugger was obviously joking according to boston.com's Nick Cafardo, who reported the lineup, but it is definitely a bad sign for the Red Sox tonight. When I wrote about who would protect Ortiz in the lineup, I never thought Dustin Pedroia's name would ever come into the picture.

Regardless of how much I love Pedroia, Michael Bowden has his hands full in his first major league start tonight. Either way, it should be fun to watch the young gun pitch. Not long ago he was considered a better prospect than Justin Masterson.

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