Really disappointing performance by Pedro tonight. After he got a lengthy ovation from the Fenway crowd when he came out for the bottom of the first, he promptly gave up 4 runs. He wasn't helped by Lastings Milledge, who again had trouble out in left field and made an error on a Mike Lowell ball that led to two runs. Pedro only lasted three innings and gave up 8 runs (6 earned).

Beckett, on the other hand, has looked awesome. He's given up 2 runs in 7 2/3 innings and has had a nasty curve to go with his fastball. He has looked like the ace we were hoping he would be when we got him from the Marlins last winter.

Following up from a post a few days ago, my new Cafe Press T-shirt showed up in the mail yesterday. Although they messed up the initial order, I'm impressed at how they corrected it and followed through on what they promised. They took what could have been a bad experience and made it so that I'm likely to buy from them in the future. That's good customer service.