My mom and niece were at Fenway tonight. They had great seats (using the "didn't actually have good seats" method), got to check out Yu Darvish, and most importantly saw a 9-2 Red Sox win. They also passed Dustin Pedroia on the sidewalk after the game. Photo to come, hopefully.

For the first time in a while, Cook pitched well the whole time he was in, giving up just 1 run in 7 innings. And the offense pounded out 14 hits, including 8 doubles--Pedroia had 3 and Crawford and Ellsbury had 2 each.

We're back to .500. If we don't go above .500 and leave it way behind us soon, I'm gonna be pissed. So hopefully the awesomeness that we keep seeing peeks of has begun.

Unbelievably, Mike Napoli went 0 for 4! Mark this day.

Look for Mike Olt in this series. He's a family friend (we'll just go ahead and say) and we've been following his Fall League and minor league career. He quickly made it to the majors, having been called up by the Rangers the other day.