Hand Grenades and Horseshoes

Thoughts on a Friday morning as the Sox stave off an elimi-nation (hat tip to Boston Dirt Dogs) game.

• If you have a typewriter without A, E, and I, you can't write much. That would be Big Papi, Manny, and Mike Lowell. If you don't have Q, X, and Z (Julio Lugo, Coco Crisp, and JD Drew) then you still can write something. But you can also use some different letters.
• My, but doesn't Terry Francona have the horseshoe in the right place.
• Hanley Ramirez is a great player. But you can't get top of the rotation pitching for nothing.
• Josh Beckett again simply magnificent. Six hits, eleven strikeouts.
  
• Kevin Youkilis has certainly stepped up in the post-season.
• Where's Jeff Maier when you need him, Manny?
• A great day for Yankee fans, as the team they love to hate, lives to be hated longer.
• Do you think Kenny Lofton really wants a piece of Josh Beckett? That's an early TKO.
  
• Is Chief Knock-A-Homa still around?