In no way am I advocating the use of amphetamines, but as soggy as I feel, I can understand how some players have taken them to get amped up for a game. I could use some greenies right now, that's for sure. Again, I'm not advocating their usage nor will I actually take greenies, I'm just saying.

At least the media meals here at Fenway Park are good - the best in baseball. We call it The Carnivale because there's about six different stations full off tasty food, not the mystery meat, overcooked vegetables and cooked in mass slop that many other ballparks call "food" and serve to writers.

Doggone pre-wedding diet. The joys of The Carnivale go on without me.

A big topic of conversation after the game was how center fielder Reggie Willits played the odd dimensions of Fenway Park and rightly so. Read tomorrow's P-E for more details.

Also, Boston catcher Doug Mirabelli strained his calf in Game 1 and Jason Varitek had to catch the last eight innings. The man they call 'Tek will start Game 2, but the team is having their Class AAA Pawtucket catcher flown in from Ottawa and he will replace Varitek sometime in Game 2. Wonder if he'll get a police escort to the stadium.

OK, on to the Game 2 lineups:

Angels
Figgins - 3B
Cabrera - SS
Guerrero - DH
Anderson - LF
Matthews - CF
Izturis - 2B
Quinlan - 1B
Budde - C
Haynes - RF
Santana - SP

Red Sox
Ellsbury - CF
Pedroia - 2B
Ortiz - DH
Ramirez - LF
Drew - RF
Lowell - 3B
Varitek - C
Hinske - 1B
Lugo - SS
Beckett - SP