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Francona makes a promise

Good morning from Fenway.

Two items before we get to the lineups.

We already have a promise for the day. Terry Francona just had his pre-game meeting with the media and he promised there would be a game today. It is raining now and looks and feels miserable. But the manager obviously has been told the weather will clear.

He did not guarantee it would clear soon enough to begin on time. He just said there would be a game.

Secondly, a note on pre-game activities. As mentioned, it is raining. It is very wet. As we speak, workers are going through the park hosing down the seats. It just seems weird to see a crew out spraying water in the rain. Obviously, they are doing some cleaning. It just looks out of place…

Here are the lineups:

TAMPA BAY
Iwamura 2b
Crawford LF
Upton CF
Pena 1b
Longoria 3b
Gomes DH
Hinske RF
Riggans C
Bartlett SS
Kazmir P

BOSTON
Crisp CF
Pedroia 2b
Ortiz DH
Ramirez LF
Lowell 3b
Youkilis 1b
Drew RF
Varitek C
Lugo SS

Posted by Paul Kenyon  at 10:49 AM to Projo Sox Crawl | Permalink