Sox v. Sox - Game 1

I didn’t catch much of today’s Sox v. Sox matchup, but here are a few tidbits:

· I heard the 4th inning on the radio with Joe Castiglione and Jerry Trupiano. Both men expressed surprise that Matt Clement came out to start the bottom of the 4th. As it turned out, their surprise was justified as Clement gave back the 2 runs that Boston had scored in the top of the inning.

· On ESPN, not a lot of flow between Chris Berman, Rick Sutcliffe and Mike Piazza. However, I though Piazza did a decent job. He spoke up a lot and I thought his contributions were valuable. As for Berman, I think he is at his worst doing baseball play-by-play. He’s borderline un-watchable. The fact that it became a blowout made it easier for me to tolerate him. NFL Primetime seems to be his forte.

· Clement’s poor start is exactly what Boston didn’t need. Their starters have been shaky for the last 2 to 3 weeks and today did nothing to reverse that trend. Wells will have to be sharp tomorrow, and he’s the perfect guy to start after a big loss. He’s a big game pitcher and he has the talent to shut down Chicago.Chicago has to hope that they didn’t waste all of their hits today, ala the Yankees in last year’s ALCS in the 19-8 win.