Lin-stant Classic

Bobby's Move Makes Game Saving Catch
No-Name Offense Brings Down Orioles

Boston 6, Baltimore 5 | Bottoms Up, Up, and Away
Finn: A-Gon Has Glove, Will Travel
Wilbur: Valentine's Title Talk a Bit Premature
Diva Ortiz Has Lost His Pop Since He Popped Off to Gordo
Kevin Youkilis Was Gonna Be a Captain Too, You Know
Middlebrooks Isn't Goin' Down Without a Fight
Can We Give Nava Some of Crawford's Contract?
Podsednik, Another Genius Pickup By Cherington
Shoppach's Mad As Hell, Valentine in Heaven

"Let it be known he [Shoppach] came in yesterday and wondered why he wasn't playing. He left angry. I like him playing when he's angry, I guess." -- Bobby V Coyote, Genius

Baltimore Flop

(AP)

Basement Dwellers Manage Just Two Hits in
the Easiest Hitting Park in Baseball

Boston 1, Baltimore 4 | Sox Regain Sole Possession of Last Place
It Was a Nice Little Run for Strikeout King Felix
So Much for the Stacked Lineup, Over .500 Drought Continues
So Can We Trade Matsuzaka and Lackey for Matusz? Probably Not.
Looked Like Another Fenway South Sellout to Us. Sincerely, The Red Sox Ticket Office
So, Where Were the Leaders Night? Just Kidding David... Lighten Up...
I Love Saying 'More Days in First Place.' Sincerely, Dan Duquette
Hey, Hey, Hey It's Matt Albers Getting Hammered By His Old Club
No Truth to Rumor Sox Will Activate Dwight Evans for RF Today
Bright Side: Welcome Back Youk Provides a Little Punch

"There's not more to the story than playing tonight and just going out there and playing...that's it. There's not a story here, just going out and playing.... I played first base for five years here, it's not like they asked me to play center." -- Kevin Youkilis... used to play third base... but no story here...

"I never try to strike them out. If I strike them out, it’s OK." -- Felix Doubront, falls to 4-2

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

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Ortiz Complains That He's Not Getting Any

Edes: Ortiz Blasts Notion That He's Not a Leader
Big Papi Isn't Piping Down on Players Meeting Talk
Will Manager Bobby V Give David a 'C' For His Uni?
Why Whine Now? Hey, Must Be the 2-Year Deal Money
Apparently a Mazz Rant Set David 'Rabbit Ears' Ortiz Off
David Takes a Whack at 'Tek and Pedrioia Postgame ...

Ortiz to Gordo on ESPNBoston.com: "Basically, it seems like no matter what you do, it's not good enough. And you can only call leaders the guys who are out diving for balls on the field or calling pitches behind the plate? No. 1, I don't agree with that. And No. 2, what I do I don't do for people to know. I do it for my teammates, to get to know things better. I don't give a [expletive] about anybody knowing what we talk about, No. 1. And No. 2, I don't give a [expletive] what they call leaders."

(oo) What you want
(oo) Papi's got
(oo) What you need
(oo) You know Papi's got it?
(oo) All he's askin'
(oo) Is for a little respect when hits homers (just a little bit)
Hey Papi (just a little bit) when he comes home
(just a little bit) mister Henry (just a little bit)

He's never done you wrong while Manny's gone
Ain't gonna do you wrong (oo) 'cause he don't wanna (oo)
All he's askin' (oo)
Is for a little respect when drives you home (just a little bit)
Papi (just a little bit) when he drives you home (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)

Henry's given me all of his money
But all I'm askin' in return, Henry
Is to give me my props
When I hit homers (just a, just a, just a, just a)
Yeah Papi (just a, just a, just a, just a)
When I hit homers (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)

R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means Papi
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, Big Papi

Rally Big Win

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Sox Storm Back to Beat Baltimore

Boston 8, Baltimore 6
Clay Chevrolet... Used to Be a Cadillac
It's the Bullpen Theo Epstein Always Dreamed Of, But Never Had
Papelfraud: A-save-es Proves Anyone Can Put Up Big Save Numbers
Middlebrooks Back on Top Just In Time
Mr. Diving for Balls Goes 2-for-4, Picks Up 2 More RBIs
Holding Pattern: V-Pad Is Becoming Quite the Cusion
Eutaw Ortiz Bombed the Bomb Before Talking the Talk
Birthday Boy Andrew Miller... On the Brink of Greatness
Keep Looking the Other Way While Salty Racks Up the Ks's

"We got a lead and we gave it up and we weren't going to be denied." -- V is for Victory

Road Warriors

(Rich Schultz / Getty Images)

Red Hot Sox Knocking On the Basement Door
And Looking to Come Upstairs in the AL East

Boston 5, Philadelphia 1 | Sox Rolling Behind Beckett
Big Papi Pressure: Beckett Shows Up to Earn His Paycheck Again
Can You Ear Me Now? All-Startalamachhia Goes 466 Feet Deep
Leading Man Can Do: Mike Aviles Goes Deep Again
Boston 7, Philadelphia 5 | Ortiz Powers Sox in Philly
Did You See That Catch Coco Sweeney Made?
Saturday Night's Alright for Hanging on for a Win
Salty Goes 3-for-4, Looking Like an All-Star

"Might as well ride that horse when he’s feeling good." -- Bobby V on Salty

They're the Smartest Fans in Baseball

(AP)

But We Still Can't Explain How They Got Their Hands On
David Ortiz's Signs for the Players Only Meeting

Adding Insult to Injuries

(AP)

The Philly Hillbilly Draws First Blood Against Boston

Philadelphia 6, Boston 4 | Sox Lose Control
Low 5 for Daniel Bard: 5th Loss, 5 Innings, 5 Runs, 5 Walks
They Won Because the Philly Fans Know the Game Better Than You
And Wasn't Hamels Supposed to Teach Middlebrooks a Lesson?
Day Late and a Dollar Short Dept: Congratulations, Adrian Gonzalez

"No man, Valentine can’t distract Cinco, man. Cinco has ice water in his veins." -- Papelbon still carrying on with this Cinco Ocho nonsense. At least Chad Johnson was original.

Mackanin's Revenge

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