One down, three to go

Rob: Daisuke Matsuzaka proved all his critics wrong last night.

Mike Giardi: I'll admit it. I had Daisuke Matsuzaka lasting no more than 5.1 IPs.

Peter N: DAISUKE DOMINATION.

After last night, Jay Fitzgerald is beginning to believe again:

Don't worry. The pessimism will return. ...

Capn Ho on Drew getting drilled: I swear I expected to hear a sound like glass breaking when it struck him.

Ellie is sick of cowbells:

... Take notice, John Henry, Tom Werner, and Larry Lucchino. Do not, I repeat, do not distribute any sort of noisemaker, doll, novelty fabric scrap, or playoff-related prop at Fenway Park, not while you wish your team to win. And anyway, we don't need them. We've already got the K-Men with their Pappet and their Posable Pedroia, complete with arm-flexing action. ...

Red loved the post-game Youkilis interview:

Look at that glorious filthy bastard! Look at him! Mere facial hair to most, but to clever people like me who talk loudly in restaurants, Youk's beard is a magical portal to another world. The promised land, if you will. The place where young, upstart teams are silenced, outquaffed, and left for dead as silenced cowbells litter the fields and highways. ...

seven more to go.

(I know, I know, don't count chickens and all that).