WEEI reports Julio Lugo is about to be outta here.

Jason Bay writes up his All-Star experience: Ichiro is weird; the snipers on the roof were like something out of a video game.

Jere reports that he couldn't really get into "What About Sal?" partly because it was so short, partly because it was actually filmed in New York and the actors seemed to have New York accents:

... The bar they show--at least the outside shot of it--is Pat O'Brien's! In New York City, a few blocks from where I used to live. It's a Sox bar on the Upper East Side, with a big sign in the window (they now have a second sign, I saw it recently when I was at Chan's place in the same area) saying "watch all the Red Sox games here." ...

I was starting to compile one, but Beth has already put together an Eckersley/English dictionary.

The only ones she's missing are "gas," "punchout" (translates as "strikeout") and some word for "million" that begins with a "b" (grr, I can't remember the word, anybody know?).

Dan Shaughnessy Watch reports that Jerry Gutlon, author of It Was Never About the Babe, died on Tuesday.

So, standing O for Garciaparra tonight?

Well, he's had sixteen and a half years to prepare for July 14th in St. Louis. Tim Wakefield's solid 10-3 record has placed him tied for the lead in wins in the American League and deservedly gotten him into the All-Star Game.

Of course, he wasn't going to be allowed in to his first All-Star Game without a little rookie hazing from Francona in the clubhouse today. Joining Wakefield at the All-Star game are 5 other players, making the most from any one club this year: Jonathan Papelbon, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, Jason Bay, and Josh Beckett. Congrats to the Red Sox, but congratulations most of all to Tim Wakefield.

11th inning, 2 out, Sox down 7-5, and I just ate a couple of scoops of:

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While I was typing, Kottaras hit his 1st ever HR, Drew singled, but then Pedroia grounded out to 3rd.

The Sox were winning 10-1, right?

David Ortiz is opening a steak place in Framingham, called, big surprise, Big Papi's. Will also serve seafood and burgers, so they've gotta get Dennis Eckersley out there to analyze the serving of the first burger:

That thing's got some serious cheese on it! Hairy cheese! With paint!

OK, maybe not.