Exorcising another ghost at Fenway

Beth says Martinez's shellacking almost went too far. After that dropped ball by Lastings Milledge, she thought:

... I wished right then that it was over. I wished the Mets manager would pull him. I wanted there to be mercy. But there wasn't. ... This was defeat. I root for the laundry as much as anyone, but you might as well have drawn a moustache on the Mona Lisa right in front of me. I want the Sox to win at absolutely all times, but I never wanted to see that. ...

Kristen was not quite so sympathetic:

... We're so accustomed here in Boston to hearing Pedro's claims about a lack of respect that we made sure to give it to him. Over and over again. ...

The Chief notes Dan Shaughnessy's long awaited Pedro column:

It was Dan's long awaited take on the even-longer awaited return of Pedro Martínez to Fenway Park. It was hard to say which one stunk worse. ...