JD On Fire Drew!

Photo from the Boston Globe by Barry Chin

That's JD Drew.

Know what JD is doing in that picture? He's watching the flight of his Grand Slam, and second home run he has hit during this Japan trip.

That's right. JD has hit 2 home runs in 2 games.

After being ridiculed and booed by the fans all last year, it seems like he has finally found his swing. It all started with his GS in game 6 of the ALCS last year, and now he can't be stopped.

This was just one of the many highlights of this morning's game against the Yomiuri Giants, whom the Sox beat 9-2.

The game started out frustrating, as the Sox had runners on first and second with no outs in both the first and second innings, but failed to score either time. After the first four innings, the game was looking like a typical Wakefield game. He was pitching well( 2 runs, one unearned, in 5 1/3 innings) but was getting no run support through his start, and at the end of 51/2 innings, the Sox were losing 2-0.

Then came the Drew Grand Slam. After that hit, everything seemed to fall into place.

David Aardsma, Bryan Corey, Oki(who entered and exited the game to a standing ovation), and Tavarez combined to shut out the Tigers for 3 2/3 innings, while Jed Lowrie added a solo shot, Coco had an RBI triple, Brandon Moss had a 2-run single, and Alex Cora had an RBI single.

Even at 7am, after getting 5 hours of sleep(thanks, Bruins and Celtics), I was in the best baseball watching form I have been in yet this ST. I even made a sign!

Bring on the regular season.

And bring on some English speaking announcers.