Oakland Athletics pitcher Brett Anderson was born in 1988.
1988. Nineteen eighty freakin eight. The boy read about Ronald Reagan in HISTORY BOOKS.
This young whippersnapper not only beat the Red Sox tonight, he shut them out on TWO hits. TWO. As in "the number that comes after one and before three." TWO. One hundred seventeen pitches, and two and one half hours, and "drive home safe, everyone."
John Smoltz continued to make Clay Buchholz' case for a promotion to the majors, getting drilled for five runs.
On the very limited plus side, former Sox star and current Athletic Nomar Garciaparra got a very nice hand from the Fenway crowd before his first at bat.
Other than that, it was a wasted day at the park.
Geez... I suddenly feel very old.
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