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Posting this for the record before this game resumes.

Sox up 4-3, top 8th. Okajima pitching to the MFY gets two scorched balls fielded (Lugo and Drew, respectively), then walks someone on four pitches, then gives up a hit. So. MFYs at first and second, two outs in the 8th, Tito calls for Papelbon.

Papelbon is probably not sufficiently warmed yet, since Okajima can usually pitch a clean inning. Umps finally notice it's raining and, yeah, there's some lightning, so they pull out the tarp. At 6:22 (this will be important later).

Then they see a break in the rain and pull the tarp, guys -- including Papelbon -- start warming. Oopsie, more rain, pull the tarp again.

Now it's 8:25 (See? Important). Papelbon has warmed twice already, and he's going to come pitch to A-Rod with two on, two out, in a one-run game.

I PREDICT BADNESS. And assuming A-Rod pops weakly to Dustin, I can't imagine Papelbon will sit another half inning and then pitch the ninth. FANTASTIC. GOOD JOB, UMPS. :(

ETA: Papelbon gets the K on three pitches -- fastball, splitter, fastball. Timlin in the 9th? Someone hold me.

EATA: Sox go down in like fifteen seconds bottom eight, Papelbon comes back out to face Giambi, Posada, Cano -- K, K, 4-3. Wow. His splitter was ridiculous. And I'm still pissed at the umps. Also Fox for cutting to freakin' NASCAR when Cano was at 2-2 and flipping the Sox-MFY game to FX. Like I know where FX is on my freakin' cable!