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David Ortiz is batting seventh tonight. Is anyone upset?

Everybody is in lve with Joe Girardi and the bullpen. Does Joe deserve all the credit?

We're adding a new section to the site called the Bullpen.

We've had some outages but everything is now all fixed. Thank you for your patience.

The Players Union and the Commissioner's Office are spinning the steroids list of 104. Unfortunately, the inconsistencies are obvious.

Sloppy play did SWB in tonight, as the pass ball and throwing error opened all the scoring for the Pigs.

John Smoltz didn't look good last night against the Yankees. But the numbers say his career may not be over just yet.

SWB takes the Iron Pigs 6-0.

Bobby Abreu is not a $5 million player this year. But how about next season?

This week, Ian and Scott talk about Jerry Hairston and Cody Ransom, preview the upcoming Red Sox series, discuss the Roy Halladay saga, and beat steroids a bit more to death.

Why is Cody Ransom still on the major league roster? Anyone? Bueller?

Damaso Marte came in for 2 outs and Jonathan Albaladejo closed it out. Austin Jackson had two stolen bases today.

As a courtesy to our Red Sox Nation brethren, we submit an updated and revised guide to the Steroid Healing Process.

It was a clean sweep for the Rays!

Injuries, role changes, innings caps, oh my! Andy Pettitte is as important as ever.

This week, Ian and Scott talk about the streak, discuss the injury to Brett Gardner, search high and low for a fifth starter, and boldly return to Bold Predictions.

Joba is going to run out of innings. Why isn't Phil Hughes poised to take his place?

Bill James has finally made his argument about steroids and the Hall of Fame. You may not agree with all of it.

Is baseball ready to accept the challenge of instant replay?

Braves win 5-3. This was another poor start by the SWB Yankees in a row.