Both starters have 53 pitches. We’re about to add the bananas foster cooking process to the liveblog.  So far, smoke has been generated (this might be because of the cutting board we melted on to a burner last week.  Don’t worry, the plastic is nontoxic!)

Probably.

9:47 Oh, is there a baseball game occuring?  V-Mart grounds out.

9:49 Youkilis Ks. He is unhappy.  The strikezone in this game is inonsistent at best….He’s the Greek God of Walks.  He knows from strike zone, Joe West!

9:51 Ortiz struck out. On a real strike.

Has anyone else noticed these Verizon commercials feature a snappily orchestrated version of the “Inspector Gadget” themesong?