Sorry folks, no funny Wang headlines as Wang was unbeatable last night for the Yankees against the Boston Red Sox. I know you were expecting the Red Sox to smack the Wang around but his sinker was too much for them to handle. That’s the norm when a sinker ball pitcher is on. They are really hard to hit. When they aren’t on, they usually take a beating (ask Fausto Carmona about the ALCS).

The main problem right now besides the struggles of David Ortiz, is the Red Sox middle relief. It simply sucks. Mike Timlin, who was activated before the game, was the lastest victim. He only lasted 1/3 inning, giving up 2 hits and 2 runs for a 54.00 ERA. Something needs to happen with the bullpen right now because otherwise it could be a long season. Yes I know it’s early in the season and the starters aren’t conditioned to go all the way yet unless your name is Wang and you’re very economical with your pitches. He threw 93 in his complete game effort.

Let’s not forget about our starter, Clay Buchholz, who threw the ball well last night.

“I think it’s a step that you want to take,” said Buchholz, 23. “This is what you dream about doing, pitching in the big rivalries when you’re growing up. It was something that I wanted to do. They gave me a shot to do it. Felt good overall. I guess they just had a little bit better night than we did.”

“I think the biggest thing is I actually felt better in Toronto, as far as my stuff,” Buchholz said of his last start, in which he went five innings, allowed three earned runs, and took the loss. “I felt like my fastball I was throwing a little bit harder. I just felt like I minimized damage a lot better today. There were a couple of situations where they could have scored three or four runs in one inning, and I felt like I made the right pitches whenever I needed to make them.”

Unfortunately for Buchholz, his offense ran into Wang.

As I said above, Timlin wasn’t so hot last night and even said so himself.

Big Papi has been silent about his slump to start the season but skipper Terry Francona gave his thoughts.

“The best players in baseball, it still comes down to trying to do too much,” said Francona. “David feels such a huge responsibility for what we’re doing and sometimes things snowball a little bit. All of a sudden you get in a rut and want to get four hits in one at-bat. When you see guys showing frustration in their first at-bat of a game, you know there’s a carryover from the game before.

“Even guys like David, they need reminding of just how good they are. You look up at that batting average on the board – that’s not who he is, that’s not who he’s going to be.”

All I have to say is look out when he gets hot.

Terry Francona and Dustin Pedroia gave their thoughts about the Papelbuns commercial this week. Here’s the video goodness of that courtesy of our friend Texy.

For more slices of Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant and Providence Journal websites.

And if you must see what the enemy papers are saying you can check out the NY Post, NY Daily News, Newsday and Lo Hud websites.