Let’s start out this morning’s post with a musical montage from the fine musical montage makers at NESN.

Before the game yesterday, the Boston Red Sox activated 3 players from the disabled list in Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell and Sean Casey. Two of them, Beckett and Lowell, would end up being huge factors in the game against the Texas Rangers last night.

Lowell helped the Red Sox out with his bat last night as he would go deep in his first at-bat to get the ship going in the right direction. He would later add 2 more hits and 3 more RBI to help the Red Sox beat the Rangers for the 8th straight time this season.

For Beckett, it was a matter of getting it through his head that he was healthy. It sure didn’t look like he skipped a beat last night as he was totally dominating for 5 innings. He ended up scattering 4 hits and striking out 7 batters.

“The most important thing for me today was health, and the win was just the icing on the cake,” Beckett said. “I think there were some selfish things going on, some things I wanted to prove myself that I was healthy.

“I think I thought about it before the game more than anything. It’s one of those deals where you have to go out and push through it. I think after I got through the first four or five pitches in that first inning, I felt like it was good. I didn’t think about it much after that.”

Lowell didn’t want to rush back into things but was huge for the Red Sox last night.

Dustin Nippert will be part of the Rangers rotation for September.

Tim Wakefield will be in select company when he takes the bump tonight.

What should the Rangers offer Milton Bradley for next season?

Mark Kotsay is proving to be a perfect fit with the Red Sox.

Sean Casey had Kevin Cash stop by City Hall for a little talk about cars.

Amalie Benjamin has her second mailbag in the Boston Globe’s Ask Amalie.

For more slices of Boston 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 Dallas Morning News and Star-Telegram websites.