One quick note … After watching Jed Lowrie thus far (and in the game against Minnesota Thursday night), it is clear that the ball is coming off of his bat with much more authority than ever before. He credits both his stint at Athletes Performance and the healing process for the difference:

“I was nursing the wrist a lot, really all the way up until spring training,” said Lowrie, who noted at the beginning of the camp his injured wrist was about 90 percent. “But I was really trying to feel how the ball was coming off my bat and getting the endurance back. It’s hard to say on a daily basis how the (wrist has improved) because there have been steady, small gains. But compared to the end of the year or even January, it’s a huge difference.”

(Note: Right on cue Lowrie lofts a double over the centerfielder’s head, hitting left-handed)

With the Red Sox up 5-0 against Northeastern, Dustin Richardson is not on pitching for the Red Sox. Although he is obviously a solid prospect for the Sox, I will forever identify Richardson with his stint on the reality show, ‘Knight School’,  in which Bobby Knight picks a player to walk on the Texas Tech hoop team. As the story goes, Richardson would have won the spot on the team if not for his baseball commitments.