Watching the Red Sox vs. Dodgers game…Manny just hit a solo home run in the 6th inning to cut the Dodgers’ deficit to 3-2.

Tim McCarver’s instant reaction:

And we’ll never know the answer to this, but you have to ask yourself the question: was that the most satisfying home run he ever hit?  Maybe…

And McCarver just doesn’t quit…while I was typing this post, David Ortiz took a strike on a very slow curveball, leading to the following exchange:

Joe Buck: Ortiz trying not to smile after this lollipop dropped in for strike one.
Tim McCarver: Reminded me of that song, “Lollipop, lollipop…Oh lolli-lollipop…From the late ’50s.
JB: Here’s a 2-1 pitch grounded foul outside of first.
TM: Don’t ask me the group who sang it but…(trails off)*

* From Wikipedia:”Lollipop” is a pop song written by Julius Dixson and Beverly Ross in 1958 for the duo Ronald and Ruby, which was covered most successfully by The Chordettes.