who has more base hits and more RBIs -- David Ortiz, or Justin Masterson?

Who has more base hits and more RBIs for the Red Sox so far this season?  David Ortiz, or Justin Masterson?

You already know the answer, since there'd be no reason to pose the question otherwise.

A "rooftop garden" on top of Fenway Park!!!

RED SOX CREATE ROOFTOP GARDEN AT FENWAY PARK

“Fenway Farms” Presented by Stop & Shop, Dole, Sage Fruit, and Aramark to Grow Vegetables and Herbs Used in Ballpark Fare

BOSTON, MA – The Red Sox have created a rooftop garden behind the Gate A Fenway Park façade that will grow vegetables and herbs throughout the baseball season. Produce and herbs grown in “Fenway Farms,” presented by Stop & Shop, Dole, Sage Fruit, and Fenway Park concessionaire Aramark, will be used in food products prepared at the ballpark this season, including the restaurant in the EMC Club. 

The garden will change seasonally, but will include vegetables such as arugula, green beans, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, eggplant, kale, lettuce, pea shoots, sweet peppers, and tomatoes. Herbs such as basil, chives, cilantro, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, and thyme will also be grown.

In addition to the number of environmental benefits, such as improved air quality and energy reduction (the garden will act as an insulator reducing heat and cooling needs to the building below), Fenway Park Farms will also serve as a teaching tool for area youth on the importance of healthy eating and the local environment. 

The rooftop garden is not the first time the club has stretched its horticultural hand beyond the Fenway Park grass. In June of 2008, the club planted tomatoes behind the mound in the bullpen for that season.

Two local companies from Somerville, Recover Green Roofs and Green City Growers, worked on the installation and planting of Fenway Farms. Recover Green Roofs installed the garden planters and irrigation system. Green City Growers planted the produce and herbs and will maintain the garden during its growing season. 

Rick Porcello's Red Sox debut -- and his grandfather

One unfortunate pitch cost him the game.  But what we saw is about what we can expect - how the Red Sox offense performs in his games is going to make the difference.  After yesterday's game he has a 4.50 ERA with the Red Sox. He pitched from 2009 through 2014 for the Tigers, with a 76-63 (4.30 ERA) record, three years in a row pitching in the postseason (2011-13), with a similar 4.41 ERA and a record of 0-2. 

It's of some note that he now joins the list of Red Sox players who also had relatives who played for the Sox.  Sam Dente (1947) was his grandfather.  

oh, yeah - they lose games, too

Sadly, the wind kept Hanley's ball down.  That would have made for a spectacular finish for tonight's game.  The Red Sox hadn't lost a game since September 28 last year!  But now they have, and reality starts to settle in.  There are 160 games left to play.

Mookie Betts = MLB

One of things I love about Mookie Betts is that his initials are MLB.  And that this was an intentional choice of his parents!

waiting for Game Two - the longest wait

Waiting for the second game of the season is always the longest wait.  First we wait six months for a game that counts (five months in good years, like 2004, 2007, and 2013) -- then we get a game, but then there's always a day off and we have to wait maybe 48 hours until the next game.  One of the great things about baseball is that there's a game (almost) every day, and you can organize your life around it (maybe that's pathetic, but I suspect most of us don't feel that way!

It took Hanley Ramirez 10 years, but he finally got his first hit for the Red Sox!

The young phenom had two plate appearances in 2005 and struck out both times. After the season, he was a big part of the trade that got Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell to the Red Sox.

Now he's back with Boston.  And what a re-debut.

One might also assume that Dustin Pedroia's wrist problem has gone away.

Quite a day!  Five home runs. (Did someone say this team had improved offensively over last year?)  And a nearly-unhittable Clay Buchholz.  Yes, quite a day.