What did they do? Manny went 8 for 26, a .308 batting average. He had 1 homerun and 2 bombs with 4 RBI. The Lowe Rider had 5 scoreless innings with 5 K's. He had 1 win and 2 saves.

My opinion? Manny had a decent week but the amazing thing was the two bombs he hit, one on Saturday and the blast on Sunday. The homerun on Sunday was the longest in Skydome history, an amazing 491 feet. Now to Lowe who is in a groove and is starting to pitch like the all-star he is, hopefully he will keep up the solid work.

What did he do? Hideo Nomo had a great performance on Friday against the Blue Jays. He pitched a complete game, one-hit shut-out, striking out 14 and walked 0 Toronto batters. Nomo only faced 28 batters, the only baserunner was a 4th inning leadoff double by Shannon Stewart.

My opinion? He had better stuff on Friday than the no-hitter game he pitched earlier. He threw strikes, got ahead of batters and made a good hitting team look foolish on his split. He was truly unhittable, the only hit was a sharp double by Stewart to the left-field game, the pitch he hit was thought to be a curveball, the only one he threw. If only he could be more consistant than we would have a true number two starter. So far a 5-3 record and an ERA of 3.60 is not bad for the second pitcher in the Sox rotation. Imagine if he had great control, he would have multiple no-hitters in a single season, his stuff is that good.

What did he do? Jason Varitek went 8 for 16, a .500 batting average. He hit 4 home runs, had 10 RBI and scored 4 runs. He was also named the AL player of the week.

My opinion? Where have you been, man? Finally, the power has exploded, the big guy is finally swinging the bat like a big guy. He is too strong of a player not to hit 20 home runs, this is the type of hitter we thought we had in Jason. Hopefully Tek will continue to hit well, someone other than Manny has to produce offensively. My choice for player of the week was going to be tough until Sunday when Varitek exploded for 3 home runs and 7 RBI. Also, hats off to Frank Castillo who was the co-player of the week. He pitched 12 innings and allowed only 1 unearned run, he let up only 8 hits, walked 4 and K'd 4.

What did he do? He pitched 15 innings, allowing only 7 hits and 4 walks to 18 K's. During the week he lowered is American League leading 1.80 ERA to 1.44.

My opinion? No comment needed, simply amazing but it was about time he got player of the week. As Pedro goes, the Sox go, its just the way it is, he is da man.

What did he do? Manny went 10 for 26, a .385 batting average, he hit 3 bombs and drove in 10 RBI, also he scored 5 runs. It was a tough week for the Sox but Manny carried the offense along with Crazy Carl.

My opinion? He is on pace for 194 RBI, it probably won't happen but I think 160 is probable. And imagine when Nomar comes back (knock on wood), Manny will have more runners to drive in and better pitches to look at. The Sox struggled this weekend but Manny just keeps on an amazing pace. He finished his first month in a Red Sox uniform with a .408 BA, 9 HR and 31 RBI, he is probably baseball's player of the month, he is definitely the Red Sox player of the month.