Red Socks: Muhammad Tavarez lays out D-Ray

According to ESPN-Boston's The Drive and the Boston Globe, Red Sox hot-head and bantamweight Julian Tavarez smacked Devil Ray Joey Gathright after Gathright slid into Tavarez, who was covering home, during Monday's game. The incident happens a week before the season starts and a day after Josh Becket had some choice words for the Phillies Ryan Howard, who appeared to be admiring his fly ball.

Also the Red Sox and Massachusetts Lottery officials introduced a new scratch-and-lose game Monday. Here's a little hint at you're chances of winning the grand prize of Red Sox tickets for life: 0%. So save the $5 and put it towards buying the 30 pack instead of the 18 pack you cheap bastard.