LiveBlogging the NBA Draft

Terry Francona has given Manny Ramirez a well-deserved day off. Here's the Red Sox lineup:

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, lf; 2. Dustin Pedroia, 2b; 3. J.D. Drew, rf; 4. Mike Lowell, 3b; 5. Sean Casey, 1b; 6. Jason Varitek, c; 7. Coco Crisp, cf; 8. Julio Lugo, ss; 9. Justin Masterson, rhp.

Only change for the Phils is lefthanded-hitting Greg Dobbs starting in place of Pedro Feliz at third. Their starting nine:

1. Jimmy Rollins, ss; 2.Shane Victorino, cf; 3. Chase Utley, 2b; 4. Ryan Howard, 1b; 5. Pat Burrell, lf; 6. Geoff Jenkins, rf; 7. Greg Dobbs, 3b; 8. Carlos Ruiz, c; 9. Kyle Kendrick, rhp.

Vegas has put the over/under at 10. An average of 11.1 runs have been scored in the first nine day games Citizens Bank Park this year. Considering the relative youth of the starters, this game looks like an overs.

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Posted at 10 a.m. --

The Red Sox fans should be extra smug today given the way the Celtics simply dismantled the Lakers last night. Thank heavens for David Tyree or else our friends from the Boston Ha-ba could boast to having the champs from baseball, hoops and football.

Hey, at least the Mets are reeling.

Should be a dry one for today's BPS. Check back around Noon for the starting lineups. Kyle Kendrick is pitching for the Phils; Justin Masterson is going for Boston. Neither has faced the opposing team.

Masterson is just the third Bosox rookie since 1956 to pitch at least six innings in his first five starts. Daisuke Matsuzaka (2007) and Dave Morehead (1963) were the others. Dice-K's on my fantasy team, but I never heard of Morehead, who went 40-64 in his eight-year career.

While we await the 1:05 first pitch, let's take a quick glimpse into the history books.

Babe Ruth's World Series debut came in Game 1 in 1915 when he grounded out to first base in the ninth inning. It was Ruth's only appearance of the series as the Red Sox beat the Phillies in 5. Oh, and the attendance for that fifth game at the Baker Bowl was 20,306. Today's crowd will be more than twice that number.

Feel free to post any other Red Sox-Phillies memories or tidbits. See you in a bit.

-- Ed B.