Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 10-3

BALTIMORE -- Shave the beard.

Keep the beard. Cut the hair. Keep the hair. All kinds of emotions were going through Johnny Damon's floppy-haired head the past two days. Was his "The Passion of The Christ" look in any way responsible for his 0-for-9 start to the season? Well, now he has a new way to look at his new look, after he went 5 for 5 during last night's 10-3 Red Sox victory over the Orioles.

"It's slowly growing on me," said Kevin Millar, who had not been a fan ...

BALTIMORE -- Some pitchers (hello, Curt Schilling) approach their starts as if they were planning SWAT raids. No problem at all, especially when they shine like Schilling.

Then there are the anti-Schillings, the Derek Lowes. Affectionately known as "cuckoo bird" to Pedro Martinez, the ace of Boston's troika of one-time All-Star starters with Lowe and Schilling, Lowe spent a few moments preparing for his 2004 debut last night by long-snapping a football in the visitors c...