I’d love to yuke move back to lead-off - he really make sa pitcher work right out of the gate and he gives ortiz and manny a good chance to see a bunch of pitches before they get to the plate in the first inning…plus he get on base…but that isn’t going to happen.

So, i agree with your line-up except tito won’t disrespect tek and bat him behind the rookie - no way that happens.

If I was coach for the day though, here’s the way I would set things up.

1. Yuke
2. Pedroia
3. Ortiz
4. Ramirez
5. Lowell
6. Drew
7. Varitek
8. Lowrie
9. Ellsbury

You could flop drew with lowell but i think he has earned the right to bat behind manny with his clutch rbi ladden hitting.

of course, this is all contingent upon manny’s “knee”….