TRULY random thoughts…
Last year, nothing really happened for the Sox–will they do something this year that will impact the team as much as the moves made during the 2004 Campaign. I remember how shocked I was to hear that Nomar was traded, and how angry I was at Theo for trading away the face of […]

And the most ironic thing is the only game we lost was a brilliant complete 1-0 game that was pitched by…Josh Beckett…weirdness…
Speaking of weirdness, this was one…strange…game…Kason Gabbard has a 9-1 lead, and it looked like he was going to lose it–They had to go to Julian Tavarez when the score was 9-5, after Kason […]

Except the shoe is on the other foot–and it’s not comfortable–at all… But then again, neither is the fact that our lead in the division has shrunk to 6 (!!) games…Could it really happen? Could the Skanks really come back from their horrible, horrible play and take the division away from the Sox, AGAIN?
UGH–I cannot […]

On both sides–Good thing Mike Lowell managed to score Youkilis on a bloop single in the 4th, which is about par for the course when Daisuke pitches–in his last 11 starts, 9 of them has 2 runs OR LESS of offense….It’s a wonder his record isn’t a losing one….I am still holding out for 15-16 […]

I was so excited to see Jon Lester pitch again–even before he overcame anaplastic large cell lymphoma–I always knew there was something special about him–electric pitcher, aggressive, with amazing poise and maturity for someone who is only now 23 years old… Then the fact that 11 months ago (ELEVEN MONTHS!!) he was diagnosed with cancer, […]

Nice to see tons and tons of runs were scored, (29 in the last 3 games) especially for Tim Wakefield, pitching in his 500th game, who is usually lucky if they score 2 for him…
Of course, it was vintage Wake–cruising for 6 innings, with a lead of 8-1 and then in the 7th its a […]

It appears that a good bullpen and good bats are mutually exclusive–all the years we had excellent offense, our bullpen would frequently implode (Scott Williamson was always good for a Jack Daniels and Maalox Cocktail…) Now, the Sox have one of the best bullpens in the business, and its taking an act of Congress to […]

7 games separate the Sox from the Skanks in the AL East–are we looking at 2002 all over again???
Once again the Sox could not capitalize on a crappy team and lose a series. While the Batsh*t Julian’s performance was less than stellar, with him not being able to hold onto a 4-2 lead–and that makes […]

And not even in a good way…
As fellow blogger, and good friend Ted said to me last night: “You know, Christine, the knuckle ball is always a fickle mistress” and once again that adage is proven right—Tim Wakefield and his unpredictable pitch are cruising, doing fairly well, and then you blink, and the game […]

To paraphrase Harry Potter (I saw the movie this weekend, and anxiously await book #7..) Kason Gabbard was bloody brilliant in his 3rd start since taking over for a rapidly recovering Curt Schilling, throwing a complete game shutout against KC, his first since High School. He also took a no hitter into the 5th inning, […]