Sunday, August 24, 2008

Weekend in Canada

Thank Zeus that the Sox won today after getting shellacked by the Jays yesterday. Lester had been pitching so well that there had to be a bad outing at some point. Let's just hope it's the law of averages and this doesn't start some sort of down period for John, something the Sox can ill afford. Dice-K pitched fairly well today, only walking one batter. However, he continues to be inefficient with his pitches, needing 105 to get through six innings.

I almost choked on my pizza when I saw Jacoby Ellsbury collide into the wall while making a catch in today's contest. Fortunately, it resulted only in an abrasion above the outfielder's right eye and a lost contact lens from that same eye. The Toronto faithful actually booed when it took what they felt to be an inordinate amount of time to return the contact to Jacoby's eye. I thought we were in Toronto, not Philadelphia. Classy, guys. Real classy.

We will find out a lot about Boston during the upcoming week, the media will want to talk about the next series against the Yanks at the stadium, always a challenge. But I'm particularly interested in how Boston fares against the White Sox in the next series. Both Boston and Chicago are fighting for a post season berth. After that Boston plays those damn Orioles again. They are a pesky bunch and are plenty good enough to play spoiler.

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