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Is there anybody besides me...
October 9, 2008
Who is NOT worried about this series with Tampa Bay? They're no more than an adequate ball club. Since when does adequate make you the best? Yeah, yeah I know, they won the AL East, the "toughest division in the Majors." Uh, really? Our beloved Red Sox have been plagued by injuries since, literally, day one, haven't even seen the services of Curt Schilling, a probable future Hall of famer. The Yankees, that other perennial powerhouse, had lousy pitching and were in a funk offensively all year. Toronto played decent and actually came on strong the last month or so. But, too little, too late. And then there's the hapless Orioles, who I've always had a soft spot in my heart for, (going back to the Jim Palmer, Frank and Brooks Robinson days) they certainly didn't have much going this year. If anything, it seems to me the Rays won by default. If our guys bring their A game, execute well, and make few mistakes, they should be golden.
Our guys, with one hand tied behind their back, have continued to show us their tenacity and depth, recently making the team with the best record look like amatuers and darn near winning that "toughest division" outright. Of course, anything can happen in baseball,as in life, and if it's one of those "stars in their courses" things, the Rays could prove me wrong. But I don't see it happening. Imagine, in your heart of hearts, painful though it might be, the sad faces of our guys in the dugout, in a game 6 or 7 down by a few runs, looking at the end of their season. The images just don't come to me, and it's not because I'm biased, I simply can't picture it. On the other hand, pictures come to my mind, speedily and readily, of Tampa sulks and moues! Indeed, one of my chief fears, is that out of frustration, if/when the Red Sox are up by two or three games, that they might try some headhunter garbage. Anyway, if I was a gambling man, I'd pick the Sox in 5....6 tops! Let's Go Red Sox!!!!!
-RSOX4EVR
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