HIS CRAZINESS PITCHES WELL; DOESN'T MATTER CAUSE SOX DON'T HIT WORTH A HORSETURD

If you just look at the match up, His Craziness, Julian Tavarez versus someone with a pulse, you'd expect to lose. When that person with a pulse is Joe Saunders of the below 4.00 ERA, the chances of winning drop even more. And if you told me the Red Sox offense would take the first seven innings off, I'd say, yeah, a win probably isn't in the cards tonight.

Still, the Sox hung in there and, like just about every game they've lost this season, had the winning runs on base at some point in the later innings. But, like just about every game they've lost this season, they failed to get the runs home.

While the Sox were gently cat-napping, the Yankees won again. With the panic meter is starting to heat up in Boston I thought that it might be time to take a moment, step away from the cliff, and look at the following reassuring hard core stats:

PUPPIES!!


THE 2004 WORLD SERIES CHAMPION RED SOX!!!


WELL, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS...

See? Isn't everything better now?

And in the interest of making every Red Sox fan feel better, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays send you themselves! Yay!

AL East: The Evil Empire is 4.0 games back.

Today (Monday): The Sox are in beautiful Tampa (where the skys are made of canvas) for three games against everyone's favorite opponent (except the Rays) the Rays! Tampa gets to face Wakefield, Lester, and Matsuzaka. The Sox gets to face Kazmir, Andy Sonnanstine, and Edwin Jackson. Get It On time starts tonight at 7:10pm. GRRR!!!