You Can Put It On The Board! YES!

We Made It Out Alive

What a strange series that was against the Devil Rays. A poor team that somehow has our number. The Sox had leads in the first two games, but somehow found a way to give them up. It was a good road trip though as the Sox went 4-2. We must thank El Duque for saving us from a sweep last night as he pitched a great game. It is a lot of fun to watch this guy pitch. But it seems that eight is the magic number for the Sox. They have now won eight games in a row twice this year but both times could not extend it to nine. If that's the case, I'll take eight game winning streaks all year long. With this pitching staff, there is no way the Sox will have long losing streaks this year. I don't see them losing more than two-three games in a row all season. I am just waiting for the offense to be consistent for the pitching staff. But we can't have everything can we?

New Closer?

Dustin Hermanson is on fire. He is basically untouchable so far this year. In 16 and 1/3 innings so far this year, he has given up no runs. That's right, no runs. He has converted all six save opportunities so far and I am very confident in having Hermanson as our closer.

ALCS Preview?

Baltimore comes to town this weekend as the Sox will defend their best record against the second best record in baseball which belongs to the O's. Both teams have gotten to where they are taking two different paths. The Sox go as their pitching goes and the O's go as their bats go. They are in the top 5 in just about every offensive category. All I have to say is that pitching and defense is what takes you to the Glory Land, not the lumber.

Happy Birthday

Happy 80th birthday to Yogi Berra! What a class act this guy is. From his great one liners to his glory days on the field. I just wish I could have watched this guy play live. You're the man Yogi!



Yogi-isms

"It ain't over 'til it's over."
"Never answer an anonymous letter."
"I usually take a two hour nap from one to four."
"It's deja vu all over again."
"When you come to a fork in the road....Take it."
"I didn't really say everything I said."
"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?"
"The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."
"Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical."
On why NY lost the 1960 series to Pittsburgh "We made too many wrong mistakes."
"You can observe a lot by watching."
"The future ain't what it used to be."
"It gets late early out here."
"I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early."
"If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them."
"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."

Weekend Series

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Thursday - Sunday

Garland Goes For Seven


Chen
4-1, 3.12

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Garland
6-0, 2.42