Well, it didn't take too long for the shine to wear off this season. I blame the day off Monday. It feels like the momentum got sucked out pretty quickly. But there's 159 games to go, and another fifteen chances to even things up with the Yankees. I saw about a minute of the seventh inning and got a little too smug when I saw Chan Ho pitching. I figured the Red Sox would be up 4-1 by the time I got home. I didn't get back until the very last at bat, but I had to eat my words when Chan Ho got the win after pitching three scoreless innings. I'm sure he'll still cost the Yankees more than his fair share of games, though. Maybe I'm just jinxing Boston now…
Luckily, the Sox have another day off before traveling to Kansas City this weekend. It's been a tough stretch, what with two games since their last day off.
As much as I love Tim Wakefield, I actually am relieved (no pun intended) that he'll be matched up against Kyle Davies instead of Zack Greinke. It'll be hard rooting against Greinke on Saturday, but I like Beckett's chances against him better than Wakefield's. Of course, it doesn't hurt either of them that the Royals ranked 13th in the American League last year in runs scored. I did notice one fluke, though, when looking at their 2009 stats. The Royals ranked eleventh or worse (out of fourteen AL teams) in every offensive category except for stolen bases (ninth)… and triples. With 51 triples, they topped the American League, perhaps because Kauffman Stadium has the second-largest outfield in the league.
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