Rays Slug for 9 at Fenway

What a game it was yesterday. It was so bad, in fact that I wasn't upset after a while. I just accepted that they are swinging the bats better than we are. We only had maybe two or three players in the lineup that were putting a decent smack on the ball. That will simply not get it done in October. There were a couple innings were we had a chance at a rally, but we continue to leave men on base. Of course, it didn't help that we were consistently behind in the count and we always began an inning with an out.

As far as out pitching... Let's say we struggled. Lester just didn't have his stuff last night. He cutter was non-existent and we was leaving his fastball high in the zone, ultimately leading to some big homeruns. So that is 2 games, 2 losses, 2 ace pitchers... What's next?

The Sox had already predetermined that Wake would pitch tonight's game. I am sure that they didn't expect to be down 2-1 in the series. Either way, the Sox don't really have a choice. It would be silly to bring Dice-K off of short rest. In the event that he loses tonight, we would only have Wake to put on the mound.... That would be a mistake.

So, Red Sox faithful, let's hope that we see the best of Tim Wakefield tonight. The kind of performance that will be talked about after the Sox win the Series. It will be this game that turned the ALCS around. Wake pitches a shutout, Dice-K wins at Fenway, and Beckett redeems himself by closing out the series in Tampa and stunning the crowd.

Hey don't bash me just yet. Need I remind everyone that it is October and the Sox hunger for positions like these. Anything can happen. It all starts tonight.