Soxwoman Speaks

Ok, so, if you're looking for some classy post crediting John Lackey with pitching a fantastic game, or saying that I was secretly cheering for him to get a no-hitter because I'm really just a great fan of the game-please. Don't make me barf. You came to the wrong place. I'm the world's worst loser, who never gives credit to an opposing team for anything. So in my world this is simply the nadir of the season, and John Lackey had less to do with it than the fact that the Red Sox can't hit a basketball with a 2X4 these days. Since the All Star break, they have lost EVERY GAME except to the worst team in the league and some guy named Ponson who really belongs in an American Legion softball team somewhere. They can't win on the road, and now they can't win at Fenway. And now they can't even beat John Lackey, whom they have owned in recent years. It's pathetic. But actually, I'm not sure that not being no-hit was a good thing for this group, because maybe they could have used it as a rallying cry...who knows? I do know Beckett must be dreading taking the mound today, knowing he is going to have to pitch a no-hitter in order to even keep it close.

Other thoughts...

My kingdom for a leadoff hitter. No one since Damon has been able to fill the need here. Coco-bust. Lugo-bust. Now Ellsbury-bust, who at .262 is essentially Coco last year. Great to see him go 0-fer in the ninth spot instead of leadoff, isn't it? How many guys can you crowd down there at the bottom of the order anyway, Tito? The only saving grace here is that Santana isn't exactly burning up New York with his brilliance...

I'm hoping Clay Buchholz catches Jon Lester fever...any day now...otherwise, I'm going to have to strangle the next person who says that he's great except for that, like, one inning...THAT ONE INNING COUNTS, FOLKS. It's like saying Favre was playing a great game until he threw that pass to Corey Webster.

I haven't heard anything credible on the Manny front...the Dodgers? Nah. I even heard a rumor sending him and Ellsbury to the Mets for Beltran, but that has "bad move for Red Sox" written all over it in bright neon yellow. It's just deja vu all over again as far as I'm concerned...lots and lots of talk and then Manny will stay right where he is until the end of the season (which, unless things turn around soon, will be somewhere around September 1st this year), when cooler heads will prevail in extension talks.

Thank god the Pats are in camp. Gives me something else to fret about. Otherwise, my head would be exploding right about now.