Alas, I Have Not Had Much Time for Baseball

I'll admit it - I haven't seen a full Red Sox game since Sunday's game and it isn't because Sunday's game was so boring and bad that I didn't want to watch, it was just that life got in the way of watching. It is hard to fit in a full baseball game that starts at 7pm every night. So as a result, I caught the last half of Monday's devastating loss, the beginning of Tuesday's come from behind win, the first three innings of Wednesday's incredible effort from Clay, and the 9th inning of last night's Lester fest.

As the Sox head to Philly and then on to Tampa Bay I am hoping to fit in a lot more baseball in the next week. After all, the boys are just starting to pick up. The pitching and the offense have been showing up at the same time for the last few nights. If the Sox ever needed to ride some momentum, now is the time.

And can I make a confession? It is somewhat of a relief to have Beckett on the DL. If Josh Beckett is not going to pitch like Josh Beckett than I would rather have him on the DL. Otherwise it is just much too painful to watch and so much harder to defend him when people put him down. So Josh - get healthy and get it together and come back and show those young whippersnappers Clay and Jon that you are every bit as good as them, if not a smidgen better.