One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

During Friday night's game I told my husband that I thought the Red Sox had really turned a corner and were going to start winning more games now. They were playing better and seemed to have formed a more cohesive team, despite the loss on Wednesday. I was so optimistic on Saturday night that I had a title for a blog post all picked out which I will now have to shelve until Jon Lester's next win.

At this point I would have to say that the Red Sox haven't entirely turned that corner. They are maybe halfway around it, having stopped to have a drink at the corner bar in Detroit. After Saturday's hard loss after 12 innings, the Red Sox who showed up on Sunday seemed a little checked out of the game. It is hard for me to get bored by a baseball game. I can find interest in the most minute details of a game but yesterday's game had me getting up and hanging laundry on the line and emptying the dishwasher rather than watch Lackey pitch.

Tonight we've got Dice K taking on the Yankees and odd as it sounds, that gives us more reason to be optimistic. Having seen Dice K pitch in person the last two times he pitched (how did that happen?) I am feeling good about tonight. Dice K last Tuesday was a sight to behold. Normally he's the pitcher I skip watching to do laundry but if he keeps up the way he's been pitching I'll save the laundry for Lackey's next start.

Tuesday we've got Josh Beckett on the mound. It just speaks highly of Josh's charisma that last week I was convinced he was either having a nervous breakdown or about to have season ending surgery, and this week I am feeling confident of a high quality start out of him. But that could just be me. Perhaps none of you jumped to such high drama conclusions last week and are thinking he very well could stink on Tuesday. Either way, Josh is long overdue for a turnaround and you can be sure that laundry and emptying the dishwasher will be the last thing on my mind on Tuesday.