That's What I'm Talking About!!!

J.D. Drew smacks a two run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Red Sox ahead 7-5 in a game they'd win. The Sox lead the ALDS series 2-0 and the Angels can't get the monkey off their back!!!



GO RED SOX!!!

Sox Talk

The hot topic of the day at the Hot Dog Truck isn't all the construction, it's the Red Sox. The Sox versus the Rox starts tomorrow and Red Sox Nation is buzzing.

I'm personally still psyched they won it back in 2004. To have them back in the World Series only three years later is almost surreal. They are going to win too. This is a team of destiny, I've been saying it all season.

Everyone is upbeat and smiling at the Hot Dog Truck when they talk about the Sox. Even the grumpy old bastard types (the ones who still think these are the "old" Sox who'll break your heart every time) are almost giddy with anticipation about tomorrow night's Game 1.

I don't know what to tell my kids. When I was growing up, the Sox always choked and the Patriots were a joke. My kids have seen three Super Bowl victories and a World Series Championship in their short lives. They think their teams are supposed to win!

I just keep telling them, "these are not your father's Red Sox!"

THE RED SOX CLINCH!!!!

My Red Sox Clinched the American League Eastern Division title Friday night with a win over the Minnesota Twins! They still needed one more win (or Yankee LOSS) to clinch it. After the game was over, they put the Yankee game on the Jumbotron at Fenway Park and thousands of fans stayed to watch the conclusion of that game.

The Yankees were leading the Orioles 9-6 with two out in the bottom of the 9th inning. The bases were loaded and former Red Sox outfielder Jay Payton hit a bases clearing triple (off Mariano Rivera) to tie the game and send it to extra innings. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th, Melvin Mora bunted home the winning run!

The thousands of fans left at Fenway went nuts and celebrated with the team as the Red Sox won their first AL East title since 1995.

IT'S PLAYOFF TIME, GO RED SOX!!!

(yankees suck!)

Hats off to the Yankees

I have got to hand it to the Yankees. They have played .750 baseball since July 9 going 48-24 in that time frame. I thought they were dead and buried but they slugged their way back into the race.

All the way back to Second Place.

It will be a fun playoff season.

My Red Sox still have the best pitching in the game and....

THE YANKEES SUCK!

Sox Yankees: Does it even count?

The Red Sox are coming off a 4 game sweep of the Chicago White Sox in which they out scored the White Sox 46 to 7! The Yankees didn't fare as well in Detroit over the weekend losing 3 out of 4 (including last night 16-0 shellacking at the hands of the Tigers) and trailing the Red Sox in the AL East by 8 games.

Tonight the rested Red Sox are in the Bronx after a day off to face a beaten and travel weary Yankees squad for a 3 game set that may decide the AL East here and now. Worst case scenario: the Yanks sweep the Sox and the Sox STILL LEAD by 5 games!

Sorry Yankees, not this year. It's time to start talking about the "magic number." (Now 24)

Did I mention the Yankees Suck?

The Silence is Deafening

Tonight we have the Red Sox vs. Yankees in New York. This is normally a big rivalry, but the shine is off it just a bit this week. My Boston Red Sox have the best record in baseball. They have combined good starting pitching and timely hitting with a bit of luck and appear to be running away with the A.L. East.

Toronto was done the minute B.J. Ryan went in for surgery.

Baltimore is Baltimore.

The Devil Rays are the Devil Rays.

That leaves us with the Yankees, ten and a half games out. Their "best line-up in baseball" (I said that) has gone silent. Their starting pitching staff is snake bit with bad luck, nagging injuries, lack of intestinal fortitude (Pavano) and age. Their bullpen is overused, mishandled and ineffective. Their closer looks toasted. Their manager is on the chopping block. Their G.M. should be arrested for fraud. Their fans, normally boastful and vocal, are SILENT.

Actually, its kind of nice.