The Indians waste a perfectly good CC Sabathia outing last night, so the Red Sox decide to return the favor tonight.
If I was Josh Beckett, I’d punch every one of my teammates dead in the face tonight. Coco twice.
But I’m a little cranky tonight so maybe that’s just me.
The actual loss pisses me off less than the team wasting a great game by Josh. If Josh pitched poorly that would be one thing. If the score was 18-2, I’d say ‘meh, it happens’. But there’s no way this team should lose a game like this and it annoys the hell out of me. Special shout out to Tito for sitting Mike Lowell and Julio Lugo tonight. Good call.
Luckily, we have a new, matured Josh Beckett and I’m sure he’ll say all the right things (albeit in the most colorful way!) in his post-game interview (Which I’ll most likely miss first-run. The only thing I hate more than the Fenway Faithful singing "Sweet Caroline" in the middle of a Sox loss, is watching the post-game show after a loss. ) and I’m proud of him for that. Not only has he stepped up his pitching from last year, but he’s a more mature teammate, always willing to give credit where it is due and not place blame anywhere but on himself. I told someone the other night that he’s slowly becoming one of my ‘binkies’. So that explains why I’m especially pissy about this loss. I’ll get over it in an hour of so. (I write all this and then I’ll find out in the morning he lost it on his teammates tonight!)
As an aside, I absolutely believe the Red Sox are a superior team to the Yankees. So someone explain to me why it is that the Royals kicked their asses but look like little leaguers next to the Yanks right now?
I shouldn’t be so grumpy. A five-game streak is nothing to sneeze at and this is merely a bump in the road. Can’t win ’em all and all that. Truth is, as I’ve been writing this, I’m less grumpy. Gotta love the pitching we have right now. Kason will right things tomorrow night.
I need a pick-me-up. I’m going to watch me some Jesse L Martin on You Tube!