Seriously though ...

I know it is very early in the season but after the lost weekend up north, this is what we got ...

• The Sox are in last place. Though we don't expect this to last, it is still a little scary to be looking up at four teams.
• Papi looks old and real mad. Where's that big smile? I read on line that he was pretty miserable over in Japan and on the west coast but he is either pulling every pitch foul or hitting into that gross shift. How about driving the ball into leftcenter a couple of times?
• The middle relievers are awful. Outside of Bryan Corey and Oki, those guys look spooked. Delcarmen against Frank Thomas was like a bad horror movie. You don't want to look but you kind of have to because you know what is going to happen. Two for two with a double, grand slam and 6 rbi's against Manny. So long Kyle Snyder -- 6 foot 8 and he throws 68 mph. Does that make any kind of sense? David Aardvark -- one batter vs Toronto, up one ball two strikes and he can throw nothing but four straight arrow 4 seam fastballs. Walk. Javier Lopez should go back to catching. How much does Timlin really have left?
• Every team we play is going to be sooooo jacked up to play the Old Towne Team. Were they really waving hankies Friday night? Who does that? The Jays did have the powder blue uniforms on display. Pretty sweet.
• Former Sox farmhand David Eckstein killed us Friday and Saturday. He sprinted down to first after every walk, defensively made every play look close at first base and stuck his bat out three times to get five rbi's on balls that travelled a combined 300 feet. I did see Pedroia towering over him while standing at second base. "We represent the Lollipop Guild, the Lollipop Guild ..."

Finally, the boys return home to Fenway tomorrow afternoon to get their rings. Let us try to forget this past weekend and enjoy the memories of 2007.

Detroit is winless in six tries and we avoid Verlander. The Gambler vs Dice-K, Bonderman vs Lester and Robertson vs Wake all games we are favored to win according to the pitching match ups. Let's get at least two out of three. Then some scrub team from down I-95 comes to town.

It is time to get serious.