Today's finale in Toronto, three games in New York and three home games against the White Sox make this a crucial stretch in the season.
Toronto is playing very well. The Yankees are trying to go on one more run and stand just five games behind the Sox in the wild card. The Chisox trail the Sox by only a half game also.
The sky is not falling, yet. However, with the pitching looking thin and Drew and Lowell not in the line up, things could go wrong very quickly. I'm not saying it will but it definitely could.
Dice-K goes today after I jinxed Lester yesterday. We could use six innings (he averages 5.2) from him and then hand the game over to Masterson, Okajima and Papelbon. Wakefield gets the start on Tuesday. This is a huge start for him and the team. Byrd and Lester finish the series in NY.
Beckett returns on Friday versus the White Sox. The news that he slept on his arm "wrong" and felt a tingling was replaced by inflammation in his elbow. This is truly scary stuff.
The dog days of August are about to be replaced by the importance of September baseball. The Sox look to be limping into this crucial stretch. Let's hope the pitching holds up and the line up produces some timely hitting.
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I must agree with everything you mention. I have my worries with the Red Sox as currently constituted, but if we can get one or two players healthy (JD and Beckett hopefully) I still think we can hang tough. Our schedule certainly favors us, and wins like tonight's go a long way to boost team morale. This is going to be a very interesting September, i'm not ready to rule anyone out of the playoffs.
In the end I still think it'll be the Red Sox and Rays both making it to October from the East....fingers crossed.
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