38 Special

With 38 games to go after tonight's win I find myself ...

... feeling cautiously confident that the Sox will make the playoffs.
... rooting, to no avail, for the Yankees to beat the snot out of the Rangers.
... hoping that either Dice-K or Wakefield can return and be the team's #3 starter in the playoffs.
... wondering if the National League is really that bad or was John Smoltz holding out on us.
... thinking Billy Wagner HAS to be better than Eric Gagne, right?
... guessing Jim Rice's appearance on tonight's pregame show forced producers to run the show on a ten second delay. Rather safe than sorry.
... sending Theo Epstein the same e.s.p. message --"Sign Jason Bay"-- over and over.
... shaking my head at Hideki Okajima's inability and lack of desire to catch a pop up.
... trying to picture what the rest of my night would be like if the Sox lost because the same guy who treated the pop up like a venereal disease failed to catch the return throw from the catcher.
... wishing Jacoby Ellsbury can stay healthy for his entire career with the Red Sox.
... praying the Rays fall apart because they frighten me.