No game today so I watched bits of the Oakland - Y*nk**s game. Man, that 8th inning was brutal to Oakland. Pitching seems so ephemeral sometimes: one day you have it, your pitch is called one of the top 10 in baseball (hello, Jim Mecir!), and the next day it all ends in tears. It was one of those death-by-a-thousand-cuts innings: mucho scoring on singles, walks, ground-outs, with the lone extra-base hit a Ruben Sierra double. Schadenfreude update: Yankee defence still is awful though, and Bernie Williams really has lost speed in centre. (Actually, this isn’t really just gloating… it’s quite sad to see a player in decline. Like watching Rickey with the Sox.) Plus, Jeter is still hitless. (Okay, that was gloating.)
Meanwhile, the rainout means Sox players get another day of rest, which is probably a good thing for Bill Mueller and not necessarily a good thing for D-Lowe. Sometimes when the team is on a hot streak you wish you could postpone the off-days. Not that I believe in mojo. Fingers crossed.