Haven’t posted in a while. Was in Chicago the last few days, and, maddeningly enough, couldn’t get to the Sox-Sox game. (Millennium Park is beautiful - that new Gehry building is stunning.) However, I was ecstatic to see all the (Red) Sox fans running along Michigan Avenue. (If you were part of a big group of women wearing Sox t-shirts or was bringing along a kid with a Sox baseball cap on around 7pm last night near the Water Tower - well, just wanted to say it makes me really pleased to see fellow Sox fans around.) Bronson Arroyo seems to have learnt from the Derek Lowe playbook of winning despite giving up 5 runs, but there’s a lot of good things to be noted - Sox have been murdering the White Sox in the South Side in this series, Tek’s homers today were long long long bombs, the OC is a stud on defense, and… MANNY’S BACK!!
Meanwhile, the Angels’ win over the Yankees game in a rain-delayed game was about as good a result as could be hoped for: we catch up on the division race (hey, I’m still on the bus), and our rivals in both the division and wild-card races use up their bullpens.