I'm an optimist despite being a Red Sox fan. I tend to focus on the positive and assess from there. Despite dropping the weekend series to the Yankees, Sox fans have much to be optimistic about come the post-season and a potential clash with the team from The Borough that Also Ran.
1. The Sox crushed Pettitte and Wang who are likely the numbers 1 and 2 starters for the Yanks.
2. The Sox got to Chamberlain. There is no mystification in this rivalry.
3. The Sox are still get to Mariano Rivera.
4. The Sox rookies showed they can play in tight situations. Jacoby Ellsbury is a must for the post-season roster...he's unflappable...Pedroia was once again solid in the clutch. Matsuzaka pitched well on Friday night. (Just need to straighten out Okajima by getting him some rest down the stretch.)
5. 2007 Beckett looks like 2003 Beckett, except better.
Finally, I should note that I'll watch Eric Hinske crush Jorge Posada about 100 times this off-season. (Nice job to hang on to the ball but, man, does Posada get absolutely devastated. It obviously had an effect, too, since he utterly failed to tag Ellsbury during another play at the plate later in the game.)
Not what I wanted out of the series but, on the whole, I'll take it as a positive. The Magic Number for the Sox is 9.
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