“I know what they’re coming with,” Garza said, “and they’re coming with a lot to prove; everybody saying they’re out of it, they’re too far back. It’s the Red Sox. You can’t ever count them out. There’s guys putting up career years like (3B Adrian) Beltre and Big Papi (David Ortiz) is having a resurrection. So they’re still dangerous. You can’t count those guys out until that 162nd game, or when it says you’ve clinched and you’ve got that x or y by your name that you relax. But right now, no shot.”
Sure, it’s the kind of thing you’re supposed to say. The Red Sox are tough and they can’t be counted out and yadda yadda yadda. But I don’t want that, I want bulletin board material. I want 31 flavors of carnage and a dinner theater re-enactment of 300 with the Sox as the Spartans and the Rays as the Persians. We could leave that godforsaken place just two and a half games behind in the wild card race if we take ‘em all. And two and a half sounds a lot better than eight and a half.
Sox, if you’ve still got any fight in you, tomorrow night would be an excellent time to start letting it out. Like, industrial size portions.
I want October, baseball, goddamit. Stop f#$kin’ with my autumn plans!



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The Red Sox don't look like a powerhouse obviously, but if Beckett gets on track(and we've seen what he does when healthy and focused), and Lester, Buchholz and overpaid Lackey keeps pitching somewhat productively... they're dangerous.
The Yankees have tons of questions, as well. Look at how Burnett got shelled again, and how a guy who pitched like an ace last season, and others, has been demoted to the bullpen. Phil Hughes' ERA is almost 4 now, and besides Sabathia and Pettite who's hurt... who's gonna nail down close games from here on out. Look for both the White Sox and Red Sox to make a run... when Edwin Jackson is pitching like Tom Seaver, something's up.
Every announcer is a homer unless his name is Rob Dibble, but he's just batsh1t insane.
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