Tom Brady and the Patriot Football people won!!

I'll admit it, I'm not a huge Pats fan. Sure I've more or less jumped on the wagon the last 7 years with all the fun times like winning Super Bowls and such, but if it wasn't for my crippling fantasy football addiction (down to only 2 teams this year) I wouldn't be nearly as interested. It's impossible NOT to be a Pats fan around here, but in my opinion football season doesn't really start til the end of October, or on off years whenever the Red Sox season ends. I've put 8 solid months into this years Sox team and I'm not giving it up til it's over.

That being said, the 3 game taint-handing of the Rays should be signs of things to come for the next month or so. The Sox know that the Pats have started and are trying to steal the sports attention thunder in Boston and they are not happy about it. So unhappy infact that they trot Dice-K out to mound tonight against John Lackey. I was at the game last year that Lackey nearly no-hit the Sox until Beardy knocked one over the monster. Dice should be fresh to say the least, so let's get it on!!

I feel bad for Steve Phillips

Because he has to sit next to these 2 fools every Sunday the Sox play the Yanks. Being up in New Hampshire, EEI's signal doesn't reach my house that well, there must be a bridge in the way or something, so I'm forced to listen to Dumb and Dumberest there while the Sox get their taints handed to them again. I'm sure this is the time when everyone wants to hear some profound words or at least something halfway amusing but I just don't know f*cking know. Going in 2 1/2 back and leaving 6 1/2 back and now tied for the Wild Card (which I think is too early to talk about so I never will again) really, for lack of a better word, sucks. I don't know how they're going to do it, but the boys just have to put that sh*tshow behind them and find a way to win. Get the hell out of New York, go home, have some of the wife's "home cooking" and then start tearing the teams apart in a way that will make the Yankees fear the next time The Sox show up on the schedule... which is in 2 weeks. By then, I say they're only 3 back and that series is going to be THE series this year.

FOX presents: When Josh Beckett Attacks

For lack of a better description, Joshua Patrick Beckett is pitching right now. Actually he is pitching like a f*cking animal right now to be precise. How much of an animal you may ask? Peep this. It's probably a bit of a surprise, but Becks only has 5 shut-outs in his career and 3 of them have come this year. The guy is tearing it up, plain and simple. Not only that, but that kid the Sox DIDN'T trade away, Bard, had himself a nice little 9th inning with 2 Ks on only 9 pitches. Yes I know it's the Orioles, but with the Yanks getting their taints handed to them I'll take a Sox win and a full game in the standings however it comes. So let's sweep it up tomorrow with that other guy that didn't get traded yesterday on the hill.