It just couldn’t be that easy, could it? We just couldn’t have it that good?
For all the magic the Sox had yesterday, whatever they did have was not enough for today. It was a tense game almost from the outset, and it seemed like every single inning had baserunners, whether we did or the Yankees did. But our offense failed to fully capitalize, whether we left men on or grounded into double plays, and our bullpen had very few, if any, clean innings. So tonight we couldn’t clinch, and we have to pray to the Baseball Gods for a win tomorrow, with Connelly Early on the bump. It wasn’t a bad effort from the Sox; they only struck out nine times, they were never in the lead and were able to fight back, but getting it done means getting it done, and they did not. I’m especially pissed that my ner