Wednesday, October 03, 2007
'Let the future not be the enemy'
Reader No. 1 is tired and perplexed heading into today's Sox game:
Most everyone seems to be predicting a Sox triumph over the Angels. I'm not so sure. Which team is showing up for the playoffs? The White Sox bashing Sox or Tampa Bay struggling Sox? ... It's comforting to know area pessimists have the Pats and, let's hope, Celts as default backups: 'I had to eat a whole plate of octopus.'
Update -- 'How to fake your way through the 2007 postseason.' ...
Reader No. 1 is tired and perplexed heading into today's Sox game:
I already have post-season fatigue. Blame it on leaving NESN on Sunday night while doing the ironing and hearing Charles Steinberg explain how Tessie helped win the Bloody Sock Game. Dropkick the Dropkick Murphys!
I also never thought I'd be defending the 11-man pitching staff given how much the playoff roster breakdown resembles those of my glorious youth. But it does prompt the question: if you don't have Tim Wakefield on the roster, why do you need Doug Mirabelli on the roster?
If you have Jacoby Ellsbury hitting .350 on the roster, why talk about using him as a pinch-runner? Of course, this is the management that shut down Clay Buchholz... Dear Red Sox management, let the future not be the enemy of the present, most of us have seen Halley's Comet and a local World Series championship once in a lifetime...
PS - Book reports coming up soon, I'm nearly done with both "The Sound of Our Town" and "The Bluest State" ...
Most everyone seems to be predicting a Sox triumph over the Angels. I'm not so sure. Which team is showing up for the playoffs? The White Sox bashing Sox or Tampa Bay struggling Sox? ... It's comforting to know area pessimists have the Pats and, let's hope, Celts as default backups: 'I had to eat a whole plate of octopus.'
Update -- 'How to fake your way through the 2007 postseason.' ...
