Big game slips by Sox and Yanks

For those of you wanting to bash Graffinino, hold your horses. And the Billy Buck references you can stuff up your butt. He didn't allow the winning run to score. Maybe you can pin the 3rd run on him, but a veteran playoff pitcher in Wells made a bad pitch and gave up the go ahead run. The offense was 0 for 7 with RISP after the 4th. Point is, there's plenty of blame to go around. It's self serving columnists (like ESPN's Buster Olney - who used to cover the Yanks) that bring out the reference to make a story more appealing. Also remember he hit a big double in the 9th with one out and no one could get him home...

This team finds itself in an 0-2 hole. Not as daunting a task as last year, but still difficult. If anyone can pull it off, it's this team. Ask Oakland and the Yanks. Last nights game was winnable. All the breaks have gone Chicago's way so far. Now they venture into a hostile environment. If the Sox manage to take the next 2 (which they should) pressure will be back on them. If there is a rainout this weekend, that bodes well for the Sox too. Whoever will start for a potential game 5 (Wells?) gets an extra days rest. Remember, this team doesn't panic or quit. Don't ever write them off. Keep the Faith baby, keep the Faith...


Yanks let a very winnable game slip through their hands. What in the hell was Joe Torre doing in this one? He pulled his Wang in too late, and replaced him with Leiter! Al Leiter!

Is Grady Little in the dugout sitting next to Stottlemeyer? Has he watched this guy pitch at all? How about Embree???

Guarantee Jeter is standing at short shaking his head. Actually, he was probably standing on the mound with every other infieder, the pitching coach, manager, trainer, and the guy with the water bottle. Maddening. Yanks have a must win with Big Unit going on Fri. If they don't, they have very little chance of matching up with Angels pitching rest of the way...