It's getting tougher to fill this space
Bill:
Like Paris Hilton in Tokyo, the Red Sox were denied.
Doug:
Yeah, and by the powah house that is the Baltimore friggin Orioles.
Bill:
As Dave Pinto astutely reminds us: The Sox are 8-9 against the Orioles this season. If that record was 13-4, we'd would be right in the thick of the AL East and Wild Card races.
Doug:
The idea of the 2010 Red Sox was a good one. Just turned out to be a mismatch with reality.
Bill:
Hey, what can you do? it happens*.
*[Mostly SFW - Ed.]
Someine last week posted (I think it was Kaz) that if we were able to go 5-1 on our homestand (not unrealistic given the opponents), we'd be in "the thick of the AL East and wild card races". It appears more likely at this point that we'll go 1-5. Oh, well.
Posted by: LarryE | 2010.09.22 at 09:05 AM
we're not in the thick of anything.
narrowly,
lc
Posted by: louclinton | 2010.09.22 at 09:16 AM
Doesn't being mired in 3rd place count?
Posted by: Kev | 2010.09.22 at 09:23 AM
If a team falls into third place and no one is watching, is it really in third place?
Posted by: yazbread | 2010.09.22 at 10:16 AM
Good job, Sox. Way to take Clay's shot at the Cy Young down with you.
I can't wait to go to the game tonight. My tickets are right behind the bullpen.
Posted by: Kaz | 2010.09.22 at 10:32 AM
I'm moving (all of three blocks) on Saturday. I find myself looking forward to that pressure-packed, day-long shite show more than watching the Sox.
Posted by: Bob | 2010.09.22 at 10:54 AM
h.b.: It's getting tougher to fill this space
That's what she said.
Posted by: Kaz | 2010.09.22 at 10:58 AM
This season is like having a date with a chick and you just KNOW you're gonna score, and you're home by yourself by 11.
Not that it's ever happened to me, of course.
Go Bruins.
Posted by: vermonter | 2010.09.22 at 01:19 PM
I actually had that thought as I was logging on today, h.b. I was thinking that it must be hard to be creative when they suck. You are playing out the string too, I guess.
Posted by: vermonter | 2010.09.22 at 01:22 PM
Vermonter - Sadly, that's where most of the scoring took place - home by myself at 11:00 pm...
Bob - just saw your Wakefield comment from this morning on yesterday's strip. Hilarious!
Posted by: Rob in CT, er, AL | 2010.09.22 at 01:23 PM
may be mostly sfw, but it is in no way safe to look at...
Posted by: granular_serene | 2010.09.22 at 01:52 PM
Just be thankful she didn't have an ipod ;D
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2010.09.22 at 04:03 PM
Clam chowder, that picture and this season all give me the shits. Somebody pass the Imodium.
Posted by: pseudosanity78 | 2010.09.22 at 04:08 PM
Yeah, that pic's a real corn and peanut pie.
Posted by: Bob | 2010.09.22 at 04:28 PM
There goes my appetite ;O
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2010.09.22 at 04:57 PM