Monday, August 29, 2005
Old School Sox:
The Red Sox are scoring runs in bunches, but in a throwback to years past, have a suspect starting rotation and battered bullpen.
Jeter and the Yankees were knocked down, but not out, early on. Entering the final round,we have the Red Sox and Yankees in a virtual tie on our scorecard. The Yankees rotation is suddenly settled, while Schilling looks less than human, Bronson looks like a burned out Jim Morrison, and Wakefield continues to literally get knocked to his knees by liners. Fruitbat Rivera is at his best, while we don't know where Foulkie's knee, and more importantly his head stand. No cartwheels for the pitching staff assembled by Theo and the Trio in 2005...
Only turnstiles, Niedermeyer... 
Embree...Dead, his soul posessed by the dark side.
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Speaking of turnstiles...how about those Yankees.
Halama...dead and buried in D.C..
Mantei...already dead when he came to Boston.
Miller...dead to me...at least for 2005.
Remlinger...dead and buried.
Papelbon...tortured and left for dead-arm by an indecisive front office.
Gonzalez...left for dead by the Devil(Rays)...resurrected by Boston.
Foulke...may he rise from the dead like a Phoenix from Arizona, Frank Costanza.
BATTING AVERAGE — Red Sox .285 (1st), Yankees .276 (4th).
RUNS — Red Sox 736 (1), Yankees 704 (2).
HOME RUNS — Yankees 179 (3), Red Sox 153 (8).
ON-BASE PERCENTAGE — Red Sox .358(1), Yankees .353(2).
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE — Red Sox (3), Yankees (4).
Team E.R.A. : Yankees 19th in the 30-team majors with a 4.49 ERA and Red Sox 24th at 4.87.Red Sox love home cooking, going 40-19 at Friendly Fenway, and will play 22 of their remaining 34 games at home... The Yankees are 44-24 at The House That Ruth Built, but a mere 29-32 on the road and will play 20 of their remaining 33 games away from Yankee Stadium…
The 6 games that remain head to head: Boston at New York Sept. 9, 10 and 11 and New York at Boston Sept. 30, and Oct. 1 and 2.
