Near Perfect

Fat chicks love Curt Schilling, it’s a scientific fact.

Boston avoided a sweep in Oakland yesterday with 40 year-old Curt Schilling coming within one out of the first no hitter of his career. I was glued to my computer at work listening to the game on MLB.com until Shannon Steward spoiled it with a hit to right field in the bottom of the ninth. A little disappointing yet still cool to see Schil’ still has the stuff to go wire to wire, which is rare for him anyway.

Josh Beckett is going for his ninth win tonight in three tries, he hasn’t had a win in exactly a month. That last win came against Toronto. The Sox are going to open up the weekend against the Arizona Diamondbacks who have won eight of their last ten and are only one game back of NL West leading San Diego. It won’t be an easy series on the road against a hot young team (mildly suggestive) like the D-Backs, but Boston is throwing Beckett, Tavarez (who’s been pitching a lot better), and Dice-K so it may not be all that bad. Dice-K gets a great match up against the aging yet still affective Randy Johnson on Sunday.

The Sox need to get their bats going. It's a secret to no one in Red Sox Nation that they haven't hit well for most of the year. Sure players step up, but nothing too terribly consistent, and this week it showed. They scored a paltry seven runs while in Oakland. It was pretty damn frustrating to watch the Sox bats get jet lag for four damn days against the same A’s team that the fucking Royals beat repeatedly in Oakland. Speaking of the Royals, I'll be heading out to "The K" tonight to watch a rematch of the 1980 World Series as the Philadelphia Phillies come to town for a weekend interleague series. The first 20,000 fans get a commemorative pin celebrating the series and reminding Royals fans of the fact that yes, Kansas City did have a good baseball team at one time.

Anyway, maybe this weekend I can finally get back into the swing of things with my team since I've been living at work the past two weeks, or dealing with coma inducing migraine headaches.

Note: I'd be remised if i didn't mention the draft at all. I know Boston doesn't focus on the farm as much as other teams on a major league level, but their system is very good, surprisingly competitive and worth examining. I'm working on a comprehensive draft entry as soon as the draft is completed. Don't miss it, it will be the most exciting entry ever.