The Red Sox blew their biggest lead in over two decades last night. (AP Photo)
Watching this game slip like sand through the Sox fingers was as painful as watching a sunburn grow in redness on an unprotected forearm through a salty sunglasses view. Immediately after the "two-out walk-off the field incident" the game took a drastic turn for the bad, and our untouchable bullpen suddenly was fondled at will by the O's, as they ringed out hit-after-hit. I'm not going to dwell too much on this game, however the loss of the game along with Mike Lowell to the DL is helping make the Red Sox appear much less intimidating, and helps bring us back to down to the harsh competitive realities that the AL East presents. It looked like the Sox may have been able to put a decent gap in the division entering the All-Star break, however the continued competition should be expected, and you just hope their fight stays there. Coming into June we were down half a game to the Yanks, and exiteing June we're currentlly 2.5 games up, so all-in-all it's been a great month.
Beckett's the perfect pitcher to have on the mound today though, and while I'm at work, I'll be listening via MLB Audio, and you can follow my thoughts on the game via Twitter here: http://www.twitter.com/sawxblog
Let's Go Sox!
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