It started out good, but went quickly downhill in the 6th inning when the Yankees ripped off 4 runs on their way to a 10-3 win. Even the return of Manny Ramirez from "injury" wasn't enough to stop the bleeding as the Red Sox dropped back to back games against the Yankees.

It was all I could handle not to throw my television set out my window when Joe Buck and Tim McCarver spent an entire inning, literally an entire inning, not a half an inning, but an entire inning, talking about the Manny Ramirez "saga." I didn't throw my television out the window which was unfortunate because that meant I had to watch the rest of this game.

Is it too early to panic about this series? The Yankees look like the Red Sox did in the 1st half of the season and the Red Sox look like the Yankees of the 1st half. The real scary thing is that for as bad of a 1st half of the season as the Yankees had, coming out of the All-Star Break, they are on the heels of the 1st place Rays.

This game hurts me on more levels then just the fact that the Red Sox lost, it also hurts on a personal level. You see, at the begining of the season I made a bet with my buddy Jeremy that every series between the Red Sox and the Yankees this season was worth a six pack to the winner, not so bad right? Well, it will be if the Red Sox lose the season series, because if that happens then I have to buy him a Yankees jersey and actually buy it, in the store, be seen, buying a Yankees jersey. These a-holes better win tomorrow.

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adam@wickedpissadude.com

Labels: Boston Red Sox, Joe Buck, Manny Ramirez, New York Yankees, Tim McCarver

It was pure Red Sox baseball. The Sox pulled ahead early. Gave up the lead in the middle and were on the verge of coming back in the ninth. Manny was at the plate, looking to just be Manny. There was one out, runners on 1st and 2nd, hitters count and Manny hit an infield pop up. It took two pitches to get Mikey Lowell and the rest was history.

As much as it sucks that the Red Sox lost and are no longer in 1st place, I will say, this is way MLB is so exciting throughout the season. You never know what's going to happen. Last week on Wicked Pissa Dude Radio we were fired up that the Sox were in 1st place and one week later, on the verge of another Wicked Pissa Dude Radio show, the Sox are now 1 game back and the battle for first begins.

I imagine that Seattle will treat the BoSox slightly better then the City of Angels did, but who knows. With Papi on the verge of coming back to the line-up and Lowrie filling in pretty nicely for Lugo, the Sox will be fine. It just would have been nice for them to be able to split this weekend series with the Angels, but such is not the case.

As Timmy would say, we cannot win nationally televised games. My take on it is that Jeannie Glasko (I don't know how to spell her name and I hate her so much it's not even worth Googling it, so F-her) is jinxing the Red Sox and obviously Kevin Kennedy hates the Sox. The only silver lining to today's round of Fox Saturday Baseball was, NO JOE BUCK!! AMEN!!!

adam@wickedpissadude.com

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Labels: Big Papi, Bosox, Boston Red Sox, Fox Saturday Baseball, Joe Buck, Los Angeles Angels of Aneheim, Manny Ramirez, Seattle Mariners, Wicked Pissa Dude Radio