WELL, LAST NIGHT WAS UGLY TO SAY THE LEAST! BUT.....ITS STILL ONLY ONE GAME! SO REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELAX PEOPLE! THE BEST BULLPEN IN BASEBALL HAD A DAY OFF!

FIRST.....I WANNA SAY....NICE OUTING FOR SMOLTZY! HE WAS STRAIGHT DEALING! YEAH, HE HAD A HICCUP ONE INNING.......BUT LOOKED GREAT OVERALL! SO KUDOS TO HIM!

MASTERSON CAME IN AFTER THE RAIN DELAY.....AND LOOKED TO BE CONTINUING SMOLTZ'S DOMINATION OF THE BIRDIES.......MAKIN THE FIRST 6 HE FACED SIT DOWN WITHOUT A BASE! THEN IN A TYPICAL MOVE WHEN WE HAVE A DAY GAME THE NEXT DAY, WITH A HUGE LEAD AT 10-1......TITO TOOK THE CAPTAIN OUT AND PUT KOTTERAS IN! NOW, NOT BEING A PITCHER MYSELF, I WOULDNT KNOW THE FULL EXTENT ON HOW THAT REFLECTS ON THE HURLER.......BUT SEEING WHAT HAPPENED.......I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT THATS WHEN THE SNOWBALL FIRST STARTED TAKING FORM! ALL OF A SUDDEN, MASTERSON DIDNT LOOK SO BIG ON THE HILL! AND THE BIRDIES STARTED SWATTING BALLS LIKE THEY WERE SOFTBALLS AT SLOW SPEED! HIT AFTER HIT....AND NEXT THING U KNOW......RUNS START COMIN IN FASTER THAN U COULD COUNT EM! THE SNOWBALL STARTED GAINING MOMENTUM AND GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER.............NEXT THING U KNOW......THE TYING RUN IS ON DECK! IN COMES OKI.....WHO IF U REMEMBER CORRECTLY, HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS AT FENWAY SOUTH LAST SEASON AS WELL........WELL, THE SNOWBALL GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER! IN COMES SAITO.....AND STILL NO SLOWING THE SNOWBALL! SO....IN DESPERATION......IN A GAME WHERE HE THOUGHT HE'D NEVER SEE THE MOUND.....IN COMES PAP TO TRY AND SAVE OUR ASSES! WITH ONE OUT AND TWO ON (1ST AND 3RD)......HE FANS THE FIRST GUY MUCH TO HIS CHAGRIN...........BUT THEN IT HAPPENS! BANG! RIGHT IN RIGHT CENTER IN A SMALL GAP.......TWO RUNS SCORE AND NOW WE TRAIL 11-10! IS THIS AN INDIANS GAME???? IS THIS A CUBS GAME? NOPE.....ITS A RED SOX GAME! YES.......THE BEST BULLPEN IN ALL OF BASEBALL IS BLOWING IT! AND THAT WE DID!

KUDOS TO THE BIRDIES......WITH THAT FRANCHISE......THAT WAS THEIR WORLD SERIES! ALL 12 ORIOLES FANS IN THE CROWD AT FENWAY SOUTH WERE EXSTATIC! AND RIGHTLY SO! IT WAS THEIR BIGGEST DEFICIT IN FRANCHISE HISTORY THAT THEY OVERCAME, 1ST HUGE LEAD TO ERASE SINCE 1957.....OR WAS IT 1956?....SAME THING, AND THE BIGGEST OVERCOME DEFICIT BY A LAST PLACE TEAM OVER A FIRST PLACE TEAM! SO KUDOS TO THEM FOR THAT!

BUT.....PUTTING THIS WHOLE THING IN PERSPECTIVE.....WE "ARE" STILL IN FIRST PLACE, THEY "ARE" STILL IN LAST PLACE, AND EVEN WITH THAT HORRIBLE 13 HIT 10 RUN PERFORMANCE BY OUR BULLPEN.....THEY ARE "STILL" THE BEST PEN IN ALL OF BASEBALL! ONE GAME.......THATS ALL THAT WAS! IF THEY CAME BACK AND SCORED 400 HR'S......IT WOULD STILL JUST BE ONE GAME! SO.....NO BIGGIE THERE REALLY!

BECKETTS ON THE LUMP TO GET THINGS BACK TO NORMAL! 30+ MINUTES TO GAME TIME.........SO LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!! WE'LL BE FINE! I SULKED LAST NIGHT........BUT NOW ITS BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL! SKANKS GET TO SNIFF OUR BUMPERS A LITTLE CLOSER.......BUT NO BIGGIE! AND ANY SKANKS FAN THAT WANTS TO GIVE U CRAP FOR LAST NIGHTS GAME.......JUST REMIND THEM THAT ITS THE ORIOLES WHO HAVE ONE WIN AGAINST US THIS SEASON.......THEY HAVE NONE! NUF CED!

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