Round One Goes to the Bronx Buttheads

The Yanks beat the Sox 9-5 last night. So what?

Let's see the Yankees beat Schilling and Beckett. Then they'll have something to talk about.

I can't help but feel like the Sox find the Yankees to be a let down this year. It seems like the Sox haven't faced the Yankees with the same fire they have shown against the Tigers, Braves, and Indians this year. Francona threw our 4, 5, and 1 starters against the Yanks 1, 2, and 3 starters during the last series. If he hadn't decided to hold Freddy Kreugar out of this weekend set, we would have faced the top of the Yankee rotation with our 4, 5, 1 starters again.

I want to crush the Yankees on Saturday and Sunday. I want to step on their collective throat, hold their head under the water, keep the pillow pressed firmly to their face. If the Sox can take the series, they will have increased their lead against New York to 14.5-games. If the Sox manage to win only a single game, the Yanks will have only improved by a single game in the standings. We need to embarrass the Yankees.



And for something completely different, here's my first round NBA mock draft. I don't follow the NBA draft, let alone the NBA, with the same vigor I did four or five years ago. It became too hard to keep up with high schoolers and foreign prospects. I don't even follow college hoops until March Madness rolls around these days. I was pleased with my first round NFL mock draft this year. I have no sense of how good or bad my NBA mock could really be. It was simply a nice waste of five minutes.