does anyone else feel like maybe this is too easy?

photos from The Boston Herald

seriously. i feel like there is a rug between us & a well-polished hard wood floor. we're standing on it and it feels so soft & cushy under our feet. it could be easy to get used to such luxury. call it the born & bred Sox fan in me, but i can't just roll around on the rug, savoring it though. because it feels like someone could grab a hold of that rug & yank it at any time, sending us tumbling onto the unforgiving hard wood below, where we ultimately lay there, feeling battered, broken & foolish as we stare at the ceiling, wondering just what the heck happened. so i keep looking over my shoulder suspiciously to see if any unsavory characters are lurking about, just waiting til we least suspect it to yank the rug & take away the glorious April & May we've been given.

on that note.

1. Youk. 21 game hit streak. not to mention the nine game multiple hit streak. i swear he is one of the two unsung heroes on the Sox. i can't even begin to express how happy Youk makes me. just something about watching him play. Youk on a streak makes for happy Dawn. i watch every game, just willing him to get that next hit.


2. Tek homered again. every time i get to say this, i become more confident that last year really was about him being injured far more than any of us realized. i am thinking much of the team played this way in 2006 in fact.

3. Joshy. there's no way this is the same pitcher from last year.

4. i think the bats were confused last night. they hit like Wakey was pitching.

5. i would be really bad at that Sox Appeal dating game. i would be way too busy watching the game. and if the guy wouldn't zip it & stop talking to me, i would probably get annoyed. yeah. like i said. that wouldn't work for me.

6. "So strange to see the number 33 on the back of Trot Nixon's uniform." (Don Orsillo) yeah... strange in the way it's strange to see the guy you'll never get over on a date with another girl. you know he *could* come back, but he probably won't, and everything looks all wrong, and it kind of smarts a little, but you're still so happy to see him...

7. Okie Dokie comes in. rings up another save. the Sox win 4-2. and Joshy remains undefeated at 8-0.


8. tonight Matsuzaka makes his first appearance since he pitched with a raging case of stomach flu. hopefully the only people feeling sick tonight will be members of the other team (Trot, not included).

see what i mean? it's too simple. no angst. no nail-biting. no pacing. almost can't see the Yankees right now, they are so far back. all systems are go. the sky is clear. the sea is calm. but it almost feels *too* quiet. like that moment just before Jaws bites off the front half of your boat... i really hope it's just thirty years of Sox paranoia...