freakin' A's

dozed off on the couch last night during the third inning. Oakland had just taken the lead, 2-1, but i had seen the first Papi homer in almost a month. when i woke up the eighth inning was just winding down & the A's were up 4-2. as i puttered around, shutting down the apartment for the night & brushing my teeth before going back to sleep, in my bed this time, i saw the Sox scrap their way back into typing up the game at four. i smiled, but shut off MLBtv & curled up with my pillows, wondering what i would find when i woke up this morning.

yeah. glad i didn't stay awake to see the end of this one. Oakland won it in the eleventh inning, 5-4. safe to say i will *not* be watching this archived game on MLBtv this evening.

at least the White Sox managed to hold on & subdue the Yankees. Red Sox still have a ten game lead in the division, and the best record in MLB, even if they just lost back-to-back games for the first time since April.

let's hope that:
1. yesterday was a result of four usual starters getting a rest (Tek, Lowell, Coco, and Lugo eta: though i don't find Lugo's benching to be a so much a loss), combined with Sunday night's four hour game the night before causing the boys to arrive at their California hotel around 5am Monday morning.
2. Matsuzaka has a nice snappy outing this evening. something along the lines of, oh say, a shut out? =P
3. the White Sox can continue their beating on the Evil Empire.
4. and that this mini slump the Sox seem to be experiencing is short-lived, and not a new trend for the month of June.