craziness

recent weeks have held any combination of frustrating games, horrific officiating and those games that the Sox offense is a raging inferno leaving their opponent little more than a pile of ashes.

and that doesn't even touch the insanity that was Saturday's second game of a twin bill against the recently surging Jays.

take, for instance, the way the first two Sox runs score: Ellsbury walks. Pedroia doubles, moving Ellsbury to third. and somehow on a wild pitch, *both* of them manage to cross the plate.

and then there is the fact that Bartolo Colon's start was brought to you by the number 5: he had a meltdown that resulted in a FIVE-run second. then in the FIFTH inning, Rios hits a ball back at Colon, who has his back to home plate, the ball kicks up off his heel & pops right into his glove & he tosses it to first to end the FIVE-pitch inning.

the Sox spent all but the first inning, trailing Toronto. they slowly wittled away the gap but i just didn't believe they could climb all the way back. the last few weeks have made me rather cynical for some reason.

and then: Ellsbury chops one just to the first-base side out in front of home plate & the Jays pitcher falls on face trying to get to it, allowing the go-ahead run to score in eighth.

icing on the cake: Papelbon manages to come in and not only *not* blow the save but produce that elusive 123 ninth inning. (/sarcasm)

strange, strange turn of events in this game.

somehow Sox come behind from a 5-2 deficit to win 7-5 *and* though the Yankees almost mess up their late-game rally, coming from behind 4-1 to be up 6-4 going into their own closing situaton, giving up a ninth inning run, they manage to hold on for a 6-5 win.

so after picking up a soggy half game Friday & yesterday's pair of doubleheaders ending up a wash, the Sox are two back from first with Lester facing a 3-day-rested Halladay in 90 minutes--about the best possible way to face Halladay, in my opinion. Edwin Jackson & Carl Pavano square off in the Bronx, making it anybody's game. i'm rooting for whatever gives the Sunbeams a loss...

to say things just.got.interesting is a gross understatement.