Sports Redux: 6-0

Six games does not a season make. Even though some easily-swayed souls seem to think so. But regardless, the Red Sox are indisputably 6-0 against the Yankees so far in this young season, everyone's happy, and last night's game was about as good as it gets.

We'll start with the men on the mound. Two ex-Marlins went to battle last night, and only one of them looked like he belonged on a major league field. Josh Beckett, to be honest, looked ready to pose for his bronze Cooperstown plaque. He carved through the Yankees' trillion-dollar lineup, going six innings with eight strikeouts and surrendering only one hit, an infield hit to Robinson Cano that might not have been a hit if the field weren't soaked. Oh well.

Meanwhile, A.J. Burnett, who blew a 6-0 lead the last time the Yankees were in town, got belted around again and was out of the game in time to get to Government Center for the Scooper Bowl. Luckily, the emotionally fragile Burnett has the NY media on his side. The party started with David Ortiz' second home run of the week, continued with RBI doubles by Drew, Green and Lowell, and finished with a Nick Green insurance home run. Final: 7-0. Last time the Sox went to 6-0 against New York: 1912. Winner of the 1912 World Series: Red Sox. Take it from there.

Both current Finals series got more interesting last night. The Penguins took Game Six at home, forcing a Game Seven in Detroit for the Stanley Cup. If Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals goes into overtime, well, we'll go ahead and say that's the greatest thing in all of sports. Despite the Bruins going down in OT of Game Seven. The Magic seem ready to make it a series in the NBA, breaking the Finals record for shooting percentage (62.5%) and still just narrowly beating the Lakers to make it 2-1, LA. On a local note, you may remember some angry Laker fans saying last year's Finals would have been different if L.A. had a healthy Andrew Bynum. Well, a healthy Andrew Bynum is shooting 37% and averagine six points a game. So there's that.

Speaking of the Celtics, there are rumors buzzing around about Danny Ainge trying to trade to get Memphis' #2 pick in the draft and take Elijah Wood lookalike Ricky Rubio. Some of these trade rumors involve Rajon Rondo, so if you see Ainge on the street today, slap some sense into him for us. Good news for the C's: defensive guru Tom Thibodeau removed his name from the potential coach list of the doomed Sacramento Kings, and everyone assumes he'll be back for another year next to Doc on the bench.

Tom Brady's safe after flipping his kayak in the Charles River. We wish him luck with his inevitable bout with amoebic dysentery.

Photo by Winslow Townson/Associated Press.