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Prior to last night’s game, the Red Sox were a game and a half behind the first place Devil Rays and a sweep would put the Red Sox back at the top of the division. In previous years, it was the Yankees the Sox were fighting for the top spot – the laundry might have changed, but the battle is still there. Last night, Jon Lester and the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 3-0.

Fear of the number 13. As in, 13 innings. As in, losing in the 13th inning on an Ivan Rodriguez single off of Jonathan Papelbon. But don't blame Papelbon, on a night when the Red Sox had two runs after three batters, then took the rest of the night off. A night when the team left a platoon on base. A night when - well, it just wasn't our night. It started off well enough;...

Let's give a hand to WEEI caller Pauley, who aptly summed up Tuesday's Sox home game against the Detroit Tigers during the Planet Mikey Show with, "It was a drinking night tonight." It wasn't a pretty showing at Fenway on Tuesday, despite the presence of the brilliant-this-season Tim Wakefield on the mound. The Sox endured a 7-2 pounding that was led by Tiger pitcher and 2006 AL Rookie of the Year Justin Verlander (7 2/3...

The Bruins seem to have rolled over and played dead. Only a short time ago, they had a shot at the playoffs, and now it seems as if they just don't want to deal with the pressure. Or they couldn't take the pressure. Yesterday, they lost to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 to 1. And the Flyers are in the NHL basement, which says way too much about how the Bruins are playing.

Memo to Red Sox Nation — Let's please leave the "Idiot" distinction to the Sox players on the field. There must be some cosmic rule, written in stone by the Baseball Gods, saying that there can't be a Sox/Yanks series without some unbelievably screwy crap going down. Fights aren't uncommon when these two teams meet, that's certain. But in the past few seasons we, the fans, are starting to see some crazy shit go down. Sure, it has yet to escalate to Artest'ian proportions, but how long before it does? And of course, it's only when the Yankees come to town. Do fans act like this when the D-Rays (see figure 1.A) are in town? Oh hell no.