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It's probably the last one of the year, but that doesn't make it any less crucial. Matt Garza will be pitching for the Rays in tonight's Sox game. If you are physically repulsed by his saurian tongue and the rivulets of saliva that come flying off of it, avoid turning on NESN until at least the seventh inning. (Considering the way that Garza pitches the Sox, you might want to wait until the eighth.)

You asked, and we're delivering. Due to an overwhelming reader demand, we're instituting a Matt Garza Warning System here at Bostonist. Many of our readers cannot bear the sight of the Tampa Bay pitcher's championship caliber expectorating. The man is practically made of spit, and he precedes every pitch with anywhere between two and twenty loogies. And don't get us started about the way that his drool hangs off his hideous goatee. Or his weird lizard tongue. Still, many make the fatal mistake of turning on the Sox game when Garza is starting. Since most games happen at dinnertime, this innocent error can ruin whole evenings. So, we're giving you early warning.

We could talk about Boston playoff sports, but who really wants to do that today? The Bruins played. The Celtics played. Both wound up on the losing end of the spectrum (and we'll talk about both in a minute).

Much as we respect what Jonathan Papelbon is able to do on a mound -- and the way the guy knows how to celebrate -- we're going to call shenanigans on a remark he made Friday down in Florida.

If watching the Tampa Bay Rays score 29 runs to the Red Sox' 5 over the course of two games and six and half innings weren't discouraging enough to watch on television this postseason, imagine the fans at Fenway Park.

The Red Sox began a crucial three-game stint against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night with the kind of subtlety taught in the Tony Montana School of Thought: guns blazing, eyes a little crazy-like, bodies falling to the wayside. Sure, the Boston weapon of choice was bats, rather than guns, but Scott Kazmir will be the first to tell you that they are just as brutal and deadly.

Folks got their money's worth at Fenway last night. But what do you say to recap the game?

This is getting out of hand. On a night when the Sox finally decided to support their starter (Daisuke) with some offense, the bullpen decided it was their turn to ruin the evening and send Sox fans to their rosary beads, panic buttons and fallout shelters.

We guess if they'd come into the league as just the Rays (no Devil), they'd probably be working on their sixth pennant this year. But better late then never for Tampa Bay, who extended their AL East lead by dispatching the Red Sox, 5-4, in front of probably the largest assemblage of Rays fans ever.

If you looked at the Red Sox schedule at the beginning of the season, and someone told you there'd be a series in the first week of July with first place on the line, you'd probably assume it was the weekend series in the Bronx. You'd be wrong. So wrong. The Red Sox find themselves on the last day of June in second place, looking up at the Tampa Bay Rays and heading into St. Petersburg for the epic showdown to end all epic showdowns. Well, not really, but it sounds good. The stakes certainly are getting higher every time TB appears on the schedule.