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If identity theft scares you out of trying to get the chance to buy tickets to possible Sox playoff games, and you're not comforted by the Texas Rangers even worse brand of bad karma, there is a solution for you and other pessimists. It's called the 2010 season. Yes, on a day when the push to sell 2009 playoff tickets began, the Red Sox released their 2010 schedule. That's right. Skip the 2009 playoffs entirely! FYI, the 2010 season opens against the Yankees.

Are you feeling jittery about registering for the chance to buy Sox playoff tickets in the middle of a wild card race? We imagine that people aren't only worried about giving the Sox their credit card information without actually buying anything, there's also the fact that many people think talking about playoffs means you're jinxing playoffs.

A lot was at stake last night for the Red Sox. They had to avoid a sweep from the Texas Rangers, and Curt Schilling needed to prove himself after his unfortunate first outing against the Kansas City Royals. Prove himself he did. Despite some shaky moments from reliever Javier Lopez, Jonathan Papelbon came out and got the job done, helping the Red Sox defeat the Rangers 3 to 2.

Believe it or not, its hot stove time, and that means time to start talking about the 2007 iteration of the Olde Towne Team.

Just about 21 years ago the Sox were gearing up for a match up with the Texas Rangers to play a rained out game from earlier in the season. Today the same scenario exists – the Sox play the Rangers at home in a rescheduled game due to a rain out earlier in the year. Today's video is better than the whole team wearing throwback jerseys – it’s both the Rangers and the Sox in original 1985 jerseys in a TV38 promo for their Sox coverage. You may be able to watch the game today in high def. If you do you'll be missing out on the quality of VHS recorded TV kept in a den for 20 years, then digitized and converted to flash on YouTube.

Sunday the Red Sox saw the turnstiles click past 1 million so far this season. The pace is record setting for crowds at Fenway. This year capacity rests slightly above last years number, allowing for the fastest millionth fan to visit Fenway in years past. It was their 28th home bout, just after a walk-off Ortiz home-run to end their 27th. By some sketchy math attendance looks to be about 36,250 per game. Recently bloggers and professional sports writers have opined for the days when the average Joe Boston could a) get tickets to Fenway Park to see the Sox play and b) pay a reasonable price for said tickets. There are certainly some expensive seats, and it's unlikely that they'll be declining anytime in the near future. Business savvy of owner John Henry won't allow for it.

The first series of the season is in the books and the Red Sox are on their way to Baltimore with a 2-1 record after last night's 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers. Of the last two games there were only a few bright spots to showcase, Jonathan Papelbon's performance being one, Josh Becket's being another. Monday's game was an all-around impressive display of offense - Mike Lowell's bat is slow...what? - and pitching. Thank the baseball gods that the Curt Schilling is pitching like Curt Schilling. We missed you last year, big guy.

A week ago while Bostonist was watching the Red Sox play the Texas Rangers a little window popped up on the computer - an Instant Message from our buddy, saying, "Holy crap, Manny's wearing Oakley Thump glasses in the outfield." "Excuse me?" said Bostonist. "Yeah dude, you know those Oakleys that have the built-in mp3 player? Manny's got those on!" Bostonist's pal replied. How did he know? Well, said friend is blessed to be...