Remember all the talk about how the Devil Guppies are for real and that there was no possible way they could squandor a five or six game lead?
I mean, they beat the Anahiem Angels. They guaranteed themselves a .500+ season. They appeared poised to go down as "Baseball's Greatest Story Ever" simply by making the playoffs.
And then there was that three game sweep the Jays put on them. And the series loss to the Yankees. And last night's goose egg against Jon Lester.
All the while, the Red Sox have been lobbing off games faster than McCain has made up ground on Obama. They rallied from 4-0 to beat the Os last Wednesday. They've lost one game in the past week. They've pitched. They've hit. They've overcome injuries to Drew, Youkilis, Lowell, Beckett. They've proved why they are the World Champions.
The Sox are essentially a Tim Wakefield knuckleball out of first place fellas. A Tim Wakefield knuckleball and the Rays/Guppies would be making cameos in those "Legal Seafood" commercials that run on NESN all the time.
Now I know the Sox have a tough road ahead of them. They got four against the Jays, three in Tampa, but the Gups got a set in New York, and Skid Row Joe might be playing to save his job, so you could see an AL East blowout if Boston stays hotter than smoked smelts!
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