Red Sox vs Yankees

The Red Sox took 2 out of three from the Yankees by winning last night 5-3. Here are a couple of miscellaneous thoughts on last night's game:

- If you were a neutral observer you would have to say that the Red Sox deserved this win more than the Yankees - mostly based upon the performance of the starting pitchers. Tim Wakefield went 6 innings, struck out 9 (while walking 3) and threw 71 strikes to just 35 balls. Shawn Chacon on the other hand went just 4 2/3 and was extemely lucky to have just given up a single run. Chacon allowed 5 hits and walked 5 (while striking out just one batter) and he was very fortunate because his outfielders were able to rob both Mike Lowell and Doug Mirabelli of home runs. Of the 104 pitches Chacon threw - half of them were balls. Chacon was lucky the Sox didn't hammer him.

- I feel bad for Hideki Matsui - he's a tough player not to like (broke his wrist and still had the presence of mind to get the ball back into the infield). Now he'll be out for months. Now the Yankees lack of depth will be exposed. Now you will be deluged with rumors about Torii Hunter, Jay Payton and Junior Griffey going to the Yankees. I don't feel confident about the situation because the possibility exists that some unknown will step up and more than fill Matsui's shoes the way Aaron Small filled the hole in the starting rotation last year.

- Even though hearing the song means that the Yankees have lost - I still hate the Liza Minelli version of New York, New York.

- Mo Rivera is a Hall of Famer but whenever I see him I can't help but chuckle and think of his Sons of Sam Horn nickname of Fruit Bat. Admit it - he does look like a fruit bat.