Red Sox vs Yankees

Sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes you're the bug. Last night the Red Sox were the bug - getting beat 7-3 in the Bronx.

The Red Sox loss dropped them back to a tie for first in the AL East with the Yankees. In hindsight - the main story to last night's game should probably be Terry Francona's decision to skip Matt Clement's normal spot in the rotation in order to move up Curt Schilling a day and get Tim Wakefield a start in the series.

Of course hindsight is 20/20 but you do have to wonder why Francona would be messing with the rotation this early in the season. I'm of the mind to get the guys the extra day of rest when you can but by the same token - I can't fault Francona too much for making this move because his goal was to take every game against the Yankees seriously.

Another side-story to last night's game is the continued struggles of Jason Varitek at the plate. For the season Varitek is hitting just .224 and for the last 10 games he's hitting just .184. So far in this series - Varitek is 0-9 against the Yankees. Maybe it is time to drop Varitek down in the order and move the red hot Mike Lowell up in the batting order?

It also should be noted that NESN has been touting May as the countdown to 200 wins for Curt Schilling. That's the kiss of death. Schilling is at 197 right now and this countdown to 200 talk is as big a jinx as talking about a no-hitter to the pitcher in the 5th inning. Thanks alot NESN. Now it is almost certain that we'll have to wait until June for Curt's 200th.