Diary of a Red Sox Fan

Following the Red Sox has been a lot different this year. For the past four seasons Tara and I have splurged during baseball season and purchased the TV package so we could watch Boston play. This year we decided to cut back, so I'm forced to follow the games online or through the new MLB Network (this channel has become somewhat of an obsession over the past two months).

Even though I can find the scores online, It's nice when the Sox show up on national television. This week the Yankees were in Boston so I was able to watch parts of Tuesday and Wednesday's games. The Red Sox have had an interesting season to this point. The starting pitchers haven't performed to the level of expectation, the hitters (outside of of Pedroia, Bay, and Youkilis) have been average at best, and Big Papi hasn't even shown up yet - he was hitting below .200 with 2 homers at the beginning of the week.

This leads us to the series with the Yankees. Boston has owned the Yankees this season. 5 - 0 so far going into this series. Even though Tuesday and Wednesday night's game had my stomach in knots, the Sox prevailed each game and now we've gone 8-0 against the New York Yankees. Sometimes you just have a team's number. Will it last? Probably not. Still I like the Sox chances anytime we see a member of the NY bullpen. Last night Boston was down 3-1 in the 8th inning, when they staged a 3 run rally off the Yankees relievers to seal the sweep.

Even though I can't watch as many games this year I do have one ace in the hole as a Sox fan. In two weeks I get to watch Boston live. We'll be on the east coast for a conference and the Red Sox are only 35 minutes away. I can't wait!