SOS

Never mind. My hopes for a return to the glorious past (April?) were merely wishful thinking. We've been swept by the Kansas City Royals. I thought it couldn’t get much worse than dropping two out of three to the Devil Rays, but I guess I was wrong. Good thing we aren’t stopping in Williamsport for the little league world series. It would be really embarrassing to drop a couple to the Taiwanese. And by my count, in fifteen of the last seventeen games, we have allowed five or more runs. Tonight Schilling gave up nine doubles, and a home run. In a sense, it’s amazing KC only scored five.

So we need some help, mostly in the pitching department. How about some consistent work from the starters? And more out of the bullpen than just Timlin, who still isn’t back to his early-season form, and Papelbon, who really seems to need Tek behind the plate. And as long as we’re asking, what about some hits from someone other than Papi, Manny, and of late, Wily Mo? If we can’t run this thing around, I really need something else to do the rest of this summer.