I’ve been busy helping get the 1967 AL Pennant Race site caught up. We’re getting there but with the net problems and then some vacations between the participants, it’s been a slow process. Soon though. At this point in time in 1967, the Red Sox weren’t near the top of the pack anyway so it’s all good.
The Red Sox dropped two of three to the Yankees. It feels good to say this, but big deal. In fact the Yankees aren’t our primary problem, the Blue Jays are and they still sit 10 1/2 games back. This is getting fun and while running away with things (if they run away with things) makes for a boring August and September, it’s much better then say, what happened last year.
David Ortiz has been nursing a sore hamstring. It’s not a big deal now because he only has to swing the bat but when interleague play starts back up, it could spell trouble. Then again, it could allow us to give Ortiz the time off he needs.
You have to love Kevin Youkilis and I suspected he have something like this in him. While his hitting streak is over, he still helped out with some walks in the Red Sox win on Saturday. Anytime your OPS is close to a four digit number, you know you’re doing good. I’m surprised they haven’t pushed him back into the leadoff spot with that .433 OBP.
And Mike Lowell is the other pleasant surprise. He leads the team with eleven homers and 45 RBIs and that’s no small task when you have Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz on your team. Now, if Julio Lugo would just get going…..
West coast trips are no small task and the Red Sox start one tonight with four against the A’s. Then interleague picks up with three against a solid Diamondbacks team. If we can win four of seven every week though, the Red Sox will get all of the wins they need so I’m not too worried about either series. And with the other teams being beat up in the East, I’m thinking there’s no need to worry, Yankees series win or not.
