Point taken Al but isn't it easier to deal with when your pathetic team of embarrassing incompetents settles into where it belongs long before the playoff participants are decided? Instead of, say, making you believe they can win it all until a couple of lame-brained decisions a few days ago changed everything?
You bring up a good point , maybe Francona should not have let Beckett come back out in the 5th ????
Lets face it Becketts hurt , Drew is Hurt , Lowell is having surgery Monday !!....If Shields was hurt and Langoria was having surgery on Monday and Crawford was hurt like Drew and Pena had a wrist problem are the Rays in the playoffs ?