Red Sox Go 8-0 vs. Yankees, Sabathia Punches Aceves in the Groin

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This Article Originally Appeared on GetOutofMyBallpark.com

Damn, it feels good to be a gangster.

If I were Joe Girardi right now I would be considering taking a walk through my bullpen with an Armalite AR-10 carbine gas-powered semi-automatic weapon, pumping round after round into colleagues and co-workers. He has to be getting frustrated.

Last night, just after the Sox bullpen had finally coughed one up (MDC on a rare off night), the Yanks 'pen gave it right back, proving that no matter how much you spend on starters and hitters, you need to spend a little more on those last two innings.

For the third straight night, the Yanks had to rely on their bullpen, and for the third straight night, the bullpen acted like they were throwing BP.

Last night it was the top of the order (and Nick Green) who got it going in the eighth, driving Chomping Cheeseburgers Sabathia (who gave up only one run while he was in the game, another bomb from The Rotting Corpse, but got hit for all four because his bullpen blows) from the game and placing themselves in the comfortable waiting arms of the Alfredo Aceves.

Four singles, a 10 pitch walk by Dusty Pete, and a Mike Lowell sac fly gave us three more in the inning, (Rocco struck out with the bases loaded to end the inning, but he had saved the game the inning before with a truly Ellsbury-esque catch) just enough to let the Papelbeast come out snorting and dominate the last three feeble men that they sent to the plate.

If this series doesn't demonstrate the chief advantage that this year's Sox have over their opponents then I don't know what will. As far back as Truck Day, I was lauding the fact that it was going to be the bullpen that made all the difference in the AL East this season.

But even I didn't know that they would be this good. There are no weaknesses, no soft spots, and, since the demotion of Javier Lopez, nobody who give you that Seanez like dread when he enters the game.

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