Red Sox Vs. A's: Well...That Sucked

When we pitch, we don't hit. When we hit, we don't pitch. Most nights we don't do either. At least tonight we don't have to stay up until 2:37 A.M. to continue this nightmare that is the 2009 season. 

With a Travis Buck infield single at 2:33 this morning (EST), the Red Sox lost their sixth game of the season, furthering the downward spiral that has engulfed much of New England.

As badly as this year has gone in the short (has it only been eight days, really?) start to the baseball season, DO and Jerry were actually commending people for staying up into extras last night.

The Wiggler fell to the ailment that we all know was going to hit him after pitching 14.2 innings in the WBC, vaginitis, as he left the game following the first. He was a lucky one.

Even Smoltz looked like he was freezing and in pain in the dugout as the game moved into the 12th. Dice-K (who is not cool enough to get a Transformer name at this point, unless it is Arcee) threw 43 pitches in an agonizing first inning, giving up five runs on five hits and two walks.

He then was lifted, walked up the tunnel, and left the game to his bullpen.

The team later reported to the press box that it was arm fatigue, to which our wonderful announcers immediately responded (probably just trying to talk us in off the ledge) that every pitcher goes through this in spring training.

Well, it's not spring training. He's probably out for the season, needs to have his arm amputated, and going to put a curse on the team for slighting him by saying he was tired.

Though the Sox dropped to 2-6 and continued many of the trends that have led to me waking up each morning and checking the standings just to make sure it wasn't some type of cruel nightmare, there were a few bright spots to last nights game/4.5 hour stomach punch.

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