The Sox Are Done.

The evening of October 16, 2004 may have been the single best night ever for me as a wannabe sports prognosticator. The Yankees had just destroyed the Sox at Fenway to take a 3-0 series lead. I fearlessly predicted that the Sox would come back to win the series and exactly how it would happen, including Damon's home runs, excluding the bloody sock.

Why was I so confident? Because that Sox team had a looseness and a swagger to them that this year's team does not. Despite having the best record int he AL all season, not once did I have the Sox as the favorite to get to the World Series. I have watched them all year and there just seems to be something missing there despite the best record in the league. I mean something besides the fact that J.D. Drew is a gutless jag and Coco Crisp is an automatic out in big late inning situations. Which is why they are not coming back this year. Beckett may get them through Game 5 tonight but I don't think they can beat Carmona in Game 6 and Dice K sure as hell won't pitch well in Game 7 if it gets that far.