So it all comes down to this...

7 months.
159 games.
1431 innings.
38637 outs.

A season on the line. 3 games will decide the fate of a team. This is playoff baseball, and I couldn't be happier.

The Boston Red Sox season began with the New York Yankees and its only right for it to end with the New York Yankees. The division championship is on the line, not to mention the wild card. I get butterflies just thinking about this weekends matchup. This is almost unheard of, after 159 games the Yankees are up by only one game. ONE GAME! These teams are so evenly matched that every game is a toss up...if not for Fenway Park.

The Sox have the best home record in baseball at 52-26. The Fens has broken a lot of hearts, but recent history has changed that. Senor Clutch has SINGLE HANDEDLY changed that.

No longer is there reason to fear every pitch, because there is always that chance that Mo will blow or Papi will bat in the 9th. If Ortiz isn't MVP by now, I don't quite understand what the meaning of the award is. Yes, A-Rod has been consistent and he plays the field, BUT Gary Sheffield is the real hero of the Yanks. Sheff has batted some unbelievable avg of .360+ with runners on while A-Rod has done it below .300. Papi has won games with the swing of the bat time and time again.

Friday we see Wang (ha) face off against Boomer Wells. This is going to be a slobberknocker. I predict both starting pitchers to be out by the 5th, at most. An unpredictable weekend ahead of us and I leave with the quote of a well known man...

"These are the times that try men's souls." -Tommy Paine

Lets kick some ass BoSox. (And keep Bucky F. Dent out of Fenway Pahk)