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I've been up here in New england for about a week, with a week to go, and it has given me the opportunity to see the Sox play on a daily basis. I am disturbed to reprt that they are just like the Yankees, only in reverse. Whereas the Yankees tend to score runs and then go into a shell when the opponent answers, the Sox are most dangerous the AB after they've given up runs. Whereas the Yankees are at their most futile with a runner on third and less than two outs, the Sox never, and I mean never, fail to get him across. Whereas you look at the combination of Yanks' hits and walks in the box score and wonder why they managed so few runs, you look at the same combination for the Sox and wonder how they managed to score so many. Whereas the Yankees' role players like Cabrera and Cairo always get a hit or two but rarely figure in the scoring, the Sox role players like Crisp, Loretta, Lowell and Gonzalezale always seem to get their hits when it matters. Whereas the Yanks are the worst RISP team in baseball, the sox are nearly the best.Whereas the Sox have the greatest clutch superstar in the game, the Yankees have the biggest superstar choke artist in the game.

In sum, whereas the Sox most closely resemble the Yankees of the twentieth century,the Yankees most closely resemble the Sox of the 20th century. That is the single most depressing thought about baseball I think I've ever had.