[Hemingway's Ghost]

They lost their two corner outfielders and until buying Abreu at WalMart, had to patch together a line up with the likes of Bubba Crosby. I don't say this as a yankee fan for if Saddam Hussein had a baseball team I'd root for them against the Yankees, but in the interests of accuracy.

Completely agree, and I'm a Sox season ticket holder. Given the Yankees' "depleted" roster this season, and the fact that GayRod sucks, the Sox should be 5 or 6 up on the Yanks right now, not 1.5 back. The TB/KC 1-5 road trip was an unmitigated disaster, and the 1-2 homestand v. Detroit didn't help things either.

Jason Johnson sucks, Lester is fresh out of diapers, Beckett is turning into Waybeckett, and Wells is a crapshoot. The only guy who's a guaranteed gamer is Schilling.

[bobsatwork]

....the fact that GayRod sucks....BINGO! The Yanks three biggest guns - two are on DL, the third is shooting blanks and playing D that would get him thrown off a college team. It's a MIRACLE the Yanks are doing as well as they are.