What's wrong with the Sox?

Sheesh. It's actually been a boring baseball season until the last week or so. The Red Sox have been in first place for all but about two weeks of the season (since April 18th, I think). Until their loss last night, they had the best record (90-63), but now two other teams, Cleveland and LA, have records of 90-62, so they've even lost that claim. And most importantly, what was once an 11.5 game lead over those darn Yankees is now down to a game and a half.

Of course, Red Sox Nation is in a panic. And we should be. I mean, if the season's going to implode, it usually happens right after the All Star break. This year, things were different. We cruised along our merry way after the break. In fact, we cruised along just fine until the series with the Yankees last weekend.

Sigh. We pretty much know at this point that we'll still be playing in October (but not mathmatically ruled out yet), but it would be nice to finish with the Sox on top of the division, not getting into the playoffs as the wildcard...again.