Yankee-Red Sox game - NY 9, Boston 2
It started last night. The Yankee-Red Sox ebb and flow of this year started with a Red Sox disaster and a Yankee win. Overall, the game is .006 percent of the season. It?s like CSPAN2 at 3AM, not entirely meaningless but pretty close. It?s one of hopefully 100 or so wins for the Yankees and one of hopefully 80 or so losses for the Red Sox. While the Red Sox looked pretty awful, I doubt Damon, Edgar or Manny will go oh-fer the rest of the season. The one thing that did look mid-season was Damon?s fielding. He looks like a 12 year old girl. Jeesh, he looks awful. But Wells will get into stride even though he has no idea what it?s going to be like in Boston if he doesn?t become the stud they need him to be.
The Yanks did look good but it?s one game, in 40 degree early April, with Randy Johnson, a really funny name, on the mound. The players were hitting but was that because they were in stride or because Wells was off. As a Yankee fan, I like to believe it is an indication of how they are going to approach the year. But who knows, it?s only one game.
The one thing that is true to Red Sox Nation is WEEI, the local radio station. On a side note, I am back to listening to WEEI every time the radio is on for the first time since October. During the ?off season?, I listen to Imus in the morning and Jay Severin in the afternoon. Mainly because Hockey, Basketball ? and to a certain extend Football ? talk bores me. But I can listen to people go back and forth about baseball all day long.
So getting back to my story, I was listening to EEI off and on Sunday morning and afternoon. Just about everyone, callers and hosts, were bashing the Yankees. Like true Red Sox supporters, they were less focused on the Sox and more focused on the Yankees. So they were talking about how the Sox lineup was better and how the Yankees pitching staff was really just a shell of what people thought it was. ?Blah blah blah they SUCK.?
Well, this morning things are different. Red Sox Nation is pretty ticked. For some reason in third grade, the last year most of them attended structured school, they didn?t teach the theory that one performance is not necessarily indicative of ALL performances. After all, the Sox lost last year?s season opener to Baltimore and went on to win the World Series. But hey, what do I know, I?m just a Yankee fan.
So while I know last night didn?t mean much, it felt good to see the Yanks win.