ABANDON SHIP!!

Just kidding.

The Red Sox lost the perverbial "Game 8" last night in the Bronx, and lo throughout the land Red Sox loyalists are hurling themselves from rooftops.

Please let us remember that there are 161 games left to play and that in all actuality the Yankees had much more to prove last night than the Red Sox. Think about it, the last time the Bombers walked off that field they had just committed the greatest collapse in sports history and were forced to watch their most hated rivals celebrating in their house for over an hour. They were also debuting Randy Johnson, one of the great pitchers of our era while facing David Wells a former mate (who had in fact shamed the Yankee organization with his ridiculous book). And most of all they needed a win to appease a rabid and wounded fan base. If you think the reaction to this loss in Red Sox nation is bad, double it add to it a recent heartbreaking collapse and that's what it would have been like if the Sox had pounded Johnson and trounced the Yanks 9-2.

So relax, this team is going to win a lot of games. The Yankees are going to win a lot too, but the sky is not falling yet.

That being said...

David Wells looked like a wolf in sheep's clothing last night. I will not give fodder to the idea of an embedded Yankee in Red Sox camp, but that performance raised a lot of eyebrows. The balk, which cost them a run, was especially awful. He just looked lost and overwhelmed and like he really would rather have been sitting in the other dugout.

In other news Johnny Damon is a moron. After his pitiful performance in center field last night he had this to say on the death of the Pope, "It's unfortunate. He (the Pope) was an awesome guy."

Also on Damon's docket today was a Barnes and Noble book signing and a visit to Regis and Kelly. Apparently they pet him like a dog for ten minutes, asked if it was his real hair, suggested that he was some type of athlete, then Kelly blew him while Regis watched and then Johnny wrote a book about it. Someone please tell this idiot to get his head on straight, they are in New York to play the Yankees not to make a stop on a publicity tour.

And finally, I quote half of Red Sox nation on several occasions last night as ground balls to short turned into baserunners, "Cabrera would have made that play."

Welcome to life in "post-curse" Boston.