Dabbling in the A.L. East basement
With the Evil Empire over in the Bronx stinking out the five boroughs with their atrocious play, this is the opportunity for the Sox to gain some more distance on the rest of the A.L. East.
Luckily, the BoSox recent skid has corresponded quite nicely alongside the Yankees current streak of garbage play, but over the next two months they need to take advantage of mismatches like these to make sure they keep New York right where they deserve to be; gnawing on table scraps behind the Blue Jays.
Not that they NEED this series in particular, they play the Devil Rays 18 MORE FREAKIN TIMES over the last half of the season.
This is the best case scenario for the Sox but they need to capitalize on the ailing Devil Rays, who are last place in the A.L. East at 33-48. They begin the series tonight with Dice-K who will be taking on left hander Scott Kazmir (5-4, 4.26), then follow up with Wakefield and Beckett (not too shabby).
After going 4 - 6 in the last 10 games, the Red Sox could use a solid win streak to get right back on track as the BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL!
Regardless of standings though, it still feels GREAT to have any opportunity to beat up on the Devil Rays!