Schill thinks Sox will get it done: "Time to maintain a streak now, and then watch this team go out and whip the @#%$ out of some people for a few weeks." -- 7.22.04: Curt on The Remy Report

California Dreamin'

(Happy 31st Birthday Nomar!)

When Nomar leaves our town (Nomar leaves our town)
We don't have to pay (we don't have to pay)
The Contract Ups will walk (Contract Ups will walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
He'll be safe and warm (He'll be safe and warm)
When he is in L.A. (When he is in L.A.)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On Nomar's birthday

Married Mia in a church
In Californ-i-a
Well, he got down on his knees (got down on his knees)
And he began to pray (he began to pray)
You know Red Sox fans are cold (Boston can be cold)
We know he's going away (yes he will go away)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On Nomar's birthday

When Nomar leaves our town (Nomar leaves our town)
We don't have to pay (Big contract goes away)
He won't have to talk (He won't have to talk)
Or care what writers' say (when he is in LA)

If he wasn't signed here (if he wasn't signed here)
He would leave today (He'd be on a pla-ane)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On Nomar's birthday
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On Nomar's birthday
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On Nomar's birthday

Tony Mazz Turns the Perfect Phrase

"Let's be honest: These Sox are a Fortune .500 company. They make a fortune and play .500. On most occasions this season, the Sox have treated baseball as a nuisance and demonstrated little or no enthusiasm. They have played poor defense. They run the bases neither well nor aggressively. They fail to advance runners or execute the simplest fundamentals, and they generally have lacked respect for the game or the effort it requires.

And then, when asked to explain how it all could be so wrong, they scratch their heads, shrug confusedly and offer a look of bewilderment.

Just wondering: Do they have mirrors in the Boston clubhouse? Do they?" -- Yanks want it more: Sox haven't shown enough grit

Buckley adds: "These Yankees always seem to be taking the extra base, wheras the Red Sox seem more concerned with taking the extra day off."

SOX SOUND THE BATTLE CRY!

"We can't afford to let them come here and kill us." -- Johnny Hair