Ok, they're done this time, right? The Sox are five games under .500 in August, with an awful -71 run differential, fresh off an 11-3 thrashing at home to the Rays, who now own a sizable lead on them in the Wild Card race, despite being fringe contenders at best themselves. The Sox hopes are done. This is what happens when your wrath of God winning streak only zips you into the very back of the pack.
Read MoreDeath is Curt Casali at home plate with the ball. Absurdly well-prepared for our arrival, unavoidable. Alexei's leap, are our efforts to endure, survive, even transcend the irresistible forces of our way out. Alexei's leap is life itself. It's noble, but ultimately doomed, and perhaps how doomed it was from the start adds to its nobility.
Read MoreIf the Sox win: They're turning it around!
If they lose: Thank goodness they didn't buy at the deadline! They're dreadful!
This weekend has provided a lot of validation for the Sox staying out of the bidding for Yoenis Cespedes, Justin Upton and the like, as the starting pitching that propped up their torrid sprint back into the Wild Card field mostly took the weekend off against the Yankee offense, unfrozen 2010 John Danks aside.
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