Stil in ninth place

Bucholz needs to put on a few pounds and Becket needs to lose a few pounds. Maybe they should work out together - Bucholz can sit on his ass eating chicken and Becket can run on the treadmill.

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I checked this afternoon and the Red Sox are still in ninth place. They are a game behind the Tigers and a game & a half behind the Athletics. They are 2 games below .500 and they are playing the Rays tonight.

Up until this season, the Rays have consistently beat the crap out of the Red Sox. Now that the Rays are having one of the best seasons in team history and the Red Sox are playing like crap, the Red Sox managed to take 3 out of 4 games when they played in April.

That means that maybe, just maybe, they will come out of this two game series against the rays at .500 and in eighth place.

At some point, they have to overcome whatever it is that is ailing them and go on an extended winning streak. And I don't mean win 10 in a row.

I mean a winning streak where they win 5, lose 1, win 4, lose 1, win 5, etc...

That's the kind of streak that a league-leading ball team needs.

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• Key phrase in this story: "Mabry, 29, did not appreciate the input."



• Key entry from our favorite police blotter: "3:04 p.m. Someone called 911 to report that they successfully caught a beagle."



• This should not be illegal simply because this is the finest example of Survival of the Fittest. If you can't walk and text at the same time, you deserve to get hit by a car.



• Only in Florida.
  (I would like to point out that if the south is considered the 'Bible Belt', then Florida should be considered the penis of the Bible Belt.)