When seven is Halfway to Twelve--Peter

Well, Jenn, I was going to comment last night when our heroes tied NY for first, but thought I'd wait at least one more night--that and the book deadline took precedence. Anyway, the Hose are in rarified territory now. Aside from being back in sole possession of first, and on a new win streak, they have continued the start of season win streak against the Yanks. Now up to seven, it's the second longest season opening win streak against NY since 1912. Now my math in the headline I'm sure has already gotten any math student or teacher up in arms. I can already hear my high school math teacher, Mr. Williams, saying this just proves he was right about my inability to figure out how 3x+1=7. But what I mean about seven being halfway to 12 is that in 1912 the Hose won their first 14 games against the Stripes. We're now halfway there. Adding in last year's final win against the Stripes, the streak overall is eight, just shy of the halfway point of the combined two season streak at the start of '12--17 games.
True, it got a bit antsy in the late innings tonight, but Oki and Laser came in and saved our bacon. With NY knocking on the door, not to mention the cheap seats, they each took over and gave up no hits. Pap was particularly noteworthy as he faced two of the five guys in MLB who have hit at least 30 HR's and 100 ribbies for each of the last three years and gave up just a free pass to A-Rod after eliminating Texeira. He then closed things out without so much as a look back.
Other items of note, in case you hadn't noticed: even though his BA dropped a couple of points, the Sox twin brother to your hub, Bay, took over the MLB lead in ribbies with his early RBI single. Also, with his eighth win, Wake and JB make up the only pair of seven plus winners for one team in MLB this year so far. At least I can't think of any other team that can claim that.
Hopefully, we can finish the sweep against CC tomorrow. Historically, the Sox have a decent record against him, including in 2007 in the ALCS against the Tribe.
Hello to Aidan.