There's No 'I' in Team--Peter

Well, Jenn, you've probably heard the old saying, to illustrate that ball is a team game, 'There is no 'i' in team.' Although there IS one in WIN, tonight's play by the Hose illustrates the adage perfectly. Bucky came out and gave us six solid innings of five hit baseball, getting a respectable WHIP for the game of 1.33 (one or lower being the goal), and really pitching when he had to--like when the Birds had men at the corners and only one out and he retired the next two batters without incident. The pen was almost perfect, with Oki, Bard and the Laser allowing just a single free pass among them and no hits, Pap slamming the door once again. The offense put together enough punch to take care of the runs for the team, eleven hits, including Bay moving to within one of his career best season HR total at 34 and within 2 of his career high season ribbie total. Jake swiped another to keep his chances of getting the league steals crown and extend his Sox franchise season record for steals.
Bucky is turning into a solid number three starter behind JB and Lester--he's 5-0 since the break with an ERA for that period of under 3.0. Also, as I write this, Texas trails the Halos two zip in the top of the 9th. If LA can hang on, our lead in the Card goes up to seven. Stripes lead their game against the M's one zip in the---OOps! Hold that! M's tied it at one, and it's now top of the 3d. Now I know reasonable folks will say that the division is decided, even though there's still mathematically a chance. But, those same guys would have said (probably DID say)the Sox were toast in the '04 ALCS when we trailed the Stripes 0-3. We still have three with Mr. Hankie's Yankees, so if we can get within two or three, well,Jenn, you never know....