All Coming to An End--Badly: Peter

Jenn:
The headline says everything you have to know. Injuries continue to mount, the Sox, in spite of real good effort, continue to fall astern, and in worse ways each day.Yesterday, they played a doubleheader to cover not only the sched game, but also the one called off in advance by Earl. That's Hurricane Earl. Both ended up as 3-1 losses to the Pale Hose, but in different ways. The first game was disappointing, but, OK, even though he pitched well enough to win, Bucky was outdueled. I can live with that. It happens. But the second game--Uugghh!!
Early in the game, it's zip zip and Chicago sends a runner home. A brilliant peg to Saltalamacchia well in advance of the runner and the runner is out, right? Sorry, wrong! Salty drops the ball on contact with the runner. Chisox, 1-0 on Salty's error. So, the game moves on, and Scoot shortly after drives home the Bosox run to tie, just as he had in game one. The game proceeds until the 7th and with men on first and second, a long drive is hit to center. It bangs off the wall and Kalish grabs the ball, throws to the cutoff man for a realistic try at the runner going home. Only problem is that his throw is so far off the mark, the runner could have walked home, and, to make matters worse, the guys from the South Side end up with a runner on third, an easy fly ball from scoring--which is exactly what happens next. Three runs for Manny's new team--all due to Hubhose errors. Disgusting.
On the injury side, the Dustman had surgery yesterday and is expected to be ready for spring training (hello, February). But we also found out that Mike Lowell, who, in what is probably his final season, playing like there was a title at stake on every pitch and getting his BA higher with some regularity, has been playing with a broken rib, but refuses to go on the DL. Why? Simple! The team needs him, and he feels like he wants to finish by playing, not being a statline. More credit to him. This is one guy when you look up 'character' in Webster's, it will say, "See him".When you hang 'em up, Mike, you will be truly missed.
Hopefully, today brings a better result.