The Waiting Game
Last night's game had the potential to be one the Sox would have been kicking themselves over if it had gotten away. They repeatedly left two men on base and trailed 4-1 throughout the middle innings.
I said at the time that it was a painful game from the standpoint that it seemed like we were all waiting all night for something good to happen and waiting for somebody to take that big swing that would turn things around.
Fortunately, the Tampa Bay defense gave us a run on an easy ground ball to 2nd. The Devil Rays do many things well, but they really have some problems defensively. Anyway, that cut the lead to 4-2, and Tadahito Iguchi did what we had all been waiting for all night - he got that big swing and tied the game. After that, you can't say enough about Jermaine Dye - not only with a single, but following with his 2nd stolen base of the night to get into scoring position for Jim Thome to deliver the winning run.
At this time of year, that was a game we had to have. Now let's hope it can lift us to better things and maybe a little bit of a run. We've been waiting for that, too.
DJ