Highs and lows on a roller-coaster weekend. Good grief! Still, the outcome, as told to us by Meatloaf, is much better than I was expecting. Take two out of three in the death trap in Toronto? I'll take *that* any day (even if the one loss did remind me of the Death Star exploding in "Star Wars"...but I digress).

It had seemed to me that the Sox looked sluggish and tired since the Manny trade, especially Papi-who by every account is just not having his best year. It's felt something like 2006, with all the different injuries and turmoil. But then I look at what's happened since the trade, and I have to say, the record just doesn't bear out my observation. The Sox are 13-7 since August 1, with the road record-remarkably-at 7-5. The injuries have started to pile up, but unlike 2006, the team has absorbed them pretty well and have actually upgraded a time or two as a result (cough *Lowrie* cough). Most significantly. at no time this season have they had to throw on the mound anything resembling Jason Johnson or Kyle Snyder. As a result, the Sox are currently four games down in the division (thanks to a lousy call in Chicago that gave the White Sox the game over the Rays) and a game up in the WC (Minnesota lost today, yay!) and are heading into the home stretch with a schedule about as favorable as any of the contenders in the league. I'll be holding my breath all the way, because after five months of watching this team, I'm still not sure what they're made of-except moveable parts.

And yes, I have to admit...there's no way Manny gets to that ball. Good job, Jason. Hope Paps had something really nice waiting for you after the game.

On another note, I know Coco hasn't always lived up to expectations the past three seasons, but I still love him, am glad he wasn't traded and get all warm and fuzzy inside when he does a great thing for the team, like he did today. 'Way to go Coco! Now play Misty for me...

Yankee series coming up. The Yankees may be on to something with that new guy Pavano winning a game the other day, but somehow I just can't get up for this series the way I have in years past...maybe because the Yanks these remind me of the last fights of Muhammad Ali.  But I'm sure once the game starts and I'm looking at ARod and Jeter, the old hate will start to flow. Andy Pettitte for game one, whom the sox have pretty much had their way with recently. Of course, the Yanks could return that favor since Timmy is coming back, and his days as a Yankee killer are just a fond memry now.

Last series evah at old Yankee Stadium. Let's make it one to remember, guys!

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