The Rise of the Red Sox

Very quietly the Red Sox have come from approaching being 10 games behind in the AL East to being within a game of the Yankees. The Yanks have stumbled and Tampa has stumbled worse. The one thing we can take out of this is the best way for a team to succeed is for me to write them off .( see midwinter Celtics post) The Sox have been doing this with a decimated outfield and a Beckett less rotation. David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, and Dustin Pedroia have played well, Bard and Papelbon have been dominant while Lester and Bucholz are auditioning for the best 1-2 punch in the American League. What the future holds we do not know but the Sox have erased a terrible start by dominating the tougher teams on their schedule.