Witnessing History

When the Sox managed to come back and pull ahead in the 8th inning of Tuesday nights ballgame, they broke a 50 year old record that had previously been accomplished by only one team since 1900. In the 26 ballgames the Sox have played in this season, they have at least held a lead during every game. That breaks the 55' Dodger record of 25 consecutive games to start a season with a lead in each game. Now the pessimist would say, "So if you've held a lead in every game, why aren't you 26-0?" (If they say that one more time on BBTN, I'm going on strike from watching the show. More on that later.) Well, as they say, you can't win'em all. 19-7 still sounds damn good to me. I have to say, I had my doubts all game about wheather we would pull this off. We were in a hole right off the bat in the 1st with Sox Killer Mike Sweeny hitting a 2 run homer to right. Iguchi tied the game back up with the first homer of his Major League career in the 3rd. Then in the 6th, Buehrle gives up two more solo shots, one of them being to Mike Sweeny. Again. Now, I am not an advocate of rooting for injuries, but why can't this guy have those spurts of back spasms he gets whenever we play KC. I'm tired of seeing him kill us. So we're back to where we started, down by two runs. Then in the 8th, Rowand had a flashback from last season, killing a pitch away and driving it into the seats in right center for his second bomb of the season. So out comes Pena to pull Anderson, and into the Royal bullpen we go. After a groundout to third by Uribe, sPod and Iguchi singe, and then Everett drives one to the right field wall for a 2 run double, and came a foot short of hitting a 3 run blast. But down 4-3 after Rowands homer, all we needed was two, and thats what we got. Shingo came in and got the save. The Sox just keep finding ways to win. This better not be a early season mirage, because I'm sick of seeing the Sox fade down the stretch. BTW, Iguchi not only hit his first ML HR, but went 4-4 on the evening. The more I watch this guy the more I like him, although I'd hoped he would have a little more range on defense.

BBTN: John Kruk is a moron. On tonights show he called out Sox fans for not showing up to games, as our attendence at tonights game was a mere 12K. Its a Tuesday night, its the Royals, and its 45 degrees outside. I'm glad I didn't freeze my ass off at the game tonight, even with it being a record setting night. On top of that, instead of crediting that we did set a record tonight, they point out the fact that if we've led in every game that we should have won every game, and that there must be something wrong for having lost 7. Now maybe I missed the sarcasim, but even if I did, is it necessary? Let them all say and think what they want, I'm kinda liking being the dark horse this season.
Due up:
Hernandez vs. Garcia
1-3, 5.06 2-1, 2.83