A Great Awakening

Pete's Rose Writes Again! Thank you Red Sox! After a long dormant spell of around 11 months, Pete's Rose is once again heard on Baseball Reflections and it took the second best comeback in baseball playoff history to do it. I woke up this morning realizing that I don't have what it takes to be a Red Sox fan. And I have the feeling I'm in very good company, although most people won't admit it and will claim that they never doubted for a moment. After seeing the Sox get pounded two games in a row at home and observing the lifeless bats for the first 6 innings last night, can you blame me for telling my 8-and 10-year-old daughters that they could watch the Red Sox bat in the bottom of the 7th and then it would be time to head to bed? They can thank Big Papi for getting to stay up past midnight once more! What a statement to the Rays. It's as if Boston scripted the best let-down possible: "Okay, let's let them beat up our starting pitching 4 straight ...