Shades of 2006

On August 17, 2006 the Sox were a game-and-a-half out of first in the AL East. The next day, a 5-game showdown with the first-place Yankees began. When the dust settled and the wounds were still fresh the Sox were six-and-a-half out and on a downward spiral that would eventually land them 11 games out and in third place.Today Red Sox Nation sits on the precipice of a sickening repeat of history. The Sox haven't scored a run in 24 innings, and the last runs they scored were against Anthony Claggett in the ninth inning of a blow-out...so they shouldn't even count.To say there is pressure on Jon Lester tonight is an understatement of epic proportions. Beckett and Buchholz pitched their asses off to no avail, and Lester has to do the same just to give the Sox a chance. Because the once-mighty bats are in a funk and showing no signs of coming out of it.Jason Bay continues to nurse "cramps" and force Tito to play Youk in left - a move that didn't work out so well yes...