72 (Day two)

Enough already with the losing. The Twins completed the sweep of the Sox last night as Mark Buehrle, ace of the staff (apologies to Jose Contreras) and an All-Star, lost again. Not only lost, but lost bad, giving up seven earned runs in 5.1 innings. With the 7-4 win, Minnesota climbed into a tie with the Sox for second in the Central, who are a season-high 8.5 games behind Detroit. Both the Twins and the Sox now trail the Yankees by a half game in the Wild Card chase. I think what makes this harder than it would be otherwise is having been in first place wire-to-wire last year. I knew while it was happening how special 2005 was, but I didn't realize how bad not being there would feel in comparison. It's time for a reversal of fortunes starting tomorrow night against Baltimore and then KC. Build some confidence against the teams with losing records and have it carry over against the big boys. Go Sox!