Series Preview: Toronto @ Sox

Tonight, 7P Ohka vs. Wakefield
Tues, 7P Halladay vs. Tavarez

To be honest with you I don't have the strength nor the desire to preview this series today.

Why?

Because these two teams just played last week, it's one of those asinine 2-game sets, both pitching match ups are the same as they were last week in Toronto, and the Sox are coming off one of the most exciting, exhausting series in club history.

Frankly I would have liked to take the day off today, but then again I'm sure the Sox players would have liked that, too; our boys are in the midst of playing for 14 straight days. No rest for the weary, indeed.

Hey, it could be worse. The Stankees didn't arrive down here in Tampa until 5:00 in the morning, and they must take their battered & beaten pitching staff into the Trop to face the Rays tough, eager young hitters.

Boston players merely had to drive to their respective homes and sleep in their own beds, visions of baseballs flying out of Fenway and frowning Stankees dancing in their heads.

The Jays come in having lost 5 straight games and are feeling the effects of the losses of Troy Glaus, BJ Ryan and Reed Johnson. The Sox come in hot, having won 8 of the last 9, but will be physically & emotionally spent from that draining weekend series.

I would not be surprised if they lost tonight, despite facing Ohka, whom they roughed up for three homers in a 4-1 win at SkyDome last Wednesday.

We'll have to see if they can keep on rolling like this, or if the weight of sheer exhaustion and three straight come from behind victories drags them down a bit.

I know it's dragging me down!