It's better to lose like that

When Casey Kotchman hit that homer to give the Red Sox a 3-1 lead last night, I'll admit it... I started thinking "Oh man, we can win this game."

Then the Yankees started slapping Smoltz around and I thought "Oh no, this is going to be one of THOSE kind of games... a back and forth Red Sox - Yankees game that goes down to the wire."

Mercifully it wasn't.

I've always maintained that 9-8 losses are the worst. But games where the Sox are blown out and blown out early are easy to swallow.

I had dinner with my wife and kids, went to the Farmer's Market in South Pasadena and the four of us took a family walk on a clear August night.

No need to watch every pitch... it was a whuppin'. And Billy Traber took one for the team with 3 1/3 innings, allowing Papelbon, Delcarmen, Okajima, Bard and Ramirez to be rested for today.

I thought the Sox were going to lose last night and they did.

I didn't expect them to go 19-0... but for a second there, I thought they might.

Now THAT is how you lose a game!

Folks, that was NOT a teeth grinder!

I have said before, getting blown completely out of the game never frustrates me.

My mom would call a game like this one "Final Score... A Lot to Not Enough."

And friends, you can not have a more complete loss than tonight!

1 hit. No runs. So the bats were dead.

And Beckett looked awful. Final score 13 - Bagel.

Not a lot of tension. Just a day you say "Oh well... we'll get them tomorrow."

But it is nice to see that along with getting a key hit, making a clutch catch and slamming the game winning homer last night, Jonathan Van Every 2/3 scoreless innings.

THAT'S how you stay on the roster!