Who Says Baseball Is Just a Game?

From today's New York Post, "High 'Jinx' Hits Yankees."

Evidently one can claim that Red Sox Nation has spies, spies everywhere when a construction worker seals a piece of Sox memorabilia in the concrete beneath the future visitors' clubhouse of the new stadium. Some people may write it off as silly rumor or just plain stupid, but I for one am super-psyched for the possibility that we got to the very core of Ruth's House early. Maybe it can counteract the effects of the good luck charm placed in the framework of the current stadium during construction in the 1920s. Either way, it's a fun read.

Last night's game was, frankly, not very interesting. The Bruins and BC Eagles were playing postseason games on the ice, and the Sox managed another run-of-the-mill game, one where Wakefield was decent, the offense very quiet until the final innings, and where the middle relief was just freaking god-awful. The good news is that the Sox will activate Mike Timlin off the DL before the start of today's Yankees game, and though he may be 80 years old, I trust him more than 75% of the bullpen right now.

Tonight's matchup of Chien-ming Wang and Clay Buchholz could certainly prove to be a nailbiter. Buchholz has been at times dominant and always streaky (as is a young pitcher's wont), and facing the potent Bomber lineup will be a test of the highest caliber. Wang, on the other hand, is dominant with most of the league but has a tendency to get lit up when pitching against Boston. The cold weather will benefit both pitchers, but Wang a bit more just because of his prevalent sinker/slider use.