Red Sox 5, Indians 3

That sucked. They claw their way back, and the bullpen blows it again...here are the things I was thinking about while sitting at Fenway Park errrrrrrrrrrrr Progressive Field (more on that later):

• Way to go Tribe, that was great of you guys to waste another great start. Paul Byrd is as good as he has been since coming to Cleveland, and he has nothing to show for it. That game would've been HUGE for his confidence, and now he's still looking for his first win. This one hurts.
• Remember when I was saying that our bullpen was among our strengths, and it was going to be a difference maker? Well it's a difference maker all right, it's why we have more losses than wins. They are stepping into dangerous territory here, because typically when a bullpen actually believes they suck, they in fact, suck.
• Why is Victor Martinez the only person on this roster who can get a clutch hit this year? He's the only guy at this point I would want at the plate in a critical situation.
• I don't know if you guys could see it on TV, but when Ryan Garko got hit by a pitch in the 7th, Pronk took a couple steps off of third and took a couple steps toward the pitcher. I'm not even going to make the obligatory "No Country for Old Men" joke here.
• The Tribe is hitting just .241 as a team. That is pathetic. This is an extremely talented roster, and there really isn't an excuse for it. Eventually they'll get hot at the plate, but let's just hope it's sooner rather than later.
• Tommy has his new loser Cleveland sports athlete that nobody else likes but he likes him so if he starts playing well he can say that he's always liked him. I'll give you a hint. He stinks. He makes WAY too much money. He is absolutely the last person you would want to have to count on in a clutch situation. Give up? It's "How You Doin'"!!!!! (Tommy was the same way with Larry Hughes. I never realized the parallels there.)

The ride home was dead silent as we were all stewing over the extreme wackness of the game and the crowd at Progressive Field. I'm gonna let Craig cover this one, and I think it deserves it's own post...