Not quite a no-no, but just the kind of win that makes everybody say how this is just what we needed. Including me. We're gold. The key is getting to the final seven games with the lead. Or even tied. Once we get to that point, we go home, while the yanks hit the road for the last seven. We should roll in from there. Even a one-game lead going into the last series means that one win clinches the tie. But we still have to go 4-0 or 3-1 in the four games before that.

David Ortiz has now hit more homers in a season than any other Sox player in my lifetime. And yours if you were born after 1938.

So I'm happy. However, here's a CAPITAL LETTER-filled alert about our friends the New York yankees. Hopefully this will give you an idea of how shitty they are, and how evil they are.

You may read something like this about tonight's game:

"Jason Giambi hit a high pop into short left field that shortstop Miguel Tejada called for but couldn't come up with, and Sheffield followed with his 10th career slam..."

Here's what Yahoo says happened (with what really happened in CAPS) in the yanks' five-run inning:

- B. Williams to second on balk (THERE WAS NO BALK. yANKEE ANNOUNCERS ADMITTED IT.)
- B. Crosby reached on bunt single to first, B. Williams scored (THIS WAS THE PLAY WHERE ROBERTS WAS INJURED. THEY ONLY SCORED BECAUSE ROBERTS COULDN'T EVEN MOVE TO PICK UP THE BALL AND NO ONE ELSE WAS AROUND, ALLOWING BERNIE TO SCORE FROM SECOND UNCONTESTED.)
- D. Jeter reached on fielder's choice, B. Crosby to second on pitcher J. Maine's fielding error (THIS WAS THE EASIEST GROUND BALL YOU'LL SEE. THE PITCHER DROPPED THE BALL, KILLING THE DOUBLE PLAY CHANCE, THEN DROPPED IT AGAIN WHILE TRYING TO SALVAGE THE ONE OUT, THEN DROPPED IT YET AGAIN, FOR A TOTAL OF ZERO OUTS.)
- J. Baldwin relieved J. Maine
- J. Giambi singled to left center, B. Crosby to third, D. Jeter to second (UH, IF, BY "SINGLE," YOU MEAN A HIGH POP UP, WHICH TEJADA WENT AFTER, CALLED EVERYONE OFF, AND LET IT FALL AT HIS FEET, WHEN BOTH OUTFIELDERS WOULD HAVE HAD AN EASY PLAY.)
- G. Sheffield homered to deep left, B. Crosby, D. Jeter and J. Giambi scored (THIS BALL WENT STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR, THE LEFT FIELDER WENT BACK AND OVER TO THE FOUL POLE AND JUMPED TOO EARLY, CAUSING HIM TO MISS THE BALL, WHICH BOUNCED OFF THE ARM OF A FAN WHO WAS LEANING OUT OVER THE WALL. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. FOR THIS AMAZING FEAT, SHEFFIELD CAME OUT FOR A FUCKING CURTAIN CALL.)

So don't be fooled, or think that the yanks are "creeping up" on us. Small's been shitty, despite still not having a loss. Their other pitching is shabby. They do nothing good, but still seem to win. They have Embree. They had to pitch Mariano in a game where they led 10-3. They will not beat us.

Also, Hanley had his first major league at bat tonight. And was royally screwed by an ump who wanted to go home. Horrible.