I’m Sorry

I gave up too soon on them again.

Tim Wakefield who has practically owned the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the past, he is 20-2 against them lifetime, was pulled in the top of the 4th inning after giving up 10 hits and 7 runs. By he time the top of the fourth was over the FRS were trailing 8 to 1. To add insult to injury the MFY were beating Toronto Blue Jays 8 to 2. Figuring we would probably get swept by the Yankees this weekend, I had pretty much seceded the division and the rest of the season, but…

The Sox batters didn’t feel he same way. In the bottom of the 4th they go 4 runs back. In he bottom of the 5th they scored three more. In the bottom of he 6h they scored 6 to take the lead 14 to 9. Suddenly the sun is shining and things are looking up.

From Chapter 43 of the Spenser novel Widow’s Walk:

“Do you have a conclusion?”

“No, I can’t figure her out.”

“Maybe you need to,” Susan said. “Maybe you need to find out more about Mr. Smith’s life as a gay man. Maybe you need to find out why Mrs. Smith married him.”

“A tip?” I said. “A crime-stopper tip?”

“Two tips,” Susan said. “I have a Ph.D. from Harvard.”

“A hotbed of crime-stopping,” I said.

“A hotbed,” Susan said.