Last night, after their 5th loss in a row, the FRS backed into the Wild Card spot in the American League playoffs because the Texas Rangers lost as well. This means that even if the Red Sox lose their last 5 games they will still have a better record than the Rangers if they win all of their last games. Which is a good thing too because the FRS are about to lose the the Blue Jays again tonight (in a double digit shut out no less.)
This morning the Sox web site was proudly directing folks to the store where you could buy your 2009 Wild Card paraphernalia. No thanks. Admittedly the 2003 World Series winning Red Sox were the Wild Card team, but trust me, this is not the 2003 team. They’ll be lucky to get past the first round the way they are playing.