Today was in equal turns uplifting and depressing. My High School held it’s Comencement today, so I had to attend as a part of the band which meant I had to see a ton of friends graduate and take one more step away from my little world here in Goffstown. On the other hand, I’m a Senior now, and 525,600 minutes away from being thrust into the scary world of adulthood. Oh yeah, all of that came in between about 20 minutes of the most repetitive, overplayed song in the universe.
But it could be worse, I could be a Red Sox fan… Oh wait…

This series in Minnesota has been an exercise in frustration. After the Sox opened up with the Almost-Epic Schilling/Santana extra-innings heartbreaker, they got roughed up the next day 8-1, although the game was basically over after That Kubel Guy hit his second game-clinching home-run in 2 days off of Matt Clement in the 2nd inning.

I came into tonights game in the 8th inning, just in time to see the Red Sox load the bases, and come away with just 2 runs. After The New Guy gave one back, the Red Sox teased me by bringing the tying run up in the form of Manny Ramirez (right up there with Youk as my favorite player). So what does a Future Hall-Of-Famer who’s possibly the best RBI Man of a Generation do? He strikes out of course. Our Boys get swept by the 30-34 Twins and slink out of town with their ego’s bruised and their weaknesses exposed. The light at the end of the tunnel? We re-open interleague play down in Atlanta. This is good for two reasons: A.) This years Braves eat more nuts than a squirrel in a Planters Factory, and B.) We get to see the hilarity of David Ortiz playing First Base.
So how about that New Guy? The Sox had him way back when, in 2002, and then traded him in ‘03 to the Rockies for Ryan Cameron (read, minor league nobody). Then, 3 years later, we trade a proven major league pitcher so we can have a Lefty Specialist. Riske never got his shot in Boston, and with all the mayhem out there, I can’t see trading him for a Triple-A Lefty. I mean, haven’t we been through a couple of those already this season? Was Mike Myers THAT bad? Short of Papelbon, the bullpen has been a train-wreck this season, and the starting has been spotty.

The Fisher Cats open up a home series against the Portland Sea Dogs on Friday, highlighted by an A.J. Burnett rehab start on Saturday. I’ll be at all 3 games, trying to figure out who the Red Soxes next quick-fix will be.

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