WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT FROM THE RED SOX

by Jack Cobra, Cobra Brigade

With the Red Sox losing last night they are now down 3-1 in the ALCS. With a day off today there is going to be a lot of talking, hemming, hawing, and speculation. Here is what you should be prepared to hear from a team down 3-1.

- "We just haven't caught any breaks."

- "We've been here before. We know we can come back."

- "We won three in a row during the regular season, this is no different."

- "It's not you, it's me." - Ok, maybe not that one.

- "We have to take this one game at a time."

- "Our backs are against the wall, but that's when we play well."

- "We are beating ourselves."

- "I need some space to think about things." - Ok, not that one either

- "Maybe we should start seeing other people." - Actually, that one kind of works

- "We just need ______ to get hot."

Maybe these things they say are true, maybe the players are just saying them to make themselves feel better....that's not for me to say. I think they just have to keep in mind that 'there is no tomorrow' and that they 'have to lay it all on the line' if they expect to win the series.